Tag: appliance

  • Pandemic drives smart appliance and consumer robotics market revenues to $80 billion in 2021

    Pandemic drives smart appliance and consumer robotics market revenues to $80 billion in 2021

    Consumer robotics and smart appliance vendors will continue to benefit from the boost in consumer spending on home technology in 2021, building on the uplift that started in the second half of 2020. Global tech market advisory firm ABI Research calculates that the consumer robotics and smart appliance market will generate $80 billion in revenues…

  • GE Appliances and Google partner to build ‘next-generation smart home appliances’

    GE Appliances and Google partner to build ‘next-generation smart home appliances’

    GE Appliances, a Haier company, and Google Cloud have agreed a multi-year partnership to build innovative technologies to elevate the consumer experience in the kitchen and in homes. As the company continues to reinvent itself and the appliance business, GEA turned to Google Cloud for its world-class expertise in data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine…

  • Canonical releases new version of Ubuntu operating system

    Canonical releases new version of Ubuntu operating system

    Canonical has launched a new version of the Ubuntu computer operating system, which is increasingly popular in industrial devices and networks. The company says the updated version, Ubuntu 19.04, provides the necessary tools for open infrastructure applications, includes a developer desktop, internet of things functionality, and cloud to edge software distribution. Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of…