First there was Amazon’s Echo, which I characterized as an attempt to advance home automation…
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Amazon dominates market for voice-controlled speakers
Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers…
Bloomberg: Unclear if Apple’s forthcoming Siri Speaker will feature a display; Amazon would love to integrate Apple Music on Echo
Amazon has managed to outflank Google and Apple…
Amazon unveils ‘Echo Show’ with a display for video calls and more; ships June 28
Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you…
Why your next Echo command should be: ‘Disconnect me from the internet’
Dr. Herbert Lin, one of the nation’s pre-eminent thinkers on cybersecurity policy…
Wishlist for Apple’s Siri Speaker: Hi-Fi audio, multi-user control, HomeKit, and more
Amazon Echo and Google Home both offer features that I’d like, but there are things…
Phil Schiller on Amazon Echo-like devices and more
Phil Schiller, Apple’s “Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Apple was in Bengaluru…
Apple to unveil new Siri speaker at WWDC 2017
Taiwan-based OEM Inventec reportedly has landed orders from Apple to produce a connected…
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo rumored to borrow trashcan Mac Pro design cues, could arrive at WWDC
More details on Apple’s anticipated standalone Siri speaker have emerged…
Following debut of Echo Look with built-in camera, Amazon likely reveal new Echo device with a built-in display
The Amazon Echo family may get even bigger…
Apple said to be working on a Siri-based Amazon Echo rival
Apple is currently finalizing designs for their Amazon Echo rival…
Apple TV just became an enterprise hub for connected things
Hotels, colleges, enterprises and educators now have a really simple way to deploy Apple TVs…
Hidden backdoor discovered in Chinese IoT devices
Researchers at Trustwave have uncovered a backdoor in IoT devices from a Chinese manufacturer…
Oops! ‘Smart’ IoT teddy bear leaked 2 million parent and kids message recordings
A company that sells ‘smart’ teddy bears leaked 800,000 user account credentials — and then hackers locked it and held it for ransom…
Review: D-Link Omna 180, the world’s first Apple HomeKit-enabled security camera
Since until now there were no shipping HomeKit enabled security cameras…
Apple HomeKit is lags the competition and is in danger of falling even further behind
Apple announced its smart-home control system, HomeKit, in 2014 at its annual developers conference…
Apple’s slow-paced strategy in the smart home race threatened by Amazon
In less than a year, Amazon’s combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant…
24.5 million voice-first devices will ship this year; mainly Amazon Echos
We are entering the age of the CUI, the conversational user interface…
Amazon vs. Apple: Home game grudge match
Alexa is everywhere. In your car. In your home. Even your baby monitor…
How to configure your 4th-gen Apple TV as a HomeKit hub
Assuming that you’ve got all your pre-requisites complete, setting up your Apple TV for HomeKit…
U.S. FTC sues D-Link for failure to secure webcams, routers from online attacks
D-Link is under fire from the Federal Trade Commission for not doing enough to secure…
Apple’s next new product category
Here are some thoughts about the new products I think we might see from Apple over not just…
Tech’s biggest showdown is unfolding in your living room
Microsoft is joining Google and Amazon in the race for your home…
Lawmakers voice concerns over AT&T’s $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner
U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday expressed wide-ranging concerns about AT&T Inc.’s blockbuster $85 billion deal …
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo: What if AirPort Extreme becomes the Siri speaker?
It’s been a weird year for Apple, product-wise…
Smart everything: Apple’s next product transition
Apple is working with emerging technologies as it seeks to explore future disruptive opportunities…
Control your Christmas lights with Apple’s Home app and your Apple TV
Apple’s HomeKit feature makes automating and remotely controlling your holiday lights super simple…
The best non-Apple Airport Wi-Fi routers for Mac users
For the highest-bandwidth needs allowing for one device to serve data at the best possible speeds…
It’s about time Apple killed the Airport hardware line
Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers, another move to try to…
Apple abandons development of wireless routers
Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers…
The best products for building a smart home with Apple’s HomeKit
Apple’s introduction of HomeKit in iOS 8 two years ago was in many ways what we had been waiting for in the home automation world…
Apple currently not interested in buying Time Warner, source say
Apple is not interested in buying Time Warner at present…
Goldman Sachs tries to persuade Apple to bid for Time Warner as TV ‘strategy’ treads water
Tim Cook is the apple of Goldman Sachs’ eye..
DDoS attack: Apple’s HomeKit for a safer smarthome
Today we are building the Internet of Things, and the recent massive DDoS attack…
Apple wants to get inside your house before it’s built
In a darkened master bedroom, David Kaiserman stood in shirtsleeves next to a turned-down king bed…
Amazon challenges Apple, Spotify with new music streaming service starting at $3.99 a month
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions…
Honeywell unveils Apple HomeKit-compatible Lyric T5 Wi-Fi thermostat
Honeywell believes that having a comfortable, connected home should be possible no matter the season, schedule, or location…
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo
Apple is reportedly building a Siri-based smart home device to rival Amazon’s Echo…
Apple’s Amazon Echo rival said to include includes built-in cameras to read users’ emotions, recognize faces
Apple’s long-rumored answer to the Amazon Echo smart speaker is now being tested in secret in the homes…
Apple’s Siri-powered Amazon Echo-like device reportedly now in prototype testing
Apple Inc. is pressing ahead with the development of an Echo-like smart-home device based on the Siri voice assistant…
How a few words to Siri unlocked a man’s front door, exposing a flaw Apple needs to fix
A month ago, Marcus, a 31-year-old man living in Springfield, Missouri, decided to go all in on the smart home…
Apple’s Siri is set to control your home
The dream of a smart home where everything can be controlled at the tap of a button is about to get a step closer…
