Smart Home News

Home Automation $12 Billion by 2015

Home automation systems shipments revenue will top $11.8 billion in 2015 according to new projections from ABI Research.

Masters Offers a Glimpse of '3-D Internet

This week, 3-D has its Internet moment thanks to the Masters golf tournament.

Home Technology Investments Pay Off

28% of builders in a new survey said home technology was "very important" to marketing new homes; 25% said it "positively impacted" revenues.

IPad is said to be selling like the iPhone

Analysts have raised their forecasts for 2010 sales to between 5.5 million and 7.1 million after 300,000 were sold on the first day.

Swedish company prepares Android-based TV


A Swedish company will be the first to sell an internet-connected, Android-based TV set.

Mythos Speakers Are Made to Match a Superthin TV

New speakers from Definitive Technology as as thin as today's thinnest TVs.

Best Buy sees digital content a big lure for customers


Best Buy plans to deploy a Web storefront in the second quarter and is now using specific marketing programs in stores to showcase how consumers can consume content wherever and whenever they want.

The iPad will make touchscreen universal remotes obsolete

The iPad will destroy the entire market for $1000 plus universal remotes.

Onkyo builds 3-D capabilities into home-theater equipment

Onkyo announced a series of home-theater products that support 3-D video formats.

HomeSeer releases its own app for the iPad


HomeSeer has joined Savant and Crestron as the first home control manufacturers to announce iPad apps.

12.7% uptick in e-commerce sales in 2010


Research firm eMarketer now forecasts that U.S. retail e-commerce sales other than travel, digital downloads and event tickets will come in at $152.1 billion this year, a 12.7% increase over 2009.

Thanks to iPad, tablets may be the new hot thing

Apple's iPad could launch another industry - at least analysts and vendors in the tablet market think so.

SBS wants to bring World Cup home in 3D

We could be watching 3D TV sooner than expected after SBS confirms it's considering broadcasting a FIFA World Cup soccer match using the new technology.