Category: Smart Home
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Amazon’s Alexa plays a central role in my family’s morning routine: she tells us the weather, plays the radio, and sets timers so we can catch the bus. Alexa is great for simple tasks, but she, and other smart speakers stumble when it comes to more complicated requests. That’s just a limitation of having only…
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Every year upon returning from my annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas, someone always asks me, “what was the big thing at CES this year?” And this year, just like every year, I struggle to answer the question. The reason? Because there’s never just one big thing. There are usually many big things. This is in…
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When I wrote about the battle for the kitchen TV last June, the launch of the Echo Show was one of the signals that told me companies were beginning to pay attention to the space. Half a year later, my own usage of the Show has helped me better understand why. That’s because ever since Amazon’s video-enabled…
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LG, which showed off its ThinQ line of smart appliances at CES this week, announced it will integrate with SideChef and Innit guided cooking platforms, allowing them to operate LG appliances. So, when you’re following recipes from SideChef or Innit, those apps will talk to LG SmartThinQ ovens and ranges to automatically set heating temperatures,…
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Filling a measuring cup to the right level with water can sometimes require ninja-like dexterity. Water shoots out of the faucet too fast, you have to pour some out, then pour out a little more. Whoops, too much, have to add some back. Then you hold it up to eye level to make sure the…
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The smart-lock maker opens its in-home delivery platform up to any and all retailers.
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If you’ve been to CES as much as I have, chances are you’ve walked by the booth of Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). That’s because the booth sits in one of the most highly trafficked spots in all of CES, sandwiched between the CNET interview booth and the press room, and is always packed to capacity every…
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With 2017 in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward and make some predictions about the next year in food and cooking. While I often wait until after CES to look into the crystal ball since there are always lots of announcements at the annual consumer tech mega-show, I think it’s safe to point…
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Amazon released a lengthy list of vague stats about its holiday selling season this year. And while details may be scant, it was a big season for Alexa (and the Instant Pot). Amazon says it sold “tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices” worldwide with the company adding that the Echo Dot was among the top-selling…
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Want to pour yourself a glass of water with your voice? It looks like you soon can with a Delta Faucet. The Spoon recently discovered a new Alexa skill from Delta Faucet company that will allow you to do such things are pour a glass of water or fill your coffee machine simply by asking Alexa.…
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Swedish furniture-maker IKEA is right in the middle of its very first “IKEA bootcamp” startup accelerator, a three-month program the company is running with global cooperative Rainmaking. The three-month program, announced back in May, has been underway since September. Ten startups were picked from a pool of several hundred applicants. The chosen few arrived in…
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While it took a while for Nest to jump into the home security game, it looks like they may just be getting started. What’s one potential trick up their sleeves? Smart chimes. That’s right, the folks within the Nest security team have filed for a patent that was published on November 2nd of this year that…
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