Home Automation
Best Buy Adding Home-Automation Departments
Updated! Minneapolis – Best Buy is rolling out home-automation departments to more than 400 stores this fall. The “Connected Home” sections are expected to...
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Revolv Takes A Whirl With Nest Detectors, Danalock
Boulder, Colo. – Revolv, the home-automation hub supplier, has added compatibility with the Nest Protect CO/smoke detector and launched a new UI for the...
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Insteon Expands Retail Presence
Irvine, Calif. – DIY home-automation supplier Insteon expanded its distribution base again with the launch of products today through 282 Menards retail stores nationwide...
Distributors
New Age Grows Emerging Technology Roster
Greenville, S.C. — New Age Electronics announced that it has expanded its Emerging Technology strategy with the signing of multiple new vendor lines specializing...
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Danish Company Readies Wireless Door Locks
New York — A Danish company is bringing a Bluetooth door lock and a combination Bluetooth/Z-Wave door lock to the U.S. market through Amazon’s...
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Swann Flies Into Home Automation Market
Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – DIY security supplier Swann Security is expanding into DIY home automation with the launch of SwannOne, a security-focused home-automation...
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AT&T To Add Dedicated Touchscreen To Home Automation Lineup
Atlanta — AT&T is adding a dedicated on-wall and table-mount touchscreen controller to supplement the tablet and smartphone apps available to monitor and control...
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Piper In The Pipeline At Amazon
Redwood City, Calif. – Icontrol Networks is expanding retail availability of its Piper home-automation hub/security camera. In its latest move, the company is extending...
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Wink Links To In-Wall Home-Automation Controller
New York – Home automation startup Wink will add a Wi-Fi-connected in-wall control center to supplement app control of wireless home-automation products. Wink, which...
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Crestron Adds Proximity Sensor, Remotes, Audio
Denver – Crestron put much of its promotional effort at the CEDIA Expo on its Pyng app, which simplifies home-automation setup, but the company...
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EchoStar Turns To Home Automation
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – The center of the U.S. home-automation industry is at the CEDIA Expo in Denver, but EchoStar is going to the...
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Savant Upgrades App Control, Adds Android App
Denver – Home-automation supplier Savant launched its next-generation home-control app and will for the first time offer an Android version, not just an iOS...
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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...
Industry
Amazon Sets CFO Succession; Doubles Home-Automation SKUs
Seattle — Amazon.com’s chief financial officer Tom Szkutak has set a retirement date of June 2015, when he will be succeeded by the e-tailer’s...
Distributors
URC, Snap AV Team Up
Harrison, N.Y. — URC is expanding its distribution base to include Snap AV dealers. URC’s full line of ccGEN2 and Complete Control home-automation products...
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Sears Testing Three ‘Connected’ Shops
Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Sears is now operating “Connected Solutions” pilot shops within three flagship stores in Illinois. The experiential shops, first reported here...
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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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