Items tagged with Connected Home

by Joshua Gulick - Thu, Sep 03, 2015

Samsung SmartThings Hub Is Nerve Center For Your IoT-Infused Connected Home

Samsung completely revamped its SmartThings line of smart home products today, from its SmartThings Hub to the sensors. It even gave the app an overhaul to improve navigation. Samsung is positioning it as an easy way to start monitoring important events in your home, like water leaks, intruders, and the arrival of... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Oct 13, 2011

Motorola And Verizon Team Up To Deliver Connected Home Services

Motorola and Verizon are working together to offer connected home services. Verizon's new Home Monitoring and Control service uses Motorola's 4Home technology to show you who is at your front door, turn off lights, automate your thermostat, lock or unlock doors, and more from your smartphone, tablet, or PC. The... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Jun 02, 2011

Opera Wants To Take Your TV Online With Comtrend Set-top Box

Opera Software is working with Comtrend to deliver a new broadband TV service via set-top boxes. Opera's browser will power Comtrend's STB-7007 next-generation set-top box. With the browser, users will be able to access context-sensitive information while watching TV. For example, with the technology, you could buy a... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Dec 30, 2010

Verizon Makes Connected Home A Reality

Verizon is about to test a smart-home automation system that uses its FiOS network in some New Jersey homes. The management system is simply known as Home Monitoring and Control. As you might expect, the system provides real-time access to home controls such as lighting, security cameras, locks, and thermostats. Using the system, you can also... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Aug 12, 2010

Panasonic Partners With Netgear To Connect HDTVs To The Internet

Panasonic has teamed up with NETGEAR to offer a wireless connected experience for Panasonic's line of VIERA TVs. Using the NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter, users will be able to access and stream online content to their TVs. The adapter uses NETGEAR's Push 'N' Connect technology which lets you connect a... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Jan 07, 2009

Toshiba Integrates Media Center Extenders

Toshiba Introduces Network Devices Designed to Deliver on the Promise of the Connected Home New TV, LCD TV/DVD Combo and Standalone Player Utilize Widget Channel, Developed by Intel(R) and Yahoo!(R), and Microsoft's Windows Extender for Media Center Platform to Deliver an Exciting Content Solution for the Home LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/... Read more...