Episode 143 January 13, 2017
HomeTech's CES2017 Wrap Up
with Jason Griffing, Seth Johnson
On this week's episode of HomeTech: We sit down for a not-to-be-missed wrap up for CES 2017. The consumer electronic industry's annual smorgasbord, CES consistently serves up an array of home technology stories ranging from the significant to the absurd. 2017 was no exception.
Show Notes
Join us as we dissect another crazy year in Vegas including: Alexa domination. Sony's "if you can't beat 'em join 'em" approach to OLED. HomeKit making a (quiet) splash. Proof that the home-automation-hub category is alive and kicking. How even the sanctity of fishing is being violated the IoT. And much, much more...
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- Alexa Just Conquered CES. What is next? | Wired
- Amazon’s smart assistant Alexa now tops 7,000 skills, a 7X increase in 7 months | Geekwire
- Amazon at CES: ‘We believe there will be an Alexa skill for everyone, for everything’ | Geekwire
- CES 2017: Triby IO Combines Google Home With Alexa In A $199 Smart Home Hub | IBTimes
- Triby Video
- An Echo that understands your kids too - Aristotle | CNET
- The Next Generation of Sonos Leadership | Sonos Blog
- Just As the Smart Speaker Craze Starts to Take Off Sonos CEO Resigns | Forbes
- Sony's First OLED is Freaking Gorgeous | Wired
- Sony A1E 4K HDR OLED TV at CES 2017 | AVS Forum
- Sony Makes It Official – We Are OLED | Stratagee
- LG Display Signs Deal to Supply Sony with OLED Panels | Stratagee
- LG Super UHD Lineup Features Nano Cell Technology, Dolby Vision, HDR | Electronic House
- Power-Cord Warning: Don’t Even Think About Mounting Your LG Wallpaper TV Like That | CE Pro
- Samsung's New QLED might surpass OLED | TNW
- Samsung says its new QLED TVs are better than OLED TVs | The Verge
- Samsung’s next big gamble: A TV that never turns off |
- HomeKit Device Roundup from CES | CNET
- Apple’s HomeKit is still working on the basics | The Verge
- Apple was absent from CES, in a worse-than-usual way | Recode
- Best HomeKit solutions introduced at CES | iMore
- Incipio CommandKit Wireless Smart Wall Switch with Dimming: Release Date, Price and Specs | CNET
- IoT at CES 2017: Battle of the Home Automation Start-Ups | CE Pro
- Lutron gear will soon work with SmartThings and the Nest Cam | CNET
- Watch Nick Offerman react to the nonsense gadgets of CES 2017 | The Verge
- Simple Devices to Add Smarts to House Hold Objects - shades, sliding doors, doorknobs, etc | Electronic House
- Withings and L'Oreal have made a smart hair brush, in the latest edition of 'You're doing it wrong' | The Verge
- LG's Adorable Voice-Activated Robot | Wired
- Ring Floodcam | Ring
- Ring Chime Pro | Ring
- This underwater drone sports a fish luring light and baiting system to help hook the big one | Geekwire