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Tech

Looking for a Smarter Home? Get Ready to Learn About Connectivity.

Today's systems still have some evolving to do before consumers can be assured their devices will interact without hiccups.

By Eyal Ronen

Business Ideas

25 Innovative IoT Companies and Products You Need to Know

By Angela Ruth

Building a Business

3 Ways Entrepreneurs Are Making IoT More User-Friendly

By Sheila Eugenio

Tech

Why Warren Buffett Is Investing in Wearable Tech

By Nina Zipkin

Business News

This New Robot Will Boost Your Child’s Emotional and Social Skills

Find out how this new smart toy could change the way children learn, play and progress.

By Rose Leadem

Building a Business

3 Trends That Will Shape Crowdfunding in 2017

The market is evolving, and so are the products that help drive it. Consumers and backers alike are on the lookout for customizable solutions to everyday problems.

By Jonathan Chaupin

Business News

9 Business Tools for Working Smarter Instead of Harder

Working hard is good. Working harder than you need to isn't.

By Matthew Toren

Building a Business

Billions of Smartphone Users and I Wasn’t One of Them

Quadriplegic entrepreneur spearheads efforts to develop smartphone and other devices for people with physical limitations.

By Giora Livne

Business News

Polish Group Seeks to Help the Blind With Free Smart Glasses

Parsee has developed a prototype of the battery-powered glasses which have a 3-D printed frame, internet protocol camera and earphone.

By Reuters

Business News

Triby Will Be the First Non-Amazon Device to Get Alexa

This portable, voice-controlled smart hub is far easier to move around than the Echo.

By David Lumb

Building a Business

Peter Thiel and Mitt Romney Part of $100 Million Funding Round for Company That Wants to Be the Apple of Smart Homes

Here's what you should know about the Utah-based company Vivint.

By Matt Weinberger

Business News

At One Year Old Is Apple’s Watch a Flop? Not Exactly.

Apple sold twice as many first-year watches as first-year iPhones.

By Hilary Brueck

Tech

Make Your Home the Smartest on the Block With Connected Gear

The science fiction fantasy we've all dreamed of is just an app push away these days with these three devices.

By Andrew Medal

Business News

Toyota Patents Smart Windshield Tech So You Never Have to Take Your Eyes Off the Road

The Japanese automaker's system dynamically moves driver information around to the optimal spot.

By Angela Moscaritolo

Business News

Here’s How Industries Are Marrying All of Us to Technology

Fintech startups are trying to 'put a ring on it' by urging banks to keep up with digital makeovers and strategic partnerships.

By Ross Mason

Building a Business

A ‘Self-Propelling’ Stroller Just Launched on Indiegogo

The Internet of Things may soon include a smartphone-controlled stroller equipped with a wireless speaker for music, an electric feeding bottle warmer and a battery charger.

By Carly Okyle

Building a Business

This ‘Smart Wallet’ Found Success on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. So Why Didn’t It Deliver?

Crowdfunding is all about the numbers, but the humans behind the risky campaigns are often hard to calculate.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Tech

This Company Wants To Make Your Dumb Fridge Smart

At CES, a company named Smarter unveiled a trio of products to bring your current refrigerator into the connected world.

By Emily Price

Building a Business

6 Ways Smart Automation Can Maximize Efficiency and Minimize Loss (Infographic)

Devices like video cameras and remote locks in your business will improve your bottom line.

By Luis Orbegoso

Business News

Garmin Adds a New Smart Scale, Fitness Tracker to Its Product Line

Both devices will go on sale at Best Buy in November for $149.99.

By Daniel Cooper

Building a Business

Ladies: This ‘Smart’ Menstrual Product Texts You From Down There

Loon Labs's Looncup, crushing it on Kickstarter now, takes the fear of accidents out of your monthly cycle.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business News

How This Connected Refrigerator Could Put Your Passwords at Risk

If you have Samsung smart fridge, hackers could find a way into your Gmail login information through your Wi-Fi network.

By Stacey Higginbotham

Business News

Protect Your Eyes From the Harm of Digital Devices With These 4 Tips

Evidence shows that extended exposure to the blue light from screens is causing our eyes to age prematurely.

By Peter Gasca

Tech

How This Light Bulb Makes It Easier for You to Stream Music

Astro, a New York City home automation startup, just put a bright, new musical Twist on 'smart' bulb tech.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business News

Why Amazon’s Voice-Activated Speaker ‘Echo’ Isn’t Worth Your Time or Money

The device officially goes on sale to the masses today. And... yawn.

By Jason Fell

Business Funding

These New Earbuds Let You Adjust the Volume of Everything Around You

Doppler Labs' new invention can help you turn down the volume of a concert in real time.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Samsung Announces Artik, a New Platform to Advance Its Open ‘Internet of Things’ Plan

The tech giant says its new chips will be able to help entrepreneurs create IoT devices much faster than they would be able to do on their own.

By Emily Price

Tech

Why This Hearing Device Is Making Noise With Investors

An earpiece for noisy situations raises millions

By Brittany Shoot

Business News

This Well-Known Luggage Maker Wants to Make Your Bag Smart

Through a partnership with Samsung, Samsonite is developing a line of microchip-enabled bags that will track their own location and send updates to travelers via smartphone.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Crowdfunded Smart Home Device Canary Lands at Big-Name Stores

Canary has officially completed the journey from crowdfunding platform to mainstream retailers.

By Carly Okyle