Samsung: It's time we shut up about the 'Internet of Things'

Simplifying the smart home is difficult enough without the jargon

By Hugh Langley - TechRadar, Feb. 17, 2016 – 

The tech industry is on a mission to connect our homes, but amidst all the talk of home automation and the 'Internet of Things' arises many questions: Where do you start? What will talk to what? Does your choice of smartphone limit your options? Is it all secure?

The first step, according to Samsung's Rory O'Neill, is to cut the jargon. Samsung has been one of the major drivers of the 'Internet of Things', but it doesn't want to use that term anymore.

"The first thing we have to do as an industry probably is stop talking about IOT and Internet of Things," O'Neill told techradar in an interview. "I think for consumers it's just the internet. Let's get over ourselves."

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