Looking back on the mindshare of the various applications of the Internet of Things within the IoT conversations on Twitter, we see a long tail forming, which is to be expected. This aligns with our Internets of Things view, that growth will come from a heterogenous set of architectures enabling enterprises large and small to benefit […]
ADT’s Pulse App has never been one of the most loved Smart Home management apps on the market. While ADT has struggled to make the app customers use to control their monitoring service better with new releases over the past few years, they have failed at every turn. Their most recent attempt was on 15 […]
Apple announced the HomePod today! Yeah! Finally Apple has a simple multiuser interface to Siri so that all of those Homekit users can engage with their Smart Home investment without whipping out the app. Except it might be too late… Clearly meant to compete with the Amazon Echo, the HomePod is a bit late on […]
I know it’s only June 5th but we already have insights for what happened with Smart Home providers last month. Yes, we have data that fast! And what we are seeing does not bode well for the “do it for me” market overall. Vivint remains on top with an impressive gain in engaged consumers over […]
Ring has done it again. The chart below shows the changes from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017 for the various DIY doorbell cameras. Ring, August and Skybell all saw happier users in the post Holiday installation frenzy. Skybell saw flat demand while August Home slipped and Ring had about a 5% increase in demand over […]
One of the top articles being shared in the IoT Conversation is one on the improvements made to public transit in the very crowded but much loved Randstad area of the Netherlands. By leveraging a mix of infrared sensors, bluetooth and WiFI connectivity, the train system has been successful in monitoring and reacting to the […]