| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Sears Has Big Plans For The Connected Home
| | | CES 2015 in Las Vegas has been awash with connected-home products, ranging in size from wearables and other diminutive doodads to major appliances such as ranges and refrigerators. But while you might expect Sears to make a major splash, given its more than 150 years of history, company representatives we spoke to say Sears is instead taking its time—in the hopes of being the go-to store for these products. (Consumer Reports)
Why This Is Important: The struggling retailer has been testing the model since last year, and it expects to roll it out to another 200 stores by the end of the year.
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| | #2 | FCC Chairman Hints The Internet Will Soon Be Regulated As A Public Utility
| | | For most of 2014, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler performed a balancing act: assuring net neutrality advocates that the FCC would use the full authority granted it by Congress to keep the Internet free and open, while also attempting to assuage the concerns of broadband providers such as Comcast and Verizon, who worried that government intervention would hamper their ability to do business. (CS Monitor)
Why This Is Important: Although a similar push didn't fly in 2010, Wheeler is expected to have more success this go-round. He will unveil his proposal for Internet regulation next month.
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| | #3 | In 2015, A New Kind Of Hack To Worry About: The Smart Home
| | | Remote parking assistants. Glucose monitors. Smart chairs, lights, beds, flowerpots. If there's one technology prediction for 2015 that seems safe, it's that the smart home, bristling with connected devices categorized under the loose moniker "Internet of Things," has arrived. (IB Times)
Why This Is Important: As smaller companies and start-ups charge into the market with smart-home devices, Apple's HomeKit will very well prove to be the trusted platform with keeping the collected data safe.
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"Any device connected to the Internet is vulnerable to being hijacked. As we purchase more smart devices, they increase the number of entry points an intruder could exploit to launch attacks on or from." -- Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Why Cheap Cameras And Boring Sensors Make The Best Smart-Home Stuff
By Kyle VanHemert
The twin fixations of CES this year are, to no one's surprise, wearable technology and the internet of things. (OK, and crazy-ass TVs. Always room for crazy-ass TVs!) Among the wearables, many are taking advantage of exotic, cutting-edge sensors. These gizmos don't just want to count your steps; they hope to peer into your skin, your muscles, your brain, your blood. More » |
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