Last week’s acquisition of UK-based smart home platform provider AlertMe capped off a smart-home acquisition spree that includes Nest picking up Revolv in October and Samsung taking out SmartThings in August… Read more »
One of the factors in the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)—the networking of the physical world within existing Internet infrastructure—is the rapid decline in the cost of sensors. Sensors… Read more »
Nest paved the way for the smart home, showing investors that consumers would pay $249 for a next-generation thermostat. Now many are wondering what other connected-home products could become breakout success stories. In 2015,… Read more »
Nest’s recent acquisition of Dropcam sheds light on an important question for the future of the smart home: how to integrate the larger connected home as hundreds of connected devices enter… Read more »
In a new report from GigaOM Pro’s cleantech curator Adam Lesser, we delve into what the “internet of things” really means for efficiency, sustainability and cleantech. Read more »
Similar to Apple’s strategy, Tesla has been creating a closed ecosystem, and in Tesla’s case it’s around electric car charging. And that’s not so great for the electric car drivers of… Read more »
Many know that driving an electric car can save money as electricity tends to be cheaper than gas. But the problem is many don’t know how much they could save. Introducing… Read more »