Infographic: Energy Efficient Home | The Basics
In a comprehensive infographic on the green or high-performance home, the creative and editorial team behind the Energy Efficient Home: ...
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Control Bath Humidity with a Medium-tech Digital Fan Timer
As homes are designed and built to be more air tight, mechanical ventilation becomes a necessity. Once a bastion of ...
Apple Home App Coming to macOS with Mojave Upgrade
It has been a long time in coming. The Apple Home app—the Cupertino company's elegant interface to Apple HomeKit smart ...
Your Apple TV Now an AirPlay 2 Speaker and HomeKit Sccessory
Since the launch of Apple iOS 10 and the Home app, Apple TV devices have been stealth-like participants in the ...
Nest Temperature Sensor enables Tailored HVAC Control
Filling a noticeable gap in their smart thermostat line, Nest Labs has announced the launch of the Nest Temperature Sensor, ...
Nest and Yale begin Shipping Nest x Yale Smart Lock
Bringing the convenience of the Nest connected home ecosystem to your front door, the Nest x Yale lock is the ...
Automating Window Shades in the Connected Home Era: Part 2
As we wrote in Part 1 of this series, motorized shades and blinds are moving rapidly into the DIY connected ...
Automating Window Shades in the Connected Home Era: Part 1
Once a bastion of high-end home automation systems, motorized window shades are moving into the DIY connected home mainstream with ...
Philips Hue Expands Smart Lighting with Cher Ceiling Fixtures
Moving beyond the smart LED bulbs that have been the hallmark product of the Philips Hue brand, the company has ...
First Alert Onelink Safe & Sound Smoke Alarm Brings Speaker and Alexa to Ceilings
First it was our walls getting smarter with the addition of audio features, such as in the case of the ...
iDevices Instinct Smart Switch to Debut
Aiming to elevate the lowly light switch, connected home accessory company iDevices has announced their Instinct line—smart wall switches with ...
Apple HomePod Set for February 2018 Debut
After creating buzz around the Apple HomePod speaker at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June of 2017, the Cupertino ...
Smart Water Futures Gain Steam at CES 2018
So, you ask, did CES® 2018 yield a watershed moment for the connected home? If the number of water-related devices ...
Apple AirPods Wireless Earbuds
It has been a year since Apple began shipping their AirPods—the Cupertino company’s first wireless earbuds—yet the product is still ...
Sonos and Amazon Alexa Make Beautiful Music Together
With the recent launch of Sonos One, an Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker, the company that built its reputation as one ...
Video: Smart Tiny Homes Built by High Schoolers
With much of the buzz around the tiny house movement focused on start-ups making their plays in the micro-housing ecosystem, ...
Video: A Modern Take on Victorian Architecture
In this thoroughly modern home by Austin firm Tim Brown Architecture, classic Victorian forms and scale blend seamlessly with contemporary ...
Product Brief: Nest Thermostat E a Lower-Cost Alternative
Setting a high-water mark for residential thermostat retail pricing in 2011 with the launch of the original $249 Nest Learning ...
Product Brief: iDevices Dimmer Switch, Smart Home Switch Hitter
Designed to appeal to do-it-yourself homeowners as well as professional integrators and builders, smart-home device manufacturer iDevices has released the ...
Product Brief: Yale Assure Lock SL a Slimmer Smart Lock
With the introduction of the Yale Assure Lock SL, the company adds a slimmer alternative to its line of Yale ...
