Smashing things are happening.
It’s official – PUCK will debut in Walmart in the Northeast Texas, South Florida and Illinois markets before Father’s Day! Bonus – it’ll be available for Android too! Visit our website to become an early adopter of the most affordable and effective home automation technology available on the market: https://getpuck.com/
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How to Build a Smart Home Where Everything Might Actually Work Image: Apple The smart home future is here… sort of. But really how smart are a bunch of different devices all speaking different languages? Unfortunately, the smart home can be very stupid and often takes longer to set up than breathless advertisements imply. We’re […]
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Voice control in the connected-home market will rapidly expand the adoption of such devices, according to the latest forecast from Park Associates. Welcoming attendees to its 21stannual Connections: The Premier Connected Home Conference, which begins today in San Francisco, Parks is forecasting U.S. consumers will buy more than 2.3 billion connected devices between 2015 and […]
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Whatever your needs, there’s a smart home platform for you To date, getting into smart home technology has been a bit limiting. If you wanted home automation, the options weren’t exactly vast. If you wanted a smart speaker, Amazon’s Echo-system was where you turned. If you had other needs, or if other platforms that worked […]
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How will both software and hardware components need to expand to meet the demands of IoT and smart home automation? By John Weber, IoT Technical Solutions Manager, Avnet That is a great question. Personally, even though I’ve been working on IoT at Avnet for a couple of years now, I am not an early adopter […]
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Many consumers have so far been reluctant to buy devices for the connected home, leading makers to focus keenly on delivering goods that can genuinely help with daily tasks. Your alarm rings. You hit the snooze button, triggering your coffee pot to start brewing and the lights to turn on gradually. Your mattress senses that […]
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By Duane Pahl As technology moves more into our personal lives and our homes, going “smart” will also make us go “green.” Even better is when prices start coming down so that we can use these technologies more and more. You can purchase most of these “smart” items online, and hopefully on Guam soon. If you’re […]
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How will both software and hardware components need to expand to meet the demands of IoT and smart home automation? By John Weber, IoT Technical Solutions Manager, Avnet That is a great question. Personally, even though I’ve been working on IoT at Avnet for a couple of years now, I am not an early adopter […]
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Will Virtual Assistants Revolutionize Home Automation? By Danny Vena Advancements in virtual-assistant technology will likely spur growth in home automation. Deciding which digital assistant works best for your smart-home use really depends on individual preference. Almost everyone with a smartphone is familiar with some of the capabilities of voice-controlled virtual assistants. Siri from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) […]
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