Smart products to drive big data usage

Smart televisions could well be the springboard for big data use, considering that the penetration rate for such products is already 70 to 80 percent in China, a top industry official said.

Yu Liangxing, the chairman of Beijing All View Cloud Data Technology Co Ltd, a consulting company that specializes in home appliances data said that the number of smart TVs in China is expected to surpass 200 million units by 2018.

Once we have a large user base, the commercial value of big data application will surge, he said, adding that the application of big data in smart homes, where electronic devices are inter-linked, is gradually expanding.