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Tag: HomeKit
Here’s everything that supports Apple’s HomeKit
HomeKit is a great way to control your home from your iPhone or iPad…
Apple’s smart home vision is finally taking shape
Imagine this: You’re just getting home from a long day at work…
How Apple’s HomeKit could revolutionize energy
Apple may have bigger ambitions than just developing solar for its data centers…
Apple security guru to give ‘’unprecedented’ talk on iOS 10 security at BlackHat
At the annual BlackHat USA 2016 security conference next week in Las Vegas, Apple security guru…
Where’s Apple’s Home app for Apple TV?
For a device that’s likely to spend a lot of time in your home, it seems odd that Apple TV…
Apple’s new iOS 10 Home app takes HomeKit to the next level: Easy control, extra convenience
Apple’s new iOS 10 is set to launch this fall and a number of neat features are in the mix…
Why we might not see Apple’s answer to the Amazon Echo
Nobody puts Siri in a corner…
Apple’s cutting-edge ‘differential privacy’ offers unique option for technology users
Modern technology has presented us with something of a Faustian bargain when it comes to our privacy…
Along with Apple TV, your iPad can be an Apple Home hub, too
Apple’s update for HomeKit may make the Apple TV even more important, with its addition of remote access…
Apple throws a Hail Mary to save the smart home or something
Tucked in the middle of Apple’s WWDC presentation this week was a series of updates meant to bolster Apple’s smart home efforts…
Apple debuts new ad for iOS 10
Apple today debuted a new TV ad for iOS 10…
Apple unveils iOS 10, the mother of all iOS releases
Apple today previewed iOS 10, the biggest release ever of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system…
Will Apple take on Amazon Echo at WWDC?
Apple will kick off its WWDC 2016 Monday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco…
Apple looks to regain dominance in a market it created
Apple essentially created the personal digital assistant when it launched Siri with the iPhone 4s back in 2011…
Apple to say ‘me too’ with a Siri-powered connected home speaker
Seems like everyone has a connected home hub you can talk to…
Apple preps Amazon Echo rival, opening up Siri
Apple is working on an Amazon Echo-like device with a speaker and microphone that people can…
Apple should make a stationary voice command device like Amazon’s Echo
Amazon.com sure did stumble on a sleeper hit with its Echo speaker…
Google unveils its Amazon Echo knockoff called ‘Google Home’
At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today unveiled a new hardware device and competitor to Amazon Echo…
Apple Watch gains yet another ‘killer app’
Apple Pay remains the killer app for Apple Watch, but a new app…
What’s coming in OS X 10
At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, Apple is expected to announce iOS 10…
Flaws in Samsung’s so-called ‘smart’ home let hackers unlock doors and set off fire alarms
When a piece of malware can trigger that fire alarm at four in the morning or unlock your front door for a stranger, your “smart home” suddenly seems pretty dumb…
Where’s Apple’s answer to Amazon Echo?
Hey Siri, thanks for the smaller phone, but how about an Echo-like smart speaker?
On Apple’s Mac, Siri has room to grow
It’s been a long time in the making: Siri debuted on the iPhone 4s back in 2011…
Amazon Echo leads mindshare in smart home platform war
Tech giants have been trying to figure out the world of Internet-connected home gadgets…
Elgato Eve connected-home system: Elegant design and operation with HomeKit compatibility
Elgato’s environmental and door/window sensors and its remote on/off switch are styled much…
Sony PS4 trounces Microsoft’s Xbox One over the 2015 holiday season
2015’s all-important holiday quarter saw Sony continuing to extend its sales lead over the competition…
Google’s flaky Nest thermostat shakes users’ trust in the Internet of Things
The latest Nest thermostat snafu points a potentially larger problem of bringing formerly unconnected things online…
Google’s Nest thermostat bug leaves users cold, angry
A software bug that caused Nest’s smart thermostat to stop working has left many users both cold and angry
Sony shames beleaguered Microsoft’s Xbox as juggernaut PlayStation 4 nears 36 million units sold
Sony’s unstoppable PS4 has chalked up 35.9 million in global sales…
Honeywell announces ‘Lyric Round’ smart thermostat with Apple HomeKit integration
Honeywell today announced its first HomeKit-enabled product, the 2nd-gen Lyric Round Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat…
In 2016, Apple needs to focus on HomeKit, Apple Pay, and Maps
Apple has several weaknesses related to the core strength of its existing ecosystems that it needs to address over the coming year…
Apple’s open source Swift will open the door for HomeKit
Apple’s decision to make Swift open source has the potential to intensify development…
New Apple supplier leak will upset new Apple TV owners if true
After waiting three long years for the current fourth-generation Apple TV box to turn up…
Amazon Prime Video coming to new Apple TV soon
Hopefully, within a few weeks span, you will be able to see the Amazon Instant Video app feature on your Apple TV…
Apple begins production of Apple TV 5 with ‘dramatically improved’ performance, new functions
The fifth-generation Apple TV will come into volume production in the first quarter of 2016…
Fox’s James Murdoch, CBS’s Les Moonves hint at looming Apple Web TV service launch
No, CBS chief executive Les Moonves and 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch did not say Apple by name…
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post reviews Apple TV: If the future of television is apps, sign me up
Video playback was crisp, solid and very fast — basically everything you would want from a playback device…
The ‘everything store’ that doesn’t offer everything: Amazon removes all Apple TV listings
Users who search for Apple TV instead get recommendations for Amazon’s own Fire TV devices…
Apple’s assault on the smart home: Does HomeKit have what it takes to win the market?
Apple’s HomeKit, a home automation framework designed to get separate smart home devices talking to each other, all controlled centrally…
Amazon makes a stupid mistake by banning sales of new Apple TV
Amazon sent an email to its marketplace sellers informing them of its decision to stop allowing that sale of Apple TV…
The Home app is the program Apple should have shipped with HomeKit
I’ve been testing HomeKit accessories since the first wave premiered earlier this year, and I’ve used a variety of apps…
