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Smart home pride in Utah: Vivint renames Jazz stadium with automation, security updates to come
The Utah Jazz will no longer call the EnergySolutions Arena as their home court, not because they have changed courts, but because the sports complex is now named the Vivint Smart Home Arena. Yes, the home automation, security and monitoring company Vivint, Inc., has struck a partnership with Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment (LHMSE) for ...
Cute names, serious security: Newest smart home cameras with IFTTT
There are two new smart security cameras that have recently debuted on Kickstarter PBC, and both are getting a lot of attention for very different reasons. One is touted as a truly autonomous smart home security system while the other one looks like a cute little critter, both offering formidable security measures. Angee Angee has ...
Smart homes in the cloud: Icontrol kills DevOps barriers to entry
According to a recent report on the state of the smart home by Icontrol Network, Inc., one of the most significant barriers to smart home adoption is interoperability. To address this issue, Icontrol announced that it is expanding its ecosystem of available devices to include cloud-based integrations. This expansion is for the Icontrol Developer Program, allowing ...
What you missed in the Smart World: Security in smart lights
If you’re looking for a new home, you might be interested in a checklist for the latest in smart home security. There’s also a new smart light that will help keep you safe in times of emergencies. Lastly, the wearable market gets a slew of new devices that may actually stick with today’s finicky consumer. Every ...
Checklist: New homes require smarter security in connected world
A smart home checklist for new home hunters looks to keep you secure in the new age of connected devices. Buying a new home? You might be looking for a place with two full baths, a master bedroom, a walk-in closet, two extra rooms, a formal dining area, a parking garage and a huge yard. If ...
We’ll survive this drought: $36b going to smart water infrastructure
The drought in California is one of the worst the state has experienced in history, and it doesn’t look like things are going to get better any time soon. The thing is, California is not the only state, or even country experiencing a drought right now. According to a recent report, we are experiencing global ...
Creepy IoT: 3 ways to automate Halloween
Halloween is a prime holiday for tinkerers, creating spooky effects and haunted lighting through automated solutions. As more connected devices and services hit the consumer market, Halloween opportunists delight in the new ways the Internet of Things (IoT) can make the most of this celebrated season. Here are some tips on automating Halloween and staying ...
What Fossil’s new smartwatch needs to succeed
As promised during this year’s Intel Developer Forum, Fossil, Inc. revealed its connected wearable devices in time for the holidays. With the holiday shopping season upon us, Fossil has formally launched two smartwatches. the Q Grant and Q Founder, and two smart bracelets, the Q Reveler and Q Dreamer. Q Grant The Fossil Q Grant looks ...
Hijacked on Facebook? Here’s the fix
State-sponsored hacks may be something governments should be dealing with but according to Facebook, its users have become prime targets for such privacy breaches, making it a social networking problem. So Facebook is giving its users a leg up by alerting them when malicious activity is detected. If you don’t want to fall prey to state-sponsored ...
Smart home gadgets not getting along? Piper launches marketplace for friendly devices
As exciting as the Jetsons era sounds, today’s most promising connected devices still face the problem of interoperability. Getting smart home products from different brands to work together from a single smartphone remains a major obstacle for the Internet of Things (IoT) market, hindering us from living in a world of robot housekeepers and fully ...