January 18, 2023
Household Appliances
Energy efficient features 'ignored' by 9 out of 10 homeowners, Beko finds
A new survey of 6,000 homeowners and renters from across the globe, commissioned by leading appliance brand, Beko, has revealed that nearly 9 in 10 (89%)...
January 17, 2023
News
Newly elected gfu board members take their positions for 2023. Who are they?
The shareholders of gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH, organiser of IFA, have elected a new supervisory board including representatives from BSH, Miele and...
January 17, 2023
Trade talk
News
Euromonitor reveals top 10 global consumer trends in 2023
Global market research company Euromonitor International released its landmark “Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2023” report on Monday. Euromonitor's annual...
January 11, 2023
Smart Home
Home Connectivity Alliance announces new specification
The Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) has announced a new specification for “better interoperability across connected homes”. The Home Connectivity...
January 5, 2023
Household Appliances
Top household appliances for saving energy to watch in 2023
Energy-efficient household appliances and smart gadgets that contribute to saving power will become must-have items in the new year as utility bills continue...
January 4, 2023
Communication & Connectivity
News
Words prove their worth as teaching tools for AI
Exploring a new way to teach robots, researchers have found that human-language descriptions can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic arm lifting and...
January 3, 2023
Fitness
Digital Health & Wearables
News
AI and robots could help detect UTIs early
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence and talking robots to help detect urinary tract infections in vulnerable people at an earlier stage....
December 28, 2022
Fitness
Digital Health & Wearables
NFT technology will help store personal health data
Healthcare technology firm MAPay announced it will create the first 100 million NFTs (non-fungible token) for digital health data on the blockchain. MAPay has...
December 26, 2022
Computing
Gaming
News
How artificial intelligence software can become a trillion dollar market by 2032
New research has indicated that the global market size for artificial intelligence software is predicted to reach over a trillion dollars by 2032. But what are...
December 22, 2022
Rise in demand for online games helps drive digital media production software market
A new report has revealed that rise in demand for online video games has helped drive the digital media production software market, with Allied Market Research...
December 21, 2022
Smart Home
Smart home market could be worth more than '100 billion by 2031
Guidehouse Insights has published a detailed report, Market Data: Smart Home IOT, which examines the future of the smart home market. With markets starting to...
December 20, 2022
Audio & Entertainment
News
Boom of wireless headphones with Bluetooth transmission
Wireless headphones continue to be in high demand, according to the latest figures from gfu Consumer & Home Electronics. A total of almost eight million...
December 14, 2022
Smart Home
CSA new smart home protocol Matter officially launched
In January 2022, the IFA Newsroom reported the Matter connectivity standard had gained approval from over 200 companies. The communication protocol for smart...
December 6, 2022
Fitness
Digital Health & Wearables
'Beyond the smart watch' ' Analyst IDTechEx reveals 2023 trends to look out for in world of digital fitness
Global technology market analyst IDTechEx has released a new report forecasting trends in the smartwatch and digital fitness market, including new hearable...
December 5, 2022
Household Appliances
Fisher & Paykel says 'slow living' will dominate appliance trends in 2023
Luxury appliance brand Fisher & Paykel is predicting that so-called ‘slow living' will dominate appliance trends in 2023 and beyond, in a recent forecast...
December 1, 2022
News
IFA remains at Messe Berlin as new chapter begins
gfu and Clarion Events reach agreement with Messe Berlin for IFA to remain at the Berlin exhibition grounds The three parties have reached an agreement: the...
December 1, 2022
News
Home electronics market stable in first three quarters of 2022, gfu finds
The market for home electronics products (HE), represented in the HEMIX, Home Electronics Market Index, has remained stable during the first three quarters of...
November 10, 2022
Household Appliances
New opportunities for small household appliances as adoption of IOT grows
The rapid adoption of internet of things (IOT) technology is driving growth within the small household appliances sector, according to a new report from...
November 9, 2022
Innovation, education and service trends shaping future of IT and business
A new report from McKinsey has put a spotlight on what trends are “reshaping the future of IT and business”. The report explains that businesses should...
November 8, 2022
Fitness
Digital Health & Wearables
American Heart Association study finds people who need wearable health devices most, use them least
Research published by the American Heart Association has found that wearers of fitness bands, trackers and smart watches are generally the group which needs...