Google, Amazon, Apple, Zigbee Alliance to Collaborate on Smart Home Open Standard
Project Connected Home over IP aims to make it easier for device manufacturers to build devices that are…
News December 18
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Top Black Friday Deals for Smart Home Cameras, Doorbells & More
Here is but a small example of smart home device deals for Black Friday 2019, including savings on…
News November 27
Report: Ring Wanted 911 Calls to Activate Its Video Doorbells
Emails shows Ring and law enforcement were in the early stages of creating functionality that would turn on…
News October 3
‘Amazon Choice’ Cameras Found to Have Huge Security Flaws
Tests conducted by a consumer watchdog group revealed certain cheap IP cameras found on Amazon can easily let…
News October 1
TMA ‘Troubled’ by Promotional Links Between Police and Ring
The Monitoring Association issued a statement decrying the marketing relationships between the video doorbell maker and hundreds of…
News August 7
ADT Reports More Than 3 in 4 Installs Are Smart Home Systems
ADT reported a Q2 loss while showing 80% of residential installs are now smart home systems, with 15,000…
News August 7
How Long Before Amazon Begins Selling ‘Surveillance as a Service’?
An Amazon patent details how drones could be used to surveil customers' properties between deliveries, ostensibly without comprising…
News June 25
Amazon Releases Alexa Guard, Turns Echo Speakers Into Smart Security Devices
Alexa Guard works with smart home platforms by ADT and Ring to arm/disarm systems, control lighting, receive fire/life-safety…
News May 14
Amazon May Halt Selling of Facial Recognition Technology to Governments
An upcoming vote by Amazon shareholders will determine whether or not its facial recognition software will be sold…
News May 6
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