April 11, 2016 A lot has changed since Steve Jobs publicly denounced the need for a stylus in his introduction of the iPhone in 2007. Namely, Apple released a stylus. While our fingers remain attached to us, and are therefore far less likely than a stylus to be lost or broken, Apple announced a stylus as […]
April 8, 2016 Nest announced that they will shutdown the cloud service that empowers the Revolv Hub, the hardware of a company Nest acquired in 2014, in order to focus on the Works With Nest initiative. Our research on Smart Home Ecosystems found that Works With Nest is failing to grab the attention of consumers, as they […]
April 7, 2016 Nest recently announced that they would shutdown the service that keeps Revolv Hubs running, leaving consumers with a device as useless as a container of hummus. Revolv is owned by Nest and shut down their service so they could pour all their “energy into Works with Nest.” Nest also owns Dropcam, a […]
April 6, 2016 Nest recently announced that they will shutdown the cloud service that runs Revolv. While the company framed this shut down as a stepping stone on the greater path to a connected home, the immediate reality is that homes which are currently made ‘smart’ with Revolv hardware will revert back to being ‘dumb.’ Nest Labs is a leading […]
If you are looking to download a rewards app, you might want to earn your points with 5 Star, not Plenti. The two apps see about the same amount of feedback, as indicated by the bubble size in the chart below, but consumers prefer 5 Star by a large margin. Users report extremely high delight for […]
April 4, 2016 Tablets are a wonderful device for getting work done while you are on the go, but the market has gotten so cluttered it is difficult to identify the best devices. Major manufacturers Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung all offer several different tablets with a variety of sizes and functions. Among the high end models from these […]
