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Turn your smartphone into an educational device with these apps.

The smart home market is seeing vibrant activity. The home security giant's flagship service is called ADT Pulse, which offers home automation controls through its smartphone apps. Chief among these is the ADT Pulse Voice app, which can control lights, thermostats, door locks and other appliances by using voice commands.

There is no doubt that Android has become the dominant smartphone presence across the world over the last few years, as it takes advantage of Apple's staggered release schedule to flood the market with devices.

Innovations in beacon technology are making the UK retail sector more intelligent. Beacons are low-energy Bluetooth devices that push location messages to smartphones. While the technology is still quite new today, it's set to become one of the key enablers to connect the Internet of Things (IoT).