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07/31/2026

Facebook's Developer Conference Addresses Trends in Connected CE

Today Facebook will address the changing environment for consumers to communicate, including the introduction of AI, VR, social sharing models, and more, at its F8 Developer Conference. Companies in c...

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07/31/2026

Apple Vision Pro: New Reality for Immersive Experiences

Today Apple unveiled its Apple Vision Pro Augmented Reality headset, designed for developers first at $3,499, and with an uncertain release date pegged for “early 2024”. Extended reality / metavers...

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07/31/2026

“Friday Night Baseball” Returns on Apple TV+ for the 2023 MLB Season

Today Apple announced the return of “Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV+ for the 2023 season and is once again focused on the consumer experience first, including discovery and interactive features. I...

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07/31/2026

Today: a small but significant step in the direction of the intelligent home

Today Amazon Dash services go live for a number of household brands including GE (washing machines), Brother (printers), and GMate (smart glucose monitors), according to Techcrunch. These devices will...

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07/31/2026

Fourth annual conference on residential gateways and home networking

To address these changes in the DSL and cable modem market, Parks Associates and CABA are hosting their fourth annual conference on residential gateways and home networking.  The conference will addre...

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07/31/2026

Millennials & TV: Big Appetites, Little Patience

TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO), the global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, today released follow-up findingsfrom its 2016 TiVo consumer survey, focusing on the behavior of U.S. millenni...

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07/31/2026

Addressing the Broadband Coverage Gap: Improving Quality of Life

Throughout 2020, the United States’ broadband coverage gap was recognized as a major issue impacting Americans’ safety, quality of life, and ability to participate in work and schooling. According to...

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07/31/2026

Broadband “Switchers”: Better Alternative, Impact of COVID-19, and Poor Speeds Driving Changes

Throughout 2020 and 2021, broadband service providers have been continually put to task to deliver an optimal-performing service at an affordable cost. Providers who could not produce results risked c...

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07/31/2026

Importance of Content in SVOD Services

Though many services tout a long list of service features and various value-adds, differentiation in the SVOD market relies heavily on the content made available to consumers. The top three OTT SVOD s...

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07/31/2026

CES 2025: Top 5 Smart Home Trends

This year at CES, the Parks Associates team saw many new technologies that are making the connected home experience more valuable through more “smarts” in advanced applications across security, energy...

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01/20/2023

Chromecast monthly use - among all owners

This week, GigaOm, FierceCable, and Streaming Media wrote about data that Google announced at their developers conference that seems to contradict our Chromecast research. However, the articles do a g...

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07/31/2026

LeEco Moves on the American Market with Strong Content/Ecosystem Play

This week, Chinese CE device and entertainment company LeEco made impressive announcements about its U.S. market entry plans. Which market? All of them. LeEco makes phones, bikes, VR headsets, and eve...

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07/31/2026

Big Acquisitions Mark this Week in the Smart Home

This week was marked by a flurry of acquisition activity in the smart home segment that could have significant long-term repercussions. First, Spectrum Brands has agreed to sell their home and hardwar...

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07/31/2026

Tech Companies and Third Parties Address Data Privacy

This week it was revealed that Apple uses contractors to review Siri recordings, which exposes the recordings of Apple customers’ personal lives including recordings of doctor visits and other persona...

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Support Services

07/31/2026

Parks Associates’ Take on the Yahoo Security Breach

This week in the Wall Street Journal, Brad Russell, Research Analyst at Parks Associates, provided some tips on what Yahoo users can do to protect themselves after yesterday’s news of a security breac...

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