THE DEMISE OF CRESTRON: WILL APPLE CONTROL YOUR HOME?

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 27th, 2014 Apple, the creator of all things cool and simple-to-use, is planning to introduce a smart home concept at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, according to The Financial Times.  The company is planning to showcase a system that lets users control their lights, appliances and security systems with their… [Read More]

GOOGLE COMES HOME TO NEST

Posted on January 14th, 2014 Google is coming to your home ……Google has just acquired NEST, the maker of those super-sleek thermostats and smoke detectors, for $3,2billion. This isn’t Google’s first attempt at helping homeowners understand their energy use. A few years ago Google had an energy monitoring tool called “PowerMeter” designed to help consumers visualize their… [Read More]