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Yale Locks Develops Lock in Collaboration with Nest that Homeowners Control via Nest App
Working with Nest, Yale Locks & Hardware has developed a smart door lock that falls into Nest's "Works with Nest" program.
News January 8ADT Sets Valuation, Pricing for IPO
ADT sets $17 to $19 per share price target for its IPO, aiming to raise $1.9 billion.
News January 8Sound United Acquires Classé Audio
Sound United adds former B&W brand Classé Audio to its portfolio that includes Denon, Marantz, Polk, Definitive Technology and Boston Acoustics.
News January 7Now Toshiba Has Home Automation Hub: New Symbio with ZigBee, Z-Wave, Camera, Alexa
Toshiba has its turn with a home-automation hub, debuting at CES 2018, that does more than the next guy's -- ZigBee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, intercom, camera, Alexa voice control, sensors ....
News January 7Kaleidescape Adopts NexGuard Content Protection; Prepping for Day-and-Date Movie Releases?
Kaleidescape, famed provider of 4K movie players and online Movie Store, takes another step in safeguarding bit-for-bit content, possibly bidding to offer movie downloads on the same day as their…
News January 7Video Doorbells Get Ugly: SkyBell Slams Ring in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
In patent-infringement case, SkyBell says Ring (Bot Home Automation) competes on hype, not innovation. Meanwhile, Ring says Nest is a copycat.
News January 7OneVision Adds Domotz to Service Platform
Domotz users can now leverage OneVision platform to enhance service offering.
News January 5New Smart-Home Devices Could Prevent Fires or at Least Save Lives
Modern-day IoT devices might prevent fires like the recent Bronx apartment blaze, or at least mitigate the spread of flames and loss of life. Multiple life-saving home smart-home devices debut…
News January 5Metra Helios Active Fiber Cables Deliver 18Gbps Long Distances
Metra's newly announced Helios Active Fiber HDMI cables provide 18Gbps of throughput to fully support the HDMI 2.0 format and technologies like 4K, HDR and object-based surround sound.
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