It will meet the needs of car park operators, fleet managers and municipalities that require greater control of energy usage or the smart functionality necessary to collect payments and monitor usage.
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The magnitude of the spread of smart phone and tablet usage will dictate the trend in telecom spending.
Customers with smart thermostats reduced their usage by 27%, and customers with gateway systems, which adjust the electricity use of multiple appliances, reduced their usage by 43% during the peak hours.
One senior Google executive suggested Google TV, along with Android-bearing electrical appliances, could be the basis for the long-hyped (and never delivered) smart home, tracking energy usage across the household.
At least with smart phones, with all their usage counters, we will be able to tell who has recovered from the binge.
I've previously chided the idea of MSN Direct, noting that most competent feature phones can do everything that a smart watch can, but the usage model is different.
That means the GSM Mobile World Congress, the telecommunications industry's largest annual trade show, will be abuzz with discussion of devices like "smart" meters that report a home's usage of electricity, natural gas or water back to the utility, and to your phone.
Because the platform cannot easily access real-time electricity usage information from the utilities, even where smart meters exist.
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Other tea party groups have condemned the adoption of "smart" utility meters which transmit information about customer usage due to concerns that they would intrude on customers' privacy, or have broadly backed less reliance on foreign energy.
In its simplest form, it lets your "smart" electric meter talk back to the utility and record your usage by hour, so you can adjust your habits to take advantage of lower, off-peak rates.
Silver Spring operates a hardware and software network designed to help utility companies create what is known as a "smart grid, " or a responsive electrical infrastructure that can provide data on usage to help lower costs and maximize efficiency.
Bowing to pressure from iPhone fans, Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Communications moved to give Apple fans lining up for the new iPhone Friday a special offer on the price of Internet usage for the latest version of Apple's media player, smart phone hybrid.
Bowing to pressure from iPhone fans, Canadian wireless carrier Rogers Communications (nyse: RCI - news - people ) moved to give Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) fans lining up for the new iPhone Friday a special offer on the price of Internet usage for the latest version of Apple's media player, smart phone hybrid.
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Nearly half of the U.S. has so-called smart meters that allow utility companies to read the data remotely or to help control usage.
Consumer companies are exploring smart vending machines that have tiny computers on a wireless network which leverage information like usage data and weather forecasts to determine replenishment schedules.
Smart meters will better inform consumers of their energy consumption and increase off-peak tariff usage.
To that end, smart meters provide the price signals to consumers to tell them when to cut their energy usage.
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The EcoHub app works by pulling overall home energy usage data, provided by an energy data source, such as a utility or smart meter company.
The kit also includes a smart plug that can remotely control devices in the home and report back on a current and historical energy usage.
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