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Z-Wave Alliance Brings Together Influencers, Brands + Developers for IoT Ecosystem Summit
Held in Amsterdam, the Z-Wave Spring Summit includes business and marketing sessions as well as a dev forum and features speakers from BBC, CE...
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Z-Wave Alliance Demonstrates Continued Leadership in Smart Home Security at ISC West 2019
The Z-Wave Pavilion is home to the highly anticipated new Z-Wave 700 platform and smart home security solutions for dealers and integrators
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PowerHouse Alliance Distributor Members Invite Dealers to Automation, Security, AV Training and Events this November
Pittsburgh, PA – October 29, 2018 – This November, the 12 PowerHouse Alliance distributor members announce over 20 events and training sessions for dealers...
Industry
Custom Integrators Riding High, But Will The Housing Market Hold?
CEDIA shares its state-of-the-industry report .
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Fibaro Announces Major Integration Partnerships that Strengthen and Enhance the Fibaro Smart Home System
FIBARO, a leading global manufacturer of wireless intelligent home automation and control devices, today announces a number of exciting integration partnerships that further advance...
Home Automation
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...
Home Automation
Best Buy Builds Connected Home Demo In Mall Of America
For the next three weeks Best Buy is calling Minnesota’s Mall of America home, or rather Tech Home. That’s the name given the multi-room,...
Blogs
Four Smart-Home Myths Retailers Need to Dispel
Smart-home products are rolling out to the masses as consumers look for ways to simplify their daily lives. According to a recent survey from...
Home Automation
Here Comes Another Home-Automation Platform
Palo Alto, Calif. — Smart-house platform provider ROC-Connect has entered the North American market following last year’s launch in Europe and Latin America and...
Home Automation
Fibaro Home Center 2 Hub Is Compatible With Z-Wave, Nest, Others
Chicago – Poland-based Fibaro is targeting the custom-integrator channel with the shipment of its first home-automation hub for the U.S. market. The Z-Wave-equipped Home...
Home Automation
D-Link Expands Wi-Fi Home-Automation Selection
Fountain Valley, Calif. – D-Link expanded its selection of Wi-Fi-based home-automation products with the shipment of what it called the industry’s first Wi-Fi water-leak...
Home Automation
AT&T Adds Home-Automation Packages
Dallas – AT&T has revised its Digital Life home automation/security plans to offer two bundles that it says deliver discounts over purchasing the same...
Financial
Nortek’s AVC Segment Trims Losses In Q2
Providence, R.I. – Nortek’s audio, video and control solutions (AVC) segment shrank its second-quarter and first-half operating losses by 49 percent, with the quarter’s...
Home Automation
The Latest In Home Automation: What To Look For
New York – Home-automation suppliers have updated their product portfolios or added distribution in recent days, with key announcements coming from Amazon, Smart Things,...
Home Automation
CastleOS Plans Windows-Based Home Automation Hub
Boston – CastleOS launched home-automation software for Windows computers more than two years ago and now plans August availability of its first home-automation hub,...
Home Automation
Uniden Adds Top-End Security System
Irving, Texas — Uniden’s latest app-controlled home and small-business surveillance system steps up the company’s line to a suggested $499 and becomes its first...
Home Automation
MiPow Expanding Bluetooth LED-Light Selection
Milpitas, Calif. – Startup MiPow will expand its selection of Bluetooth-controlled Playbulb LED lights with the July shipment of the $39 Garden, a solar-charging...
Home Automation
Myfox Rolls Out DIY Security System
Campbell, Calif. –French company Myfox rolled outs its first DIY security system for the U.S. market through www.getmyfox.com and through select U.S. retailers. The...
Home Automation
We Have More HomeKit Prices, Availability Details
New York – Three companies that announced plans a year ago to market Apple HomeKit-certified home-automation products have now revealed pricing and availability plans....
Home Automation
Curb Readies Energy-Monitoring System
Austin, Texas – Startup Curb plans September availability of an energy-monitoring system that connects to a home’s circuit-breaker box to monitor energy usage by...
Home Automation
Flow Of Home-Automation Products Continues
New York – New do-it-yourself home-automation products continued to flow unabated into the market in recent days as iLuv expanded its selection, Google’s Nest...
Home Automation
iLuv Adds Smart LED Bulb
Port Washington, N.Y. – iLuv tossed its hat into the home-automation ring with the shipment of Bluetooth-controlled multicolor LED light bulbs. The $39.99-suggested Rainbow7...
Home Automation
Tado Brings Smartphone Control To Air Conditioners
Munich, Germany – Tado arrived in the U.S. with a $199 Smart AC Control system that enables smartphone control of in-wall and in-window air...
Home Automation
Alarm.com Turns TV Into Security Monitor
Vienna, Va. – Home-automation service provider Alarm.com is using Amazon’s FireTV settop box and FireTV HDMI stick to display HD video from up to...
Home Automation
iHome Readies HomeKit Smart Plug
Rahway, N.J. – iHome’s first HomeKit-certified product, a $39.99 smart plug, will be available for preorder June 15 at iHome.com , with retail availability expected...
Home Automation
Android TVs Turn Into Home-Automation Hubs
Voorhees, N.J. — Enblink is turning Android TV-powered devices into home-automation hubs. The $89 Enblink USB device previously turned only Google TV-powered devices into...
Blogs
‘Thread,’ ‘Weave’ Leave Me In Stitches
If anything, the folks in the home-automation business are a clever bunch when it comes to naming their technologies. Google calls its new IoT...
Home Automation
Alarm.com Prepares For IPO
Vienna, Va. —Alarm.com, which sells monitored security and home-automation services through security specialists and systems integrators, announced plans to go public but hasn’t yet...
Home Automation
Logitech Hub Adds More Home-Automation Functions
Newark, Calif. – Logitech plans this month to issue a free firmware update that will transform its previous-generation Ultimate Harmony Hub, designed mainly to...
Home Automation
Logitech Expands Harmony Hub Connections
Newark, Calif. –A firmware update from Logitech upgrades the company’s Harmony home-control systems to integrate with Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm and Rheem...
Home Automation
Vivint Knocks On Wi-Fi Doorbell Market
Provo, Utah — Vivint, the direct-to-consumer supplier of professionally installed security and home-automation systems, expanded its Sky smart-home system to include a doorbell camera....
Home Automation
Denon Adapts Heos Technology For Custom
Mahwah, N.J. – Denon is adapting its Heos wireless multiroom-audio technology for use in installed multiroom-audio systems. The company plans July shipments of the...
CES-2016
LG, ADT In Pact To Offer DIY Home Automation
Boca Raton, Fla. – LG is teaming up with ADT Corp. to enter the U.S. do-it-yourself home-automation market this year. ADT currently offers installed...
Home Automation
Ring Rolls Out Video Doorbell To Best Buy
Santa Monica, Calif. – Startup Ring expanded distribution of its $199 Wi-Fi Video Doorbell to 434 Best Buy stores in 50 states and unveiled...
Home Automation
Osram Sylvania Expands Lightify Line
New York — Osram Sylvania went to the Lightfair trade show here to expand its Lightify selection of ZigBee-equipped smart LED lighting products controllable...
Home Automation
TiO Updates Wireless Home Automation System
Melbourne, Fla. – Wireless home-automation supplier Anuva Automation has updated the OS for its TiO (Turn it On) wireless home-control system and unveiled a...
Home Automation
Comcast Home Automation System Opens Up
Philadelphia — Comcast is opening up its monitored-security/home-automation system to operate with devices from a wide variety of home-automation brands. The company’s Xfinity Home...
Home Automation
WeMo, Cree In Strategic Alliance
Playa Vista, Calif. – Belkin’s WeMo home-automation brand continues to expand the range of home products that can be controlled from its WeMo app,...
Home Automation
GreenIQ Irrigation Hub Goes Retail
Petah-Tikva, Israel –Internet of Things (IoT) startup GreenIQ has opened up distribution to HomeDepot.com to supplement direct sales of its first product, a $249...
Financial
Nortek’s AVC Segment Shrinks Q1 Operating Loss
Providence, R.I. – Nortek’s audio, video and control solutions (AVC) segment shrank its first-quarter 2015 operating loss to $2.4 million from the year-ago $4.7...