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Is Lowe’s/Iris going to purchase Wink?

Is Wink going to be Lowe’s savor to get out from under AlertMe?

Is this the “new” hub?

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With layoffs at Leeo and Wink for sale, is the smart home crumbling?

With layoffs at Leeo and Wink for sale, is the smart home crumbling?

Consumer Demand for Connected Home Products Slows Dramatically in First Half of 2015 and Continues Rapid Drop Off

Interesting read……. it does seems ever since HomeKit/Apple and Smartthings/Google made their big splash over a year ago, it is apparent the rest of the market is just waiting to see what Apple and Google will really do. With no…[Read more]

love, love, love the Iris System Monitor, kudos to the site owner.

In the Iris System monitor do you know which server is the video server? What I seem to have the most issues with is the video portion of the Iris System. I know they are using a third party company to handle their video but I would love to see the up/downtime of the video…[Read more]

I learn by just throwing things out into the ether, so here it goes here. Security of the home automation and security network has always been a concern but it is growing as the market expands.

I have heard issues of a hub (z-wave) being forced into secondary mode. The reason given is that the communication on the z-wave is so active that it will…[Read more]