It seems that even the most obscure companies that you wouldn't expect to embrace the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution are starting to get in on the act. Most of you have probably heard of Brita - the German company that specializes in water filtration products - and have probably even used one of its products at one point or another. An industry leader in what it does, but not exactly a company that you would immediately expect to come up with a Wi-Fi enabled water pitcher that offers integration with Amazon Dash to automatically restock itself. Well, that's exactly what the Brita Infinity is.
The original Raspberry Pi Model B was released exactly four years ago during the last leap year, on February 29th, 2012. In the time that's followed, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has managed to ship more than eight million units worldwide, three million of which have been Raspberry Pi 2 second-generation offerings. In romantic fashion, the makers behind the tiny little computer have acted on the fact that we have another leap year, by releasing the new Raspberry Pi 3 today, complete with some notable and sought after additions.
If you have any kind of home automation sensors throughout your home, then chances are that you'll already be familiar with Elgato as a company. The company has now announced an expansion to its range of smart sensors with the introduction of the Elgato Eve Energy, a smart wall socket-based sensor that allows appliances to be controlled from a dedicated app. The Eve Energy also bundles in the ability to double up as a power meter, and best of all, comes equipped with Apple's HomeKit protocol built-in.
Here's a video showing 50 voice commands that you can ask Amazon Echo's Alexa. Alexa, for those that may not know, is essentially the Echo's Siri, and allows the hardware to act on audible user commands.
Here's a step by step guide on how to go about setting up Siri voice control with HomeKit compatible Philips Hue light bulbs.
Here's a step by step guide on how to transfer or migrate your old Philips Hue lights Bridge to the new HomeKit-enabled Bridge 2.0.
The Amazon Echo has received a new feature that allows Alexa to read Kindle books the same way it handles things such as Wikipedia entries and news articles.
A new report claims that Amazon might be working on a more affordable, portable variant of Amazon Echo. The lower price point and smaller form factor might come with a catch, though.
A number of companies have come out with their HomeKit-enabled accessories at CES 2016. Some of these include iDevices wall sockets and switches, Honeywell's thermostat, Hunter Fan's ceiling fans and more. Here are the details.
If you manage to get the Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo to hear and then understand what you're asking it for, things can get very interesting pretty quickly. That's partly down to Amazon's ability to get a fair few updates out for the thing with Echo now far more capable than it was the day it shipped.














