Embedding home automation technologies into routers and settop boxes — and creating a rich back-end — could go a long way in helping service providers support their IoT customers.
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
Nest Webinar for CE Pros, July 29: Here’s What I’d Ask
Nest is presenting its first Webinar ever for the custom installation channel, covering its thermostat, camera and smoke detectors. What would you like to know? CE Pro’s Julie Jacobson has some questions of her own.
Savant Kills LiteTouch; Lutron to the Rescue; Debating Hardwired Lighting Control
Three years after acquiring lighting control manufacturer LiteTouch from Nortek, home automation leader Savant kills the platform, leaving long-time dealers in a quandary, and hopeful for a Lutron or Vantage replacement. (Julie Jacobson, CE Pro)
Canary Raises $30M More? Why oh Why?!
Canary offers a perfectly nice IoT security camera with no home automation capabilities. How do they keep raising so much money?
CE Pro 100 Top 5 Home Automation Brands: Control4 is #1 For First Time
Evaluating the CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis for home automation: For the first time ever, Control4 barely beats Crestron; Nortek’s Elan makes comeback; Savant dips.
Now THAT’s Custom: Integrator Builds Custom Mount for Crestron Touchscreen
When a client needed a Crestron touchscreen angled just so, Cutting Edge fabricated a custom-made mount that looks like a Crestron model.
Leon Speakers Embraces Sonos with Elegant TV Mount for Playbar, Cabinets for PLAY
Leon Speakers, maker of customized speakers for any TV, launches ToneCase line of Sonos-friendly products, including TV mounting bracket with right-sized grille, and elegant cabinets for PLAY speakers.
Smart Things iPad Mounts Have Some Hidden Surprises (and Patents)
At ISE 2015, Smart Things showed on-wall iPad docks with design and utility patents: No tablet sleeve required.
Lutron Partners with IFTTT, Nest, Logitech, AT&T Digital Life, Apple
New partners extend Lutron’s reach for its low-cost, cloud-enabled Caseta lighting controls and Serena motorized shading.
CE Pro’s Top 5 Home Tech Trends & Opportunities for 2015
Production home building, immersive home entertainment, more engaging home automation, the aware home and cloud-based networking top CE Pro’s list of technology trends and opportunities for 2015.
When is a ‘Standard’ Really a ‘Standard’?
All the recent talk about Thread Group, Z-Wave, ZigBee, HDBaseT and other smart-home protocols has Derek Flickinger dying to set us straight on the subject of “standards.”
Three Nagging Questions about Thread Group, the Wannabe Home Automation Standard
Following our discussion about Thread Group’s 40+ new members, Julie Jacobson responds to questions from manufacturers who wonder if they should hop on this Nest-inspired home automation bandwagon.
