Microsoft discontinues Hohm; slow adoption to blame
Microsoft said Thursday that it will discontinue its Hohm energy management service on May 31, 2012 because of "slow overall market adoption."
Microsoft said Thursday that it will discontinue its Hohm energy management service on May 31, 2012 because of "slow overall market adoption."
If Microsoft wants HealthVault to take over from Google Health, plumbing in APIs for the tracking devices people already use to monitor health and fitness would be a great start.When Google canned its energy monitoring service, Microsoft's charmingly named Hohm quickly followed suit.
Not too surprisingly, Microsoft is pulling the plug on its Hohm energy monitoring service.
Microsoft officials have publicly prided themselves on dabbling in lots of different areas that might some day become Microsoft's next billion-dollar business. But it seems there's a new modus operandi in place these days. And I'm curious what Ballmer & Co. now consider to be worthy big bets.
Google is to shut down its PowerMeter and Google Health services because it has been unable to turn them into mass-market propositions, the company said on Friday.PowerMeter, which lets people monitor their energy contrast usage online, was available to users in the UK and the US.
The results of some fairly high profile smart energy management projects (apparently successful) are due this week, but apparently Google didn't have the patience to wait. The giant Internet services company has officially "retired" the PowerMeter service due to lack of consumer adoption.
Microsoft and Toyota announced on April 6 a partnership via which Toyota's next-generation telematics platform will be built using Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure.
Microsoft is folding its Hohm energy monitoring service into its Windows Embedded unit. Next stop: energy monitoring for your car (or factory).
Microsoft has partnered with Blue Line Innovations to offer a Hohm-ready real-time energy monitor.
Microsoft has teamed up with Blue Line Innovations to create a wireless energy monitor that will present relevant information from its Hohm energy management service. The gadget looks like one of those weather and temperature information displays.