Julie Jacobson is founding editor of CE Pro, the leading media brand for the home-technology channel. She has covered the smart-home industry since 1994, long before there was much of an Internet, let alone an Internet of things. Currently she studies, speaks, writes and rabble-rouses in the areas of home automation, security, networked A/V, wellness-related technology, biophilic design, and the business of home technology. Julie majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University, and earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a recipient of the annual CTA TechHome Leadership Award, and a CEDIA Fellows honoree. A washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player, Julie currently resides in San Antonio, Texas and sometimes St. Paul, Minn. Follow on Twitter: @juliejacobson
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I accidentally asked Red Carpet CEO Fredric Rosen how his company will succeed selling pricey movie servers and $3,000 new-release movies while predecessors have failed.
Julie Jacobson · September 17, 2019
Vivint Smart Home to be merged into SoftBank-backed Mosaic (NYSE: MOSC), a specialty acquisition corp. that will take on Vivint name.
Julie Jacobson · September 16, 2019
Caavo remote control and content-management machine might be good enough for do-it-yourselfers, but it scored with smart-home pros at CEDIA Expo 2019.
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CEDIA Expo 2019 is the one where biophilia burst into the smart-home channel – not just circadian lighting and indoor air quality, but layers of stimuli that mimic patterns of nature. Meet our first 6 ‘WellScapes Masters.’
Julie Jacobson · September 11, 2019
Popular with smart-home makers, Tuya, Home Assistant and CIWare will show home automation platforms, development tools, and interoperable devices to lure new adopters.
Julie Jacobson ·
New RoomMe API helps RTI, Control4, Elan and URC trigger home automation scenes based on who is in which room and when — simply, securely, and uniquely without complicated indoor positioning systems.
Julie Jacobson ·
Vivint’s security engine now integrates two-way with Control4 home-automation systems — a technological milestone for the mass-market provider, and a nod to Vivint’s new Smart Home Authorized Pro program.
Julie Jacobson · September 5, 2019
4AMPS retrofit faceplate slips over existing electrical outlets, powers smart devices via retractable cable.
Julie Jacobson · September 3, 2019
At CEDIA Expo, Rayva will demonstrate how its turnkey, high-performance, dedicated home theaters can be packaged as wellness refuges, with circadian lighting, immersive sounds and visuals of nature, other biophilic elements.
Julie Jacobson ·
Maybe you’ve seen Dish’s new Google Remote or the AirTV suite of cord-cutting awesomeness, but few outside of Dish have seen these 14 gifts to the custom-installation industry.
Julie Jacobson · August 28, 2019
