Smart Home News

AT&T sees home monitoring as a billion-dollar business

Huge US telco AT&T is betting on Smart Home market with a home-monitoring service called "Digital Life".

Smart building market in Asia to double by 2020
The smart building market in Asia develops from $427 billion in 2011 to over $1,000 billion by 2020.

Video: Smart homes in the future will prevent illness
Might your house someday become too smart?

Survey: Choosing a wireless router for the home

Review of various wireless networking routers for the home, including Asus, Belkin, Cisco, D-Link & Netgear.

The remote control keeps getting smarter

Remote controls getting more sophisticated through recognition of gestures, motion and voices.

Google Tries Again With Google TV 
Google is determined to reintroduce Google TV & is teaming up with LG to do it.

Are smarter buildings a reality in India?

Indian companies and developers are adopting the smart building concept.

LG cloud to offer streaming on 3 screens

LG will test its new cloud-based streaming service that lets users view video content on smartphones, PCs and TVs

LED-based mini-projector for smartphones

Fraunhofer has come up with an array of tiny projectors that will allow smartphones to project.

U.S. chains shift focus from bricks to clicks

U.S. chain retailers ended last year with 2.2% fewer stores as more consumers shifted their shopping online

More features drive up U.S. prices of flat-screen TVs

The average U.S. price of a flat-screen television has increased 11.4% this year.

Online tool to help consumers save money on energy bills launched in U.S. 

The U.S. Energy Department’s “Utility Data Access Map” lets electric utilities show consumers the data they can access on their electricity use.
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