Smart Home News

Smart Grid Market Expected to Reach $171 billion by 2014
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the global smart grid market is forecast to reach $171 billion by 2014, which signifies 150% growth from 2009.

Rethinking home-theater strategies
Fewer homeowners are creating dedicated theaters in the homes, but many are instead opting for a multipurpose space that includes cutting-edge home-cinema technology.

Smartphone shipments will best those of PCs by 2012
Morgan Stanley Internet analyst Mary Meeker says she believes global smartphone shipments will hit nearly 500 million in two years, surpassing PC shipments.

Legrand promotes its wiring, home automation products
Legrand is launching its wiring device and home automation range, Arteor-the first to offer complete co-ordination across wiring devices and home automation products.

Connected devices to dominate data traffic
Devices such as Smartphone's, personal navigation devices, e-readers, fitness devices, home health monitors, and home automation products are taking the consumer market by storm.

Social networking comes to home-control systems
Home-control companies such as Control4 increasingly are building social-networking functions into their product lines, according to this report.

Consumer Reports picks Kindle as top e-reader
Amazon's Kindle came out on top of Consumer Reports' first full ratings of the myriad e-readers on the market.

Printing in a Smartphone Age
Hewlett-Packard will introduce a fleet of printers with Web access, their own e-mail addresses and touch screens.

Another Way to Keep Track of the Elderly
A new home monitoring service designed for the elderly can also keep track of them when away from the home.