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Julie Jacobson
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
Julie Jacobson's Latest Posts
Rayva Moves Ahead with Turnkey Wellness Rooms
Rayva is turning premium home theaters into biophilic spaces — outdoor simulators for health and wellness.
CE Pro Names Top 5 Home Tech Trends for 2020
Biophilia, landscape lighting, 8K video, 5G/other cellular, and water-related systems to be featured as CE Pro Top 5 Home Tech Trends for 2020.
Oh Azione! Wellness, Biophilia and Business, Eh?
Lighting, wellness, biophilia, architects, marketing, business processes, Oh Canada! Oh my!
Plumbing Could be the Next Big Thing for Smart-Home Pros
Leak detection, water purification, water management, living walls, smart kitchens and bathrooms, other water-related trends could drive smart-home pros into the plumbing business.
That Sick Motorized Shading Job that Broke the Internet*
Behind the scenes of DEL Motorized Solutions and this amazing motorized shading project in NYC. #SoCustom
Control4’s New Neeo Remote in Depth: Execs Talk Big Picture
EXCLUSIVE: Neeo brings new design mentality and business prospects to Control4/SnapAV, say execs Charlie Kindel, Kordon Vaughn
Maybe ‘Amazon’s Choice’ is a Poor Choice for No-Name, Hackable Security Cameras?
Unlike USDA’s Choice label for meat, quality (and security) doesn’t matter for Amazon’s Choice.
Sonos Didn’t Invent Wireless Audio or Product Family Pics: Lenbrook Answers Lawsuit
Lenbrook responds to ‘puzzling’ lawsuit over Bluesound multiroom audio system: Sonos ignores contributions of Barix, Netstreams, Yamaha, Roku, Cobranet; didn’t invent ‘family photos’ for product lines either.
Opinion: ‘True’ Circadian Lighting Takes a Lighting Designer
For circadian lighting, LED intensity and color temperature are just the beginning of the wellness story.
Alula BAT-Connect Adds Cellular, IP, Home Automation to Ordinary Security Panels
Alula claims its new BAT-Connect is first ‘triple-path’ alarm communicator with Wi-Fi, Ethernet and 4G/LTE cellular (CAT M1 for 5G transition), plus unified dashboard for security, surveillance and Z-Wave home automation.
Google Nest Hub Max Not Really ‘Interoperable’ with other Thread Home Automation Devices
As first consumer device ‘Built on Thread’, new Google/Nest smart display will be “compatible” with other compliant products, but that doesn’t mean they’ll interoperate in one smart-home ecosystem.
