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Amazon Echo Is Three Times More Popular Than Google Home

Jon Bragg May 9, 2017 No Comments

Amazon is expected to remain the most popular smart speaker manufacturer in 2017, well ahead of Google Home and other devices. Sales of the company’s range of Echo devices, which…

Microsoft Partner With Harman Kardon On Smart Home Speaker

Fergus Halliday May 9, 2017 No Comments

Microsoft have revealed that they’ll be bringing their voice assistant Cortana to the home via a new smart speaker. Built in partnership with Harman Kardon, the Invoke will have three…

Amazon Set To Unveil Touchscreen Echo

Jon Bragg May 9, 2017 No Comments

Amazon will reportedly expand its Echo smart speaker range as early as tomorrow with a new device that features a 7-inch touchscreen for video calling and added interactivity. After the announcement…

Telsyte Predicts 300M Smart Home Devices In Oz Homes

Fergus Halliday May 9, 2017 No Comments

Business analytics firm Telsyte says that “Australian households are in the middle of an Internet of Things (IoT) at home revolution.” According to Telsyte managing director Foad Fadaghi “The Internet…

Apple Could Unveil ‘Siri Speaker’ To Take On Amazon Echo

Jon Bragg May 2, 2017 No Comments

Apple is reportedly working on a new Siri-powered smart speaker that will compete with the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI, who has a reliable track…

Elgato Unveil First Home Kit-Ready Power Outlet For Oz

Fergus Halliday April 19, 2017 No Comments

Elgato have announced they’ll be bringing the first smart home power outlet designed for use with Apple’s Home Kit platform to Australia, alongside several other smart home devices. Branded as…

Logitech Add Home Kit Support To New Pop Smart Buttons

Fergus Halliday April 19, 2017 No Comments

Logitech has announced it’ll be bringing support for Apple’s Home Kit software to both new and old owners of its Pop Smart Buttons. The Pop Smart Buttons, a suite of…

Netgear’s Arlo Pro Lands In Retail This Week

Fergus Halliday April 10, 2017 No Comments

Netgear have confirmed that their new and improved Arlo Pro will be available in Australian retail from as soon as this week. The company’s wireless security camera kit promises to…

Oz Organisations Want Open IoT

Jon Bragg March 28, 2017 No Comments

More than four in five Australian organisations believe open data and connectivity standards for IoT are extremely or very important. According to research from IDC, open source software is also…

Google Home Trials Audio Advertising

Jon Bragg March 17, 2017 No Comments

Some owners of the Google Home have been targeted with a message promoting a new Disney film after requesting a summary of their day. While the ‘My Day’ functionality of Google’s…