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Best News of 2017: Dish Hopper is First TV Service to Work Directly with Amazon Alexa
CES 2017: “Alexa, go to CNN” and other voice commands can be used to control Dish Hopper TV and DVR services.
Jan 03, 2017
UEI’s New ‘Nevo Home’ Extends Device Discovery to Remote Controls and Home Automation
Remote-controls giant Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC) is working on Nevo Home, a cloud-based device discovery and home-automation app that could complement Ecolink, the Z-Wave developer acquired last year.
Jan 03, 2017
Wolf Cinema to Demo TXF Theater Extreme 4K Projector Series at CES
The Wolf Cinema TXF Theater Extreme 4K series provides for improved performance in the affordable home cinema projection class, while adding a new high-output flagship 4K laser/phosphor three-chip D-ILA home theater edition.
Jan 02, 2017
Most Important Home-Technology Products and Smart-Home Happenings of 2016
From the possible Alarm.com acquisition of Icontrol to the proliferation of voice control for home automation, these are the most important products and smart-home happenings that shaped the custom-installation and smart-home industries in 2016.
Jan 01, 2017
Control4 Finally Integrates Directly with Ring Video Doorbell … Sort Of
BlackWire introduces Ring Events Driver for Contro4 home automation systems, integrating motion sensing and doorbell presses directly (no cloud required), but not yet video.
Jan 01, 2017
CE Pro’s Top 20 Most-Clicked Articles of 2016: IoT Dominates
Control4, Crestron, Logitech, doorbell cameras, other home-automation and IoT developments generated most of the clicks on CEPro.com for 2016; Star Trek, Sonos, Atmos and Kaleidescape grab eyeballs, too.