Blog articles from 07/2022

Connected health sensors and devices are critical to expanding the applications of care in the home. While remote patient monitoring platforms have not yet scaled to the same extent as virtual visit solutions, they are highly in demand by care professionals, and consumer experience with connected health devices and sensors in the home is growing rapidly.     Parks Associates research reveals that as of Q2 2021, 40% of adult heads-of-broadband households report...

With global cybercrime, damages already estimated near $1 trillion in 2019,[1] the threat to businesses and their remote employees surged as lockdowns and social distancing first hit in early 2020. Organizations ranging from enterprise to SMB face enhanced strategic, financial, and regulatory risk from data breaches, while employees are increasingly concerned about home network cybersecurity. Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape Throughout 2020, worldwide ransomware attacks...

Last week, Parks Associates hosted a virtual session “ Home Energy Management Solutions: Driving Energy Savings ,” Thursday, June 30, as part of the 13th annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer . In these sessions, we shared our research and also conversations from the industry on consumer adoption of smart energy devices and interest in energy management use cases. Our latest consumer study, “ Smart Energy at Home: Renewable, Responsive, Resilient ,” reveals most...

On June 23, VIZIO Smart TVs now allow viewers to watch videos from TikTok creators directly on the television. The TikTok videos will rotate in a carousel on the VIZIO homepage and VIZIO TV owners will be able to discover content from TikTok producers and subjects right from the smart TV home screen, without the need to sign in or download an additional app. The Parks Associates entertainment team spoke with Katherine Pond, Vice President of Business Development at VIZIO about the...