Smart home

The latest burgeoning digital trend is the convenience concept of “Smart Homes,” where various appliances and objects (like lights, blinds, cameras, locks and thermostats) are connected, monitored, and manipulated remotely through a Wi-Fi network and internet connection. In this second installment of my ongoing Smart Home System Series, I’m going to tell you all about Apple HomeKit, which is a framework for home automation that makes it easier than ever to integrate and control multiple Smart Home technologies from different manufacturers.

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The Internet of Things has been covered in-depth on a few fronts. Tom gave you an overview of the IoT with this article, talking about how the internet is finding its way into televisions. We’ve seen other articles on how IoT is affecting our interaction with computers and wearables. There’s a category that has seen huge changes over the last decade as the internet becomes more integrated: gaming and toys. While this is by no means a comprehensive overview, here’s a look at how those categories are making the most out of their pipeline to the internet.

Today we consider the importance of smart locks in improving your smart home setup and helping you to feel safe and secure whether at home or on the road.

This article is all about what Works with Nest. It's not just Nest branded products we'll be looking at, so step on in and take a look.

A smart display is more than just a voice assistant, and there are so many unique ways you can use one of these great devices at home.

One of the coolest booths at the Consumer Electronics Show has to be the LG booth. It’s packed with mind-blowing new gadgets, appliances that are super-smart and connected, and TVs that are unbelieveably realistic. Plus a few handy gadgets too.

Our smartphones are really technological marvels, aren’t they? They’re little handheld supercomputers that let us surf the internet, text, email, take pictures and videos, play games, track our workouts, and so much more. And, when paired with Smart Home technology, our connected devices allow us to receive feedback and control all sorts of aspects of our living spaces, from virtually anywhere in the world (with an internet connection, that is!). In the previous blogs of this Smart Home System...

Samsung SmartThings is an ecosystem for your smart home. The center of everything is the Samsung SmartThings Hub, and each device you add works together.

Every CES convention brings a large number of great Smart Home innovations. With the convention now just hours away, what might we expect to see this year?