CES 2019: News from Media Day
Press Events Set the Tone for the Last Vegas Show The days preceding CES always offer a few announcements and the first few press conferences. In today’s Daily Insight, we’ll…
Smart City or Surveillance Hell?
China Builds Facial Recognition Database of Its Citizens China is quickly outpacing the rest of the world in making facial recognition technology a part of people’s everyday lives. Authorities in…
Pixie Dust
Did Google Sprinkle Enough Magic on Its New Products? At a company event held in New York City on Tuesday, Google unveiled a series of new and updated hardware products….
Retail Therapy
Google’s Plan to Open a Store Aligns with Its Ecosystem Strategy Google intends to open a large retail store in the hip Fulton Market district of Chicago, according to reports….
Driving Skills
Amazon Announces the Alexa Auto Software Development Kit It has become common for people to talk to a piece of hardware in their living room. It’s the evolution of searching…
Safety First
Alarm Kits Become a Key Ingredient of Smart Home Systems Last month, Ring, an Amazon subsidiary, began shipping its home alarm security kit, called Ring Alarm. The $199 system includes…
Looking Back at Our Predictions for 2017
How Did Our Expectations Compare with Reality? In late 2016 CCS Insight presented 80 predictions about the future of the connected world. We rounded up those that have played out…
Knock, Knock. Who’s There?
Amazon Buys Ring, Continues Its Smart Home Battle with Google Last year, we described video doorbell company Ring as the “belle of the ball”. The front door is a great…
Belle of the Ball
Ring Enters the Smart Home One Doorbell at a Time Ring, a California start-up, has made it clear that the purpose of the video doorbell is security. When someone’s at…
Smart Enough?
Qorvo Shares Its Connected Home Vision I recently caught up with Cees Links, general manager of smart home chipmaker Qorvo’s Wireless Connectivity business unit. Mr Links was previously CEO of…