Today a broad range of smart-home services is being marketed to consumers like never before. But if growth in awareness is…
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Forecast: smart homes and the internet of things
For the smart home to ignite the IoT, home automation software platform vendors must provide open APIs. SmartThings and future open-API…
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What the internet of things means for cleantech
We’re entering the brave new world of the internet of things, but what does that mean for cleantech? It means the…
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Connected Consumer second-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
The shift in consumer media consumption from fixed, dedicated platforms to open, IP-based platforms caused problems for both in the second…
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The Xbox One’s role in the TV ecosystem
To stay relevant in today’s gaming market, Microsoft has designed its new console to extend the Xbox franchise beyond gaming to…
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Retail’s reinvention: technology’s impact on today’s supply chain
Further growth of online sales is inevitable. This continued shift from brick-and-mortar retail shops to the online world affects everyone from…
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The internet of things: a market landscape
What can we expect the IoT landscape to look like, and how will its impact be felt? And is the attention…
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Flash analysis: Xbox One
On Tuesday, May 21, Microsoft raised the curtain on its first new gaming console in nearly seven years: the Xbox One.…
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Flash analysis: smart watches
With the continued miniaturization of technology, the rise of flexible software frameworks, and the growing interest in technologies such as biomonitoring…
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Smart TV forecast: gigabit Wi-Fi in the living room
The smart TV market will grow from 67 million units shipped in 2012 to 134 million shipped in 2015. As it…
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Where the next-generation console fits in today’s video game market
The console era is over — or so a growing number of game-industry executives would have us believe. While social and…
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CES 2013 flash analysis: disruptions and disappointments from consumer tech’s biggest show
Given how CES is now a barometer for such a wide array of technology segments, we at GigaOM Research decided to…
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Connected consumer 2013: how 2012 laid the groundwork for change
Many of the biggest stories in the connected consumer space occurred mostly offstage in 2012. Apple conducted behind-the-scenes discussions about rolling…
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How emerging technologies are influencing collaboration
Workplaces are changing because of trends like BYOD and gamification. But other emerging technologies are also altering not only what our…
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The wearable-computing market: a global analysis
During a Formula 1 race a driver experiences wrenching forces of more than 4.5G. His heart rate may exceed 180 beats per…
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Connected consumer second-quarter 2012: analysis and outlook
Tablets featured prominently in the connected consumer space during the second quarter of 2012, both as a product category in their…
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Social-TV apps: understanding consumer behavior and the evolving ecosystem
A new category of digital media has emerged in the living room: social TV. This relatively new concept can be defined…
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Opportunities for living room application platforms
Living room platform environments will change dramatically over the next few years. While the installed base and near-term opportunities are dominated…
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Next-generation TV remotes and interfaces
The Internet is expanding the amount of available content at almost incomprehensible rates, but the difficulty of navigating through all of…
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The living room reinvented: trends, technologies and companies to watch
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living…
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Future prospects for the set-top box
Set-top box shipments will climb past 135 million in 2012 and will clear 150 million by 2015, according to iSuppli, which…
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The quantified self: hacking the body for better health and performance
More work on data policies and ownership may be important in the coming years as the movement takes off. As insights…
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Connected Consumer Q1: Controversy, courtrooms and the cloud
The first quarter of 2012 featured several high-profile legal and regulatory battles over privacy, antitrust and copyright that could eventually reshape…
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The big machine: creating value out of machine-driven big data
Big data continues to offer more and more opportunity for businesses. By analyzing the information already in an organization, executives can…
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