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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.
Savant’s Amazing, Integrated Biophilia, Wellness, Lighting, Energy Solutions at CEDIA 2019
Savant kills it at CEDIA Expo 2019 with circadian lighting for wellness, energy storage and management, and more wrapped in a single home-automation platform.
And The ‘Official’ ATSC 3.0 Name & Logo is … HUH?
CTA and friends select new name and logo for products and services built for ATSC 3.0, the next-gen platform for IP-enabled over-the-air TV broadcasts.
Julie Jacobson’s Picks: The Other ‘Best Booths’ of CEDIA Expo 2019
A committee picked the official Best Booths of CEDIA Expo 2019, but CE Pro’s Julie Jacobson had a few picks of her own.
Home-Automation High Jinks: Cast Your Own Interface to a Google/Nest Hub Display
Home Assistant works open-source magic to cast smart-home dashboards to Google/Nest Hub displays for two-way monitoring and touch control.