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ThinkPad Yoga is cool. Probably the first ThinkPad that has nothing ugly (=extended battery) sticking out. As sleek as MacBook, but convertible, with touch screen, 1TB ultra-fast encrypted SSD and a stylus. The convertible mode is especially great in a coach seat (where I spend most of my life nowadays :P). The AC adapter is very small (and has a 2-prong cable!). The only thing missing from my old X220 is a fingerprint reader. Cons? Not too many. Battery life could be better too (it seems to be around 6 hours, but I have not tested it thoroughly yet). Mini HDMI is a strange decision (a standard one would not really add that much to the size...). But the coolest thing about this laptop however is the One Link Pro Dock. This is a breakthrough in docking. One simple flexible plug to the laptop, gives access to power, 6xUSB, Ethernet and DisplayPort that drives my 4k 28" monitor at full resolution (yeah yeah I had to override the graphics chip settings defining so called custo...

At the last week's Bluetooth Europe conference three subjects were dominating the stage: proximity beacons, wearables and smart home. Pretty obvious stuff one might say, but not so evident to many players in the three respective categories was how close and interacting and game changing the trio is. Take wearables. They are the beacons you wear. The relationship is reversed. Stationary beacons have been sitting in shops and restaurants broadcasting their unique IDs. Bluetooth enabled smartphones have been scanning for the beacons, realizing the space around them. Now with wearable beacons the spaces around us may start scanning for the beacons, realizing the visitors passing by. Wearable beacons are also great for smart homes. While the idea of public spaces sniffing the private wearable beacons may sound too invasive, everybody will great a contextual smart home, which is aware of its residents' whereabouts, with a smile. This is what our smart - home oriented Seed Modul...

The news from Gartner may be shocking to some of us. How come... 500 smart / connected gadgets at an average home? Well, welcome to the (not so distant) future! At Seed , we are going to be an important contributor to this number (mark my words!). Why am I so sure about this future? Because I already live there. "Live in the future, building what's missing" was my personal call to action back in 2010 when I seriously considered starting a company with a goal to manage 500 smart / connected gadgets at home. We started officially in 2011 as HomerSoft and have morphed finally into what is today Seed Labs. I remember exactly the moment when I realized "the time has come". I was experimenting with a number of connected (Ethernet and WiFi at that time) gadgets: network music players, IP cameras, plug computers. They were all "headless" (no screens / keyboards) and the only way to communicate with them were IP addresses. And the only way to manage the ...

This week is shaping up to be the most important milestone for Seed Labs . The curtain goes up. There has been plenty of sweat and tears (of joy and sorrow), many ups and downs. But we are so happy, we are now ready to start talking about the company, the products, the strategy, the customers, the investors, the events (both past and planned), the roadmap. Flying under radars has had its advantages. Many. The most important have been no public commitments, giving this wonderful swiftness in freestyle pivots that are the core advantage startups have against the established players. But now, more than ever, we feel absolutely sure about both the direction and the approach. In our history we executed several pivots, with the latest two clearly defining now our position and heading. Business - wise we are a b2b software company. We empower manufacturers in making their products intelligent and connected. And technology - wise, we call 2014 the year of Bluetooth Smart in home automatio...