Home Automation
Control4 Takes To Apps To Speed Up Home-Automation Configuration
Denver—Control4 came to the CEDIA Expo with a configuration app that lets installers use smartphones and tablets to dramatically speed up and simplify the...
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Crestron App, Hub Yield Big Drop In Home-Automation Install Time
Denver – A new home-automation app and hub developed by Crestron will reduce installation time and boost margins by letting installers use tablets to...
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Nest Connecting To Home-Automation Systems
Denver — Nest’s learning thermostat and smoke/carbon-monoxide detector will integrate with installed home-automation systems for the first time, Nest announced on the eve of...
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Burkhardt To Reintroduce Himself At CEDIA Expo
When Jeremy Burkhardt returns to CEDIA EXPO next week as co-owner of audio start-up Origin Acoustics, he knows that he will have a lot...
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Smart Home Ventures Enters Home-Automation Market
Kansas City, Mo. — Start-up Smart Home Ventures is bringing the home-automation and security platform developed by Icontrol Networks to retail for the first...
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Samsung To Buy SmartThings, Raising Home-Automation Profile
Washington — Samsung Electronics entered into an agreement to purchase mass-market home-automation supplier SmartThings, whose founder and CEO maintained the company will continue to...
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TiO Home Automation Gets New Owner
Melbourne, Fla. – The TiO (Turn it On) brand of residential and building automation products, launched last year, has a new owner. The new...
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URC Expands Distribution Of Home Automation System
Harrison, N.Y. – URC has expanded its regional distributor base to 18 to sell its ccGEN2 IP-based whole-house home automation system, launched early this...
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Lowe’s Expands Iris Home-Automation Selection
Mooresville, N.C. — Lowe’s expanded its selection of Iris home-automation products with the addition of four products that connect to its hub, which enables...
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Yale Adds New Designs To Z-Wave Deadbolts
New Haven, Conn. — Yale Locks & Hardware is now shipping a line of Z-Wave key-free cylinderless deadbolts offering sleek designs, easier installation and...
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Voice Control Coming To Insteon Home-Automation Systems
Irvine, Calif. — Insteon will bring voice control to its home-automation products in the coming months via an upgraded Windows Phone 8.1 app that...
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Nest, Yale, Samsung Promote Thread Home-Automation Standard
San Ramon, Calif. — A seven-member technology group that includes Nest Labs, Yale Security and Samsung’s CE group has defined a wireless mesh-network technology...
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Whirlpool Selling Nest-Enabled Laundry Pair
BENTON HARBOR, MICH. – Whirlpool has introduced a smart washer and dryer that can be wirelessly controlled by the Nest Learning Thermostat. Whirlpool said...
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Home Depot Gives Nod To Wink Home Automation
New York — The Home Depot will add to its home-automation assortment with the July 7 launch of Wink’s home-automation hub, which controls a...
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Control4 Buys Card Access Line
Salt Lake City — Control4 acquired the home-automation products and intellectual property of Utah-based Card Access to complement its line of automation products. Card...
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Oplink Expands CE Portfolio With Home Automation
Fremont, Calif. — Oplink, a supplier of telecom-infrastructure components, entered the CE market early this year with two do-it-yourself security systems, and now it’s...
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Archos Dives Into Home Automation
Denver — Tablet and smartphone maker Archos started its diversification drive with the launch of its first home-automation devices, said to be the first...
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Honeywell Thermostat Targets CE Channels
Minneapolis — Renowned home-thermostat manufacturer Honeywell is stepping out from the home-improvement and hardware store channels it has long dominated to include consumer electronics...
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Vivint Upgrades Security/Home-Automation System
Provo, Utah — Direct-to-consumer supplier Vivint launched its next-generation security and home-automation service, which offers multiple new features based on its own Cloud-based platform...
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Smart Sprinkler Rolls Out At Home Depot
Denver — The Home Depot this week will roll out the launch of a smart lawn sprinkler controller in 990 stores. The Iro smart...
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Lutron Bringing Lighting Control To Mass Market
Coopersburg, Pa. – Lutron is filling the gap in its product line between $20 in-wall dimmers and custom-installed whole-house lighting-control systems with the launch...
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Control4 Sees Connected-Product Growth Boosting Its Sales Potential
New York – Control4 executives went to an investors’ conference here to deliver an optimistic forecast of their company’s potential in the growing home-automation...
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Elan Readies Next-Gen Home-Automation Controllers
UPDATE! Petaluma, Calif. – Elan plans July shipments of the first two G-series home-automation controllers incorporating a new Linux-based platform said to deliver faster...
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Harman To Buy AMX
Stamford, Conn. — Harman International plans to buy AMX for $365 million, mainly to expand Harman’s control and automation presence in the enterprise market,...
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Insteon, Microsoft Strike Retail Pact
Irvine, Calif. — Home-automation supplier Insteon will sell select products through Microsoft stores for the first time as part of a collaboration that includes...
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D-Link Adds Home Automation
Fountain Valley, Calif. – D-Link has begun offering the first product in its first line of home-automation products. The marketer of such network products...
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CEA: Home Tech Installs Up During 2013
Arlington, Va. — A Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) study found that almost all installations of home technologies in new homes increased or held constant...
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Hammacher Schlemmer Steps Up Home Automation
New York — Online and catalog retailer Hammacher Schlemmer is stepping up its home-automation presence with the launch of a $149 system that lets...
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CEA: Energy Efficiency Drives Home Automation
Arlington, Va. — Home-automation technologies that offer energy efficiency are the most popular type of installed home technologies among U.S. consumers, according to the...
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Logitech Adds Remotes Despite Intent To Sell Division
NEW YORK — Logitech launched two new universal remote controls last week, despite the fact that the company is actively trying to sell off...
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Universal Electronics Acquires Enson Assets
Cypress, Calif. – Universal Electronics (UEI) has acquired China-based Enson Assets Limited. Enson is a China-based manufacturer of remote controls for OEMs. The company...
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