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Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Scott Hancock, VP of Marketing, Plex sat down with Parks Associates' analyst team to discuss new cutting-edge innovations in the smart home.
Scott participated on the Connected Ecosystems: Entertainment and Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 23, at 4:00 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session include:
Manar Alazma, Vice President of Product Management, Nuance Communications...
by Parks Associates | May. 28, 2018
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, home automation, industry event, smart home, smart TV
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, home automation, industry event, smart home, smart TV
Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Joe Liu, CEO, Mivatek Smart Connect spoke with the analyst team to discuss the future of the connected home.
Joe will be participating on the Future of the Connected Home: Delivering on Promises panel on Thursday, May 24, at 10:30 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include:
Christopher Baskin, CEO, American Two-Way
Bob Gulino, Founder and VP Marketing, Nuro Technologies...
by Parks Associates | May. 21, 2018
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, Google, home networks, industry event, privacy, security
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, Google, home networks, industry event, privacy, security
John Driver, CEO of Lynx Technology will be speaking at Parks Associates 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference in San Francisco. He kindly provided the analyst team with insights the future of the smart home. John will be participating on the Connected Ecosystems: Entertainment and Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 23, at 4 PM.
When will clever homes become smart homes?
Let’s face it: smart homes aren’t really all that “smart”....
by Parks Associates | May. 18, 2018
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, energy, Google, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, smart home
Tags: Amazon, CONNECTIONS, energy, Google, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, smart home
Every year, Google hosts its I/O conference to bring together developers and showcase its up-and-coming products/features.
This year, Google hosted its conference on May 8th in Mountain View, California. The 2018 conference had a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI), and Google announced a number of updates coming to its software across its product line. Key announcements from yesterday’s opening keynote include the following:
Google Assistant becomes...
The next major evolution in computing is here – voice technology dominates CES.
Voice assistants are here to stay. At the beginning of 2017, half of U.S. broadband households were using a personal assistant through an application or dedicated device. Market leaders such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and more recently Samsung continue to announce new product enhancements and expanded roadmaps.
The competition among these giants was evident at CES with a plethora of...
by Dina Abdelrazik | Feb. 7, 2018
Tags: Amazon, CES, cloud services, connected CE, Google, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, smart home, voice control
Tags: Amazon, CES, cloud services, connected CE, Google, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, interoperability, smart home, voice control
One of the most exciting topics at this year's Consumer Electronics Show was voice assistants. Amazon and Google are competing head-to-head in this space, with Samsung beginning to roll out Bixby to more devices. Amazon is well in the lead with well over 40M Echo sales to date according to Parks Associates' estimates, but Google's efforts in conversational AI and deep integration with search is helping to make Google Home a compelling value...
by Kristen Hanich | Jan. 15, 2018
Tags: Amazon, CES, digital music, Google, home automation, Internet of Things, voice control
Tags: Amazon, CES, digital music, Google, home automation, Internet of Things, voice control
Thomas Rockmann , VP of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom AG, will be speaking at Parks Associates' upcoming CONNECTIONS Summit: Engaging Consumers: IoT and the Smart Home at CES, January 9, in Las Vegas. He kindly provided insights, to Parks Associates' analyst team, regarding the rise in digital voice assistants in the home, and consumers' fears regarding privacy, security and adoption of smart devices in the home.
Thomas will be participating on the Smart Home...
by Parks Associates | Dec. 26, 2017
Tags: Amazon, Apple, CONNECTIONS, Google, home automation, Internet of Things, interoperability, privacy, security, smart home, voice control
Tags: Amazon, Apple, CONNECTIONS, Google, home automation, Internet of Things, interoperability, privacy, security, smart home, voice control
Enterprise drone investment is expected to outpace both civilian and military drone investment growth over the next five years. Businesses and civilian governments are experimenting with new and unique ways to leverage autonomous aircraft. As wildfires blaze across Southern California, the Los Angeles Fire Department used a drone to conduct damage assessments and find hotspots in the Skirball Fire. Miners in Nevada are using drones to survey and inspect mining sites. In...