Broadcom and Marvell are only two companies mentioned by Apple at the WWDC, but there are many more looking to create the next generation of home automation devices, in an industry expected to be worth as much as 14.4 Trillion dollars.

With last April’s acquisition of Titan Aerospace, Google has also looked into drone technology as a vehicle to bring broadband Internet to areas of the world where Internet access is non-existent, or severely curbed by local authorities. Facebook has also been investing in similar efforts.

If indeed the Apple iWatch turns out to have a near field communication chip, the landscape of point of sale credit card payments is about to change, even more so if the iWatch indeed is able to function as a stand-alone device, as opposed to a paired one, like nearly every other smartwatch on the market.

The question could be just how many iPhone features will be controlled by the iWatch. From a consumer point of view, if Apple hopes to have a grand debut into the wearable tech market, it needs to focus on allowing as much control as possible of the most familiar apps, or at least the ones available on iCloud.