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Tag: home automation

Caught off-guard by Apple’s HomeKit, Microsoft races to join home automation alliance

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 4:01 pmWednesday, July 2, 201419 Comments

Obviously the news of Apple’s HomeKit caught Microsoft off-guard once…

This is how Apple converts the masses to new tech

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 12:27 pmTuesday, July 1, 20143 Comments

It’s only been a few weeks since Apple announced its new…

If Apple releases its own smart home hardware, think connected speakers and TVs

Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:28 pmMonday, March 2, 20158 Comments

It’s always been a question of when — and not if…

Apple working on ‘mainstream’ smart home hardware, sources say

Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:09 amThursday, June 26, 20149 Comments

With iPhones in pockets, Macs on desks, iPads in bags, and iWatches…

Apple HealthKit and HomeKit as major platform innovations

Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:58 pmThursday, June 19, 20142 Comments

Apple becomes the center of a complex web of business relationships…

inMarket: iBeacon increases in-store app usage, retention, and brand engagement

Monday, June 16, 2014 3:27 pmMonday, June 16, 20144 Comments

The first public stats about iBeacon impact on the shopping experience

Smart thermostat war heats up as Apple-partner Honeywell takes aim at Google’s Nest

Friday, June 13, 2014 9:28 amFriday, June 13, 201417 Comments

Google’s $3.2 billion purchase in February of Nest thrust the owner…

iPod godfather Tony Fadell ‘would have loved’ to show Nest to Steve Jobs

Thursday, June 12, 2014 4:20 pm32 Comments

In the late 1990s a young entrepreneur named Tony Fadell…

Honeywell takes dead aim at Google’s Nest with new iPhone-compatible Lyric smart thermostat

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 4:01 pmTuesday, June 10, 201432 Comments

Honeywell, the leader in managing home comfort and security for 125 years…

Google wants in on Apple Inc.’s iBeacon party

Monday, June 9, 2014 8:49 pmMonday, June 9, 201433 Comments

Over the past year, Apple’s iBeacon has gained a lot of media attention…

Will Apple’s Internet of Things vision hurt a beautiful idea? With HomeKit, Apple promises easy home automation

Friday, June 6, 2014 10:22 amFriday, June 6, 201416 Comments

Ah, the connected world. You wake up in the morning, and give iPhone’s Siri a pleasant command…

Apple ushers in the smart home: Philips demos iOS 8 widget to control Hue lightbulbs

Thursday, June 5, 2014 6:02 pmMonday, March 2, 20157 Comments

Apple has opened the doors to a world of possibilities…

Funny Or Die: Apple announces revolutionary new SmartHome home automation technology

Monday, June 2, 2014 12:14 pmMonday, June 2, 201413 Comments

New SmartHome home automation technology…

Apple to channel George Jetson with smart-home system play

Monday, June 2, 2014 10:02 am9 Comments

Investors who have been keeping the faith that Apple will deliver the ‘next big thing’ may soon be rewarded…

Apple seeks to work Jobs magic on the Internet of Things

Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:35 pmThursday, May 29, 20146 Comments

Mr Jobs was unrivalled in his ability to persuade an audience…

Apple patent application shines more light on their home automation controller

Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:30 amThursday, May 29, 20143 Comments

The USPTO published a patent application from Apple that reveals…

How Apple could create the smart home for the rest of us

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:01 pmWednesday, May 28, 20145 Comments

Your home is your largest gadget…

Helping Apple-haters figure out why Android is doomed

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:56 amWednesday, May 28, 201424 Comments

Gaggles of tortured Google/Android fans…

How Apple will use the iPhone to crush Google and Samsung

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:28 pmTuesday, May 27, 201416 Comments

Apple received a patent that would allow the iPhone to essentially…

Apple readying new software platform for the ‘Smart Home’ to be unveiled at WWDC sources say

Monday, May 26, 2014 7:13 pm33 Comments

Jetsons-style home automation is the next frontier in technology…

Wall to wall Apple: How iOS could make its way into your home

Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:04 pm13 Comments

Our residences are long overdue for a technological makeover…

The human side of home automation with smart LED lighting

Monday, December 9, 2013 1:29 pmMonday, December 9, 20139 Comments

Our homes should be comfortable but not mundane…

Apple granted home automation patent featuring intelligent user tracking

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 8:35 am28 Comments

In an interesting and somewhat exhaustive patent awarded to Apple…

Analyst: Apple iWatch actually a home automation play, not a smartphone companion

Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:21 pm44 Comments

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear launched a couple of weeks ago as a fat, ugly stupidwatch…

Controlling your home with the touch of an Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod touch (with video)

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:12 pm6 Comments

When you step off the elevator into the 8,000-square foot Savant Experience Center…

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