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Smart Apartments and Energy Platforms - Insights from Advait Katarki

Parks Associates continues its thirteenth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer with the virtual session, Home Energy Management Solutions: Driving Energy Savings , on Thursday, June, 30 from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM CT. Advait Katarki, Business Development Manager - Connected Solutions & EV Charging Infrastructure, Eaton will be featured on the interactive panel, Smart Apartments and Energy Platforms , at 11:15 AM CT, addressing the business and consumer value of...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 27, 2022
Tags: broadband, energy, home automation, home networks, Internet of Things, interoperability, Smart Energy Summit, smart home

Parks Associates Announces Firstlight Media as 2022 Future of Video Sponsor

Parks Associates’ Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media is excited to announce Firstlight Media as a sponsor of the upcoming event. Firstlight Media is leading cloud transformations of OTT and in-home experiences for pay TV, telcos, and MVPDs. Its cloud-native...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 23, 2022
Tags: digital content, digital media, online video, OTT, pay TV

Google Gives Cancelled Products a Second Chance at I/O

Google’s annual I/O event, which took place from May 11-12, revealed a handful of new releases and updates to its range of hardware and software. Google also shared that a few previously discontinued and canceled products would be revived, including Android tablets and watches, the latter...

by Frank Saldana | Jun. 22, 2022
Tags: Google, interoperability, smart watch, smartphones, tablets

Newly Designed Home App Revealed at Apple's Annual WWDC

Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) took place on June 6, with the tech giant unveiling a score of new product releases and software updates. Apple’s latest announcements were focused on enhancements and upgrades to its existing products and services. ...

by Frank Saldana | Jun. 21, 2022
Tags: Apple, connected cars, industry event, interoperability

Air Quality in the Home: Insights from Michael Don Ham

Parks Associates continues its ninth annual Connected Health Summit with the virtual conference, " Smart Home and Health: Modern Living ", on June 16 from 11 AM - 1:30 PM CT. Ahead of the conference, Michael Don Ham, Co-Founder and President at RePure, provided insight...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 14, 2022
Tags: care management, Connected Health Summit, digital health, independent living, industry event, remote health monitoring

ADT acquires IOTAS

The multifamily housing market has become increasingly important to device manufactures as they seek to drive overall market adoption of the smart home products. Multifamily rental properties represent a particularly lucrative opportunity for smart device manufacturers since they deploy smart...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 13, 2022
Tags: broadband, home automation, home networks, home safety, Internet of Things, interoperability, voice control

Smart Home Energy Solutions: Making a Complex Future Simple - Free Webinar with Schneider Electric

Parks Associates research finds that most internet households (54%) think their electric bills are too high, and only 12% of broadband households are not taking any energy-saving actions. However, due to accelerating changes in the energy markets, with multiple sources now serving energy...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 8, 2022
Tags: demand response, home networks, industry event

Building Brand Loyalty across the Smart Home – Webinar Cohosted by Parks Associates and RouteThis

Parks Associates research shows that 13% of consumers report they are not likely to purchase a new product from the same brand if they return a product from that brand. Those experiencing technical problems seek help through a variety of channels, including the manufacturer, product manuals,...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 6, 2022
Tags: home automation, home networks, interoperability, smart home