{"id":2364,"date":"2014-07-15T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T22:52:23","slug":"comcasts-latest-acquisition-could-mean-smarter-wi-fi-routers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"Comcast\u2019s Latest Acquisition Could Mean Smarter Wi-Fi Routers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the moment Comcast may just be thought of as an Internet and cable company, but in the future the company may offer its own hardware and software to manage an entire house full of smart devices.\u00a0<em>TechCrunch<\/em> confirmed on Monday that the Internet-provider recently acquired PowerCloud Systems and with it the technology to control your future smart home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The meat of the deal is actually Skydog, a Kickstarted Wi-Fi router launched by PowerCloud in 2013. The router comes with an app that lets you control any device connected to your Wi-Fi network and decide how much bandwidth each device uses at any given time. SkyDog was initially marketed as a way for parents to control their childrens\u2019 Internet usage, but it\u2019s clear how Comcast could use the same technology to unify many different smart home gadgets and appliances under one system.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which is valued at under $50 million according to <em>TechCrunch<\/em>, was reportedly focused on acquiring talent so Comcast could incorporate the same technology into its own business. PowerCloud Chief Technology Officer Andrea Peiro has apparently been awarded an executive-level position with Comcast.<\/p>\n<p>PowerCloud announced it had been acquired last week on Skydog\u2019s website, but didn\u2019t reveal who the buyer was. The company also said it won\u2019t be selling any more routers, but promised to continue supporting current customers \u201cfor the remainder of their subscription.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/07\/14\/comcast-skydog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TECHCRUNCH<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the moment Comcast may just be thought of as an Internet and cable company, but in the future the company may offer its own hardware and software to manage an entire house full of smart devices.\u00a0TechCrunch confirmed on Monday that the Internet-provider recently acquired PowerCloud Systems and with it the technology to control your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-comcast","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}