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Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
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Amazon Paying $1B-Plus For Ring
Will add lineup of video doorbells and connected cameras to its smart-home repertoire
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Watch: Meet The ‘Switzerland’ Of Smart Speakers
Mycroft is readying an open-source smart speaker that it said is both more flexible and more privacy-minded than an Amazon Echo, Google Home or...
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Watch: How Brick-And-Mortar Is Crucial In Selling The Smart Home
What retailers are doing right
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21 Smart-Home Solutions To Look For In 2018
See what’s here and what’s coming for every room in the house
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Digital Assistants Shake Up The Wi-Fi Speaker Market
Amazon vs. Google will play out on the CES show floor
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Samsung Intends To Connect Smart Homes With Cars
Will incorporate in-vehicle tech designed by Harman
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Control4 Acquires Ihiji
Intends to provide robust management service platform for smart homes
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Google Takes On Amazon Dot With New Home Mini
Google unveiled a its new lineup of retail hardware products Wednesday, led by a new Pixel 2 lineup that will compete with new smartphones...
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Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
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Amazon Whirlwind: New Echo, Plus, Spot, Connect, Fire TV Take The Stage
Amazon introduced a spate of new Echo devices and Alexa features on Wednesday, clearly determined to not simply put an Echo in every home...
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Connected Consumer Driving Home-Improvement Biz
The mood was decidedly upbeat, particularly for the custom integration crowd, at last week’s Insights Conference in Chicago, hosted by the Home Improvement Research...
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LG Completes Appliance Hook Up With Google
Four months after adding Google Assistant to its open platform, virtually all LG smart appliances are now compatible with the chatty virtual helper. LG...
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iHome Securing The Smart Home With Its New Sensors & Plugs
SDI Technologies will soon begin shipping a series of smart sensors under its iHome brand, as well as a new smart plug for use...
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How Apple’s iPhone X Can Kick-Start Smart-Home Adoption
Apple’s new iPhone X will undoubtedly be one of the most fully featured phones on the market, but its role as the new brain...
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CEDIA 2017: Sonance In Major Product Launch As iPort Taps New Niches
Dana Innovations unveiled at CEDIA its largest number of Sonance-brand custom speakers in years while the company’s iPort brand added a premium tier to...
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CEDIA 2017: Colorbeam Beaming Over Low-Voltage Lighting Potential
Colorbeam closed out its first year marketing home-wide low-voltage lighting-control systems and lights to residential and commercial A/V integrators in North America, and president...
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IFA 2017: Not To Be Outdone, Sony Debuts Its Own Smart Speaker
Sony broke both size and sound barriers with a slew of new products unveiled at IFA 2017, including a palm-sized premium compact camera and...
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LG’s IFA Focus Is On Voice Control & Robotics
LG Electronics is at IFA 2017 this week to promote its agnostic approach to the smart home. The company said it has committed to...
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IFA 2017: Polaroid Focuses On Its Hoop Home-Security Cam
PLR IP Holdings used the IFA tech show in Berlin to show off its two newest Polaroid-branded cameras on Tuesday: the Hoop wireless home-security...
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Savant Acquires Artison
Smart-home manufacturer Savant has acquired Artison, a maker of whole-home audio solutions. Savant said the deal allows it to leverage Artison’s key patents...
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Samsung Still Striving For Its Own Smart Speaker
Samsung Electronics is intent on bringing its own voice-controlled smart speaker to market, integrating its Bixby digital assistant, according to multiple reports, but delays...
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Sure To Debut Universal Remote App With Voice Command Capability At Mobile World Congress
Sure Universal, which markets a smartphone-based universal remote app, has added Amazon’s Alexa voice control to its capabilities. The company will debut the updated...
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LG, Samsung Launch Out-Of-This-World Connected Campaigns
Two of the top purveyors of smart appliances have launched new campaigns to tout their visions for the connected kitchen. For LG Electronics, the...
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Apple Debuts HomePod Smart Speaker, 10.5-Inch iPad Pro
Apple took the wraps off its first wireless smart speaker, the HomePod, at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today. It also introduced a new...
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Smart Speakers Are Driving Smart-Home Growth
Voice control in the connected-home market will rapidly expand the adoption of such devices, according to the latest forecast from Park Associates. Parks is...
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Samsung’s Connect Home Mesh Router For Smart Homes Will Be Available July 2 At Best Buy
Samsung’s Connect Home Wi-Fi mesh router for smart homes will become available at Best Buy beginning July 2, with pre-orders beginning this Sunday, June...
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Harman Hooks Up With Cortana
Harman International will tap the burgeoning smart-speaker market this fall with the launch of the Harman Kardon Invoke, a premium, voice-activated Echo-like device. Perhaps...
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Amazon’s Stranglehold On The Smart-Speaker Biz
A trio of new reports confirms what we kinda already know: that voice control is the happening new user interface, and that smart wireless...
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Jem & Energerzier Team To Keep The Smart Home Going & Going & Going …
Jem Accessories has partnered with Energizer Brands to produce and market smart-home devices, a first for the power badge. The Energizer Connect line of...
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59% Of Smart-Home Shoppers Care About Hacking Protection: Report
New research suggests security concerns remain a major roadblock to mass-market penetration of connected-home devices, while also offering new opportunities for add-on sales. According...
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Jem Accessories, Energizer Team For Smart-Home Line
Jem Accessories has partnered with Energizer Brands to produce and market smart-home devices, a first for the power badge. The Energizer Connect line of...
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Amazon Shows Us Another Echo, This One With Touchscreen
For the second time in two weeks Amazon this morning has introduced another variant to its market-leading Echo smart-speaker line. This time, the House...
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Harman Hooks Up With Cortana For Invoke Smart Speaker
Harman International will tap the burgeoning smart-speaker market this fall with the launch of the Harman Kardon Invoke, a premium, voice-activated Echo-like device. Perhaps...
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Amazon Echo Controls 71% Of Smart-Speaker Biz: Report
A trio of new reports confirms what we kinda already know: that voice control is the happening new user interface, and that smart wireless...
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Universal Electronics To Acquire Residential Control Systems
Universal Electronics (UEI), a manufacturer of smart-home controllers and sensing technology, will acquire Residential Control Systems for $9 million. Residential Control Systems, also known...
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Amazon’s Got Sol: GE’s Stand-Alone Alexa Lamp Will Ship In September
Consumers will soon be able to have Alexa-controlled smart lighting without owning an Echo, Dot, Tap or Look. GE has revealed shipping and pricing...