Connected homes may make life easier eventually. A thermostat linked to a garage-door opener could tell who's coming home and set the heat or air-conditioning for their preferences. Compatible room lights and an audio system could join in, too.
That vision's starting to catch on. Ownership of connected home devices in the U.S. grew by 50 percent this year, and fully 43 percent of all households in the country will buy one in the next year, research company Parks Associates said last month.
From the article "What you need to know about home IoT standards at CES" by Stephen Lawson.
Some 63% of US broadband households now subscribe to an OTT video service, rising from 57% at the beginning of this year, according to Parks Associates. Parks also updated its rankings for the top OTT...
The consumer demand for mobile streaming isn’t lacking either. Among U.S. households, more than half want their next car to offer Wi-Fi, according to Jennifer Kent, connected car analyst for Parks Ass...
But it's the move into healthcare that's the most exciting. You see, right now, digital healthcare and wearapeutics is a "small" market, worth about $5.7 billion in 2015, according to IoT marketing...
The survey was conducted online by Parks Associates on behalf of Coldwell Banker within the United States from 6-9 June, 2016 through a third party via its omnibus product. The survey was conducted am...
