connected home
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Your Move, Apple
It feels like it’s 2001. A ton of companies had released a ton of MP3 players, and they all sucked. The iPod was just months away. But it’s 2016, and instead we’re drowning in smarthome gadgets, most recently the voice-powered Amazon Echo and whatever Google Home is.
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HomeKit Will Let You Access Your Smart Home Via iCloud
Slowly but surely, Apple is been threatening to creep into the smart home market. The company just took one more small step by announcing that it’s HomeKit software will give you access to connected home devices from anywhere in the world by using iCloud. And the software will finally work on a whole bunch of…
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In-Depth: The Current State Of Smart Locks
I’ve been following the smart lock market with great interest. There are some odd ideas, common mistakes and a lot of hyperbole, but also intrepid engineering, smart marketing and a level playing field. For the first time in decades there is serious public interest in locks and it’s pinging the historian in me hard. I’m…
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Logitech Finally Made A Harmony Remote For Your Whole House
It seems like everybody is racing to build the platform that will transform all of our homes into smart homes. But the blunt truth is that nobody’s really in the lead, and a few contenders are still on the sideline. Logitech, however, is gunning for the victory with its new Harmony Living Home system.