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Beyond the Connected Home & Towards the Connected Life
The extension of communications service providers’ business beyond the network demarcation point and into the home is in full swing, as evidenced by the recent introduction of connected home services from the major operators. In this interview, Kevin Petersen of AT&T provides an overview of their offering that goes beyond the home and encompasses what…
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The Jury Is Out As To Who Will Bring It Together
“In some respects, the jury is still out,” said Frank LaBarbera, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Affinegy. LaBarbara was talking about the notion that there might not more than one entity, whether it is service provider, retailer or manufacturer, who brings together all the disparate devices in the home. In the above…
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Driving Efficiency With a Price Insensitive Customer
Jarrett Simon of Centerpoint Energy talks about the challenge of driving efficiency when customers are somewhat price insensitive. He talks about the importance of being able to use the data from the Smart Meters and providing the consumer with specific actions that will help them with their energy consumption.
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A New Use for an Old iPhone
What to do with the some 50 million iPhones that were replaced last year; put them in a drawer, junk them, resell them? People Power provides an interesting approach to reusing these functionally good devices through its recently released People Power Presence. The above video overview with People Power’s CTO and co-founder, David Moss, explains their app…
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Stuart Sikes of Parks Talks of Content & More
Could the days of the set-top be numbered? Stuart Sikes suggests that was one of the insights from the Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES. As he points out, smart TV’s may soon eliminate the need for the set-top. He suggests that home monitoring and control and energy management have moved beyond standards and are moving…
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Disruption in the Smart Home
It’s just getting started, but there already many alternatives for the consumer to create a smart home experience. Tom Kerber of Parks Associates points out that many of the smart home developments shown at International CES are from upstart companies that have devices and don’t necessarily rely on the service revenue. An an example, he…
