"connected CE" articles

The Smart Power Strip allows its users to control their plugged-in home appliances through a smartphone app for iOS and Android. Besides turning the appliance on and off directly, the app can also function as timer and will turn an appliance on and off at a certain time, it can also send notifications appliances have been on for too long, and monitor the specific energy consumption of different electronics. The current Smart Power Strip prototype has three U.S. power sockets, but...

Parks Associates will host an industry webcast, Content, Connected CE, and the Smart Home: 2014 Trends , on December 12 at 1 PM CST. Companies in the connected home space will have unprecedented opportunities in 2014 to expand the capabilities of their solutions. The upcoming 2014 International CES will feature a variety of products and announcements for new connected offerings that have implications across multiple industry categories, while new tools in data analytics are...

Parks Associates  is supporting  OSP Expo 2013 . OSP Expo is to be held October 8-10th, 2013 in Dallas, TX. For over 20 years, OSP EXPO has been the only telecom trade show that provides attendees the HOW-TO for everything network related. A truly global event, attendees represent all 50 states and more than 40 countries worldwide. OSP EXPO delivers engaged attendees, more than 200 exhibits, 30+ seminars, and keynotes from industry leaders. Parks Associates is...

Microsoft has created "Companion Web" as a response to the steadily increasing number of connected devices consumers use daily. Companion Web bridges the gap between a user's connected devices.  For example, what a person does on his or her phone can register on connected devices such as a television or laptop.  The first app to use Microsoft's Companion Web is Polar .  Polar works across multiple screens so the consumer can give his or her opinion...

Connected devices are set to become the next big thing in the home and the marketplace. The market for connected devices is in its early stages (connected devices currently amount to less than one percent of the market, according to Parks Associates), but connectivity has been increasingly making its presence felt in the home.  The market for these devices is currently fragmented as companies are designing solutions to meet their personal objectives.  However, to...

Parks Associates ' Jennifer Kent was interviewed on RCR Wireless News about the shift in the M2M marketplace from B2B to B2C.     The M2M market has been predominately a tool for B2B relations in the past, but that is swiftly changing.  Consumers, in addition to businesses, are now presented with more and more opportunities to take advantage of these type of interactions.   Jennifer provides three key examples of where consumers are directly...

Parks Associates and Qualcomm will be co-hosting a webcast on Wednesday, July 10th entitled "Building a Differentiated User Experience in the Connected Home." The webcast will discuss the advanced technologies that connect current products and services, enable new service capabilities, and create a truly personal and intuitive user experience.  Some of the topics covered include: current interoperability challenges; solutions that bridge public, personal, and...

By Kurt Scherf, Contributor CES isn’t necessarily the show at which major pay-TV providers (cable, satellite, or IPTV) make announcements, but as consumer electronics becoming important complements or replacements to the set-top box or pay-TV altogether, the show serves as an increasingly important way for these providers to demonstrate their continued relevance. The pay-TV market is under significant threat from alternative sources of entertainment and content, whether it is...