Yes, it’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S., which means cheap TVs for sale on Friday. And, of course, giving thanks for the family and friends who invade your house and make fun of your current TV while switching to the football game they want to watch.
Counting down the days until you get some time off for Thanksgiving? Those of us in the U.S. are certainly yearning for a break. Even if that means you have to be nice to people you didn’t choose to hang with, as in family.
Short week last week for many of us lucky enough not to have to labor on Labor Day as the summer gives way to the mad dash event-filled sprint to Thanksgiving. School is in full swing! Football started! Serious movies appear at the multiplex!
Yes, Labor Day, the unofficial line in the sand between the leisurely relaxation of summer and the full-tilt seriousness of fall, is gone. Of course, neither of those thoughts are entirely accurate. But since most Americans equate Labor Day with back to school, those feelings stick.
The 2,300-square-foot store features security demos and smart home automation technology, like the company's own Amazon Alexa skills used to control smart locks, IoT lighting, and HVAC.
Alula Connect+ security and home-automation platform can be installed during construction at very low cost to homebuilder, allowing integration with built-in smart-home tech like Pella Insynctive windows and doors.
Spring flows into summer as attendees flow into conferences and user group meetings. Both (conferences and user group meetings, not spring and summer) are filled with news that flies by quickly. So let’s adjust our IoT news net and grab a few more interesting stories we missed last week.
Amazon partners with national homebuilder Lennar to create Alexa-enabled smart homes in select cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
IoT Playbook Insight: Device management services will grow to $20.5 billion by 2023, mostly in industrial, automotive, and telematics, according to a release from ABI Research. These areas will account for 70% of the planned growth, so choose your veriticals accordingly.
Nice to know that the Internet of Things gets included in all the major conferences and user groups now.