Michael Wolf
Forbes
Seattle, WA, United States
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Target Putting Smart Home At Forefront Of Foray Into Experiential Retail
While some retailers are stacking smart home boxes high and crossing their fingers, Target is trying a different approach: seeing them in action in a concept home. → Read More
Is Food The Next Frontier For Image Recognition?
A new wave of innovation that uses image recognition and deep learning could change the way we understand what we eat. → Read More
Former Path Execs Launch Smart Kitchen Startup To Try And Reinvent The Oven
When Matthew Van Horn and Nikhil Bhogal left social media startup Path, few would have guessed what their next venture would be: reinventing the oven. → Read More
Here's How Twitter Can Connect Us To The Internet Of Things
Machines already can tweet. Here's the next step in connecting Twitter to the Internet of Things. → Read More
Why Social Media Companies Want To Control The Internet Of Things
Social media companies used to focus on connecting people to people. Now they also want to connect to our things. → Read More
What Exactly Is Amazon's Smart Home Strategy?
At first glance, Amazon doesn't appear to have a smart home strategy, until you realize they have may have the shrewdest one of all. → Read More
Smart Home & Neighbor Watch: A New Security Model?
Home security services have long been centered on central monitoring. But what if we rethink the model using new technology? → Read More
Could Amazon's Home Services Help Usher Smart Home Into The Mainstream?
For many, the smart home is definitely not a do-it-yourself endeavor. Luckily for them, Amazon just launched a big effort that might help them enter the smart home era. → Read More
Gigaom: The Life and Death of a Venture Funded Media Startup
As most know, we lost Gigaom last week. It was a sudden passing of a widely beloved tech media company, and it’s been to… → Read More
5 Reasons The Smart Kitchen Will Be A $10 Billion Opportunity
Technology will change the way we buy, store, cook and consume food in coming years. Here are five reasons why. → Read More
With Mesh, Bluetooth Strengthens Case As Key Internet Of Things Technology
Bluetooth Smart made Bluetooth sexy again and created additional demand for the technology. By adding mesh, the Bluetooth industry again sees a whole new wave of growth on the horizon. → Read More
What If HomeKit Fails?
HomeKit, Apple's smart home framework, has already been crowned the savior of the smart home by some. But what if it fails to meet its lofty expectations? → Read More
Verticals Internet of Things
Smart grid data analytics are a key sector of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), with the potential to help utilities address key operational, financial, and customer challenges. More > → Read More
Lockitron's Shift Shows Challenges Facing Wi-Fi In The Smart Home
A high profile smart lock company just dropped Wi-Fi, claiming the technology was too power hungry for its battery operated device. What does this mean for Wi-Fi in the smart home? → Read More
Perceptive Intelligence: The Future of Cognizant Machines and Devices
In 1950, pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing proposed the question “can machines think?” He felt that if a machine could imitate humans closely enough to fool them into thinking it was a human, it passed the “Turing test.” As today’s devices pack more powerful processors and […] → Read More
Are Retailers Eyeing The Market For Smart Home Installation Services?
Lowe's backed Porch.com just got a massive new funding round. Will Lowe's use Porch.com to enter the market for smart home installation services? → Read More
For Those In The HomeKit Club, These Are Exciting, Secretive And Stressful Times
Early members of Apple's new smart home effort are being given information on a need to know basis and are sworn to secrecy. This is making life a little stressful. → Read More
Interest in smart-home technology
The majority of U.S. consumers remain uninterested in the current smart-home technology market. → Read More
Smart Home Companies Ramp Up TV Ad Spots For Holiday 2014
A creepy robot butler brought maybe the biggest laugh of the night, but it also was a sign of the arrival of smart home in primetime. → Read More
10 Defining Podcast Stories From 2014 Not Named Serial
Serial has everyone talking about podcasts, but the launch of the breakout hit from the folks behind This American Life is only one of many interesting stories from the world of podcasting in 2014. → Read More