Smart Home News

Intelligent lighting worth $4.3 billion by 2020

Lighting accounts for about 25% of the commercial building sector's energy use.

Are "smart homes" really intelligent? Not yet

Lot happening in the smart home space but is it enough and who should be leading the market?

Smart TVs – Just really how Smart are they?
With big screen televisions becoming bigger, lighter and cheaper, TV makers have had to add a difference.

Are fiber-to-the-home connections losing steam?
22.6 million homes in US are now passed by optical-fiber networks, but only 8 million have connected.

Tablet, PC rivals are gaining on set-top boxes

Accessing pay-TV content via set-top boxes will, in three years, drop from 82% to just over 50%.

Home Entertainment crucial UK Film, TV Industries
47% of feature films revenue came from home entertainment in 2011 and 34 percent of TV series revenue.

Crestron Asia inks deal with O2K Technology Services

Crestron Asia partnering with O2K Technology Services to boost smart home market in India.

Security Association Launches Home Automation PR Campaign
The SECURE+ campaign promotes add-on services of alarm companies, including home automation & energy management.

Singapore consumers favor top electronics brands

Of the brands favored most by consumers in Singapore, six of the top 10 are global electronics brands

China’s Electrical Building Technology 2012 show 

Touring ‘smart’ building expo is attracting big numbers.

Tablet owners prefer them for news

Tablets owners say the devices are their preferred tools for reading newspapers and magazines.

Facebook tests an online-banking service

Facebook is testing an online-banking system in partnership with Australia's Commonwealth Bank, and is expected to debut the service this year.

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