New EA Series home automation controllers expand Control4’s market at the low and high end; existing dealers are buying Pakedge products for the first time.
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
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Savant Pro 8 Home Automation Software, Handheld Remote Now Shipping
Savant hits “record pre-order numbers within days” for new home automation software and handheld remote with voice control.
Interview: B&W Acquired by Owner of San Francisco 49ers, a Super-Geeky Audiophile
Silicon Valley start-up Eva Automation, co-founded by 49ers president Gideon Yu, acquires leading audio firm Bowers & Wilkins. Leadership packed with Harvard MBAs, venture capitalists, digital gurus and audiophiles.
Integrator Tries Enjoy.com, the Quasi On-Demand Service for Sonos Installation
How can Enjoy.com be free? Integrator Mat Lindstedt of Silicon Valley Installation Co. ordered a Sonos system to find out.
When Will Home Technology Installs be Uberized?
There’s Uber for drivers, KallDoc for physicians and Iggbo for phlebotomists. When will home automation and consumer electronics get their play in the on-demand economy?
Can High Resolution Audio be Trojan Horse for Home Automation?
Control4 breaks new ground by including HRA streaming services in $600 EA-1 smart-home controller. Will the bet pay off?
Micro Armor: The Unbreakable, Uncrushable, Invincible Miracle Fiber-Optic Cable from TiniFiber
Distributed exclusively through PowerHouse Alliance, new TiniFiber is wrapped in Kevlar and itty bitty stainless steel coils that shield fiber-optic cabling from breakage.
A YouTube First: ALLie Camera Does Live, 360-degree, Interactive Video Like No One Else
IC Realtime, IC Real Tech, ALLie – whatever you call it – does 360-degree cameras like no one else, which is why it is the only live-streaming immersive-video platform for YouTube and coming soon to home automation systems.
Lessons from Roomie Remote: Moving from DIY Home Automation App to Big-League IoT
What Roomie Remote needed to take a brilliant home automation app to a larger IoT market: hardware, radios, higher prices, grown-up branding and more. Plus: further recommendations for Simple Control. (Julie Jacobson / CE Pro)
Formerly Roomie Remote, Simple Control Has Big Potential in Home Automation Market, Both Pro & DIY
Roomie Remote, which has more than 60,000 users, used to be a nice universal remote control app for DIYs. As Simple Control, the company is a real contender for IoT supremacy in both DIY and pro channels.
The Over-Dramatization and Lessons of the Google, Nest, Revolv IoT Thing
Nest finally bricks ill-fated Revolv home automation hub. World damns Tony Fadell, IoT, Google, Alphabet, the cloud, greed and the inability to control landscape lighting, but there are bigger lessons to be learned.
DMP Security Announces Control4 SDDP Driver, Pay-As-You-Go Monitoring, DIY Web Service
SDDP module makes DMP security look like native Control4 home automation device; new on-demand security monitoring and DIY tools announced at ISC West 2016.
