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Critical Information About the Air You Breathe—Inside Your Home
Fall isn’t quite here, but meteorologists are reporting on ragweed pollen counts associated with the end of summer. Fortunately, ragweed is one of the...
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The Wire - Press Releases
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...
The Wire - Press Releases
Fibaro Kicks Off North American Installer Training Initiative to Attract Skilled Professionals
Chicago, IL – August 8, 2018 – FIBARO, a leading global manufacturer of wireless intelligent home automation and control devices, is growing its installer...
Home Automation
Best Buy Disconnecting From Vivint?
Best Buy has reportedly cut the cord with Vivint.
Distributors
New Age Summit Doing Deep Dive On Smart Home
New Age Electronics’ eighth annual Retail Dealer Summit returns to Tinseltown next month.
Product Spotlight
Smart-Home Penetration At 32% And Growing
But platform interoperability remains a key concern for consumers.
Home Automation
Foxconn Furthers Smart-Home Ambitions By Buying Belkin
The deal gives Belkin financial clout and Foxconn a coterie of premium brands
Keeping Current
When ‘Dumb’ Devices Outsmart Smart Tech
Sometimes a good ol' fashioned wristwatch or alarm clock are still the best at what they do.
Keeping Current
It’s Amazon Vs. Google In The Battle For The Smart Home
With Amazon unleashing a bumper crop of Echo devices last week and Google unveiling its own array of new devices today, the battle lines are...
Home Automation
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...
news
We’ve Seen The Future Of The Smart Home, And It Is Bright
New research paints a rosy picture for the road to the smart home. Home-automation products will add $1.8 billion of new CE sales through...
Home Automation
Moni Simplifies Smart-Home Security With Interactive Kiosk
Moni (formerly Monitronics), a Dallas-based home security alarm monitoring company, has introduced what it described as a first-of-its-kind interactive kiosk meant to make smart-home...
Home Automation
Moni Adds Qolsys IQ Home Security/Smart Home Control Panel
Moni has introduced an all-in-one security and smart home control panel to its smart home security portfolio. The Qolsys IQ Panel 2 has a...
Keeping Current
Kellyanne Conway Isn’t As Crazy As You Think With That Microwave Comment
Security concerns for smart-home devices — both real and imagined — are taking a toll on the category’s advancement potential. “In case you’re wondering,...
news
JCPenney Testing Smart-Home Services With Samsung
JCPenney has forged a smart-home services partnership with Samsung. The pilot pact is part of a broader effort by Penney to develop a menu...
Appliances
Smart-Home Appliances Have Hit The Market — Will Consumers Buy In?
If this year’s CES and SXSW Interactive are any indication, I might suggest that the convergence of home appliances and technology won’t just shake...
Appliances
Amazon’s Top Smart-Home Picks For Summer ’17
Amazon has begun a tradition of seasonal product previews for the press, and this year’s no exception. At an exhibition space in Manhattan’s West...
Home Automation
TWICE/CSS Survey: Security Is Smart-Home Entry Point For Shoppers
Home security is the primary connected-product category that initially brings smart-home shoppers into stores, retail sales associates report. According to an exclusive new survey,...
Home Automation
TWICE/CCS Survey: Security Trumps Price As Consumers’ Chief Smart-Home Concern
With data breaches and hacked email servers making headlines, it should come as no surprise that personal data security is the No. 1 concern...
Home Automation
Smart Baby: Target Adds ‘Connected Nursery’ Sections
Target, an aggressive player in the smart-home category, has extended its IoT beachhead into baby products. The No. 2 discount chain has added Connected...
Blogs
Get Smart: What Retailers Need To Know About Selling Home Automation
Smart home products are rolling out to the masses as consumers look for ways to simplify their daily lives. Even though major commercial security companies...
news
Connected Living: Target Testing Its First Smart-Home Shop
Target has installed a smart-home and “Connected Living” section within the CE department of a Minneapolis-area store in what could presage a wider rollout...
Home Automation
Parks: Many Smart-Home Products Used Daily
Consumer intentions to buy smart-home products jumped in less than two years, and many people who own a smart-home product use them daily, Parks...
Home Automation
Intraix’s Klug Adds Home Control To Any Wi-Fi Router
Singapore start-up Intraix wants you to turn an existing Wi-Fi router into a smart-home hub by plugging in a USB stick incorporating smart-home technology....
news
Alexa Bossing Around More Systems
More than 3 million Amazon Echos have been purchased since the product shipped in late 2014, and almost 20 percent of purchasers use it...
news
Smart-Home Suppliers Grow Selections & Connections
Smart-home suppliers are positioning themselves to get the most out of the market’s growth potential by expanding system capabilities, entering new niches and expanding...
Home Automation
D-Link Adds Alexa Voice Control To Wi-Fi Smart Plugs
D-Link has joined the growing number of smart-home suppliers integrating their products with Amazon’s Echo, Tap and Dot, and Fire TV, enabling voice control...
news
Security Cameras Lead Smart-Home Adoption
Networked surveillance cameras are leading the adoption of smart-home technology, Parks Associates said in releasing consumer-survey results during ISC West. Nine percent of U.S....
Home Automation
Ecoisme Aims To Simplify Smart Energy Management
Krakow, Poland — Another smart-home energy-management system is hitting the crowdfunding circuit this month, this one designed with extreme simplicity in mind. The Ecoisme...
Accessories
Tesla Offers Batteries For Solar-Powered Homes
Palo Alto, Calif. — Electric car disrupter Tesla Motors formally announced its foray into the home power business, launching Tesla Energy to provide high-capacity...
Imaging
Swann Adds All-Weather DIY Security Cam
Santa Fe Springs, Calif. — Swann Security has added a new all-weather DIY security monitoring system to its line. Swann’s ADS-466 Indoor & Outdoor...
Home Automation
Control4 Adds Products, Upgrades OS And App
Salt Lake City — Control 4 unveiled its 2.7 smart-home OS and multiple products compatible with it, including a new wireless thermostat, new in-wall...
CES
Evolution Of The Smart Home: It’s Security, Stupid
Las Vegas — Purveyors of smart-home technologies agree on little, illustrated by the seemingly sudden cacophonous chaos of competing DIY smart-home platforms, protocols, wireless...
Blogs
A DIY Solution To Home Radon Testing
Radon is a naturally occurring, odorless, radiation-filled gas that can seep into buildings from the surrounding soil through foundation cracks and openings and even...
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