Designing a great user experience for IoT products is easier said than done. Building intuitive user experience for one new app alone is a challenge, whereas IoT systems often consist of a couple of devices, a number of applications and interfaces with diverse functionality, input-output data streams and user rights distribution. Designing user experience for something so complex is an entirely other level of difficulty. Here’s why...
https://www.iotforall.com/designing-user-experience-iot-products/
One word summarizes the challenge of securing the Internet of Things (IoT): scale.
It’s actually a two-fold challenge. The first issue is the sheer number of IoT devices connected to the internet -- a total that continues to grow every year. Gartner estimates that number will reach 26 billion by 2020. Secondly, how can device manufacturers and security providers possibly scale the process of identifying and authenticating each and every one of those devices?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/03/20/securing-the-internet-of-things-a-two-fold-challenge/#5511a9de22a9/
Even if you’re not much interested in the latest gadgetry, the massive CES (formerly Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas is worth observing — preferably from afar — for the overarching zeitgeist and emerging trends in IoT, smart home and consumer tech generally.
http://internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com/blog/IoT-Agenda/When-IoT-puts-the-user-last/
Parks Associates today released research showing 54% of U.S. broadband households see little value in return for sharing their data. In addition, 42% do not trust companies will be able to keep their data safe. The research firm hosts the 12th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: IoT and the Smart Home, January 9 at CES® 2018 in Las Vegas, to discuss strategies to flip these perceptions and make consumers more at ease with connected products and the value they receive.
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Parks-Associates-Over-50-of-U-S-Broadband-Households-Feel-They-Get-Nothing-of-Value-in-Exchange-for-Their-Data-1010950836/