Smart Home News

Strong growth in viewing of TV on tablets

People are watching more than twice as much video on their tablet computers than a year ago.

Strict standards reform green build

A green-building standard known as the "Living Building Challenge" is gaining influence as it seeks to become the next benchmark for green projects.

Mobile devices alter shopping, media habits

The spread of tablets and smartphones has led Americans to change their shopping and media-consumption habits

Report predicts mass transition to DTV through 2017

More than 8 in 10 TV households around the world will be connected to a digital television within five years.

Australia - The National Broadband Network. Updated.
Commercial report on NBN just launched.

Cable Broadband will be 25% of World's Fixed Broadband.
Cable digitization efforts in developing economies will be a key driver for cable broadband penetration worldwide.

Crunching energy data down to the fridge
PlotWatt can crunch energy data down to the appliance level.

Did You Move Brian?
You know total control really only comes over wire & now you know why. See the latest Smart Wired video.

Telco's Face Dilemma in Choosing FTTP Over Existing DSL.

Copper networks continue to be a cash cow for telephone companies delivering broadband over DSL to more than 367 million subscribers worldwide.

The Success of Home Automation Is Not Automatic

Folks who create, market and write about technology generally are of a mindset that it is a good thing.

3 Tips for Faster Broadband

If your Internet speed isn’t keeping up with the hype, there are some things you can do to make it faster.