— -- The connected home is no longer the sci-fi dream it once was -- it's now becoming a reality in many homes. Whether it's using your smartphone to unlock your door, turning on the kettle ...

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The way the connected home market is shaking out right now, it looks like we may end up not with an open Internet type of market but a walled garden type of market controlled by some familiar logos.

Some wireless home speakers are solely connected, allowing you to play music from your smartphone via Bluetooth connection, while others that can be controlled by, say, Amazon's cloud-based voice ...

2014 has been a year of incredible innovation for the connected home. With lower hardware prices, increased bandwidth availability, abundance of cloud capacity, incredible sensor miniaturization ...

Connected home technology, similar to The Jetsons, is finally ready. BARCELONA, Spain (CNNMoney) -- In the classic 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, everything in the space-age family's home ...

By Lydia Leavitt We’ve all heard about the connected home: a home that knows exactly how much energy it’s using, how much milk is left in the fridge and when to turn off the lights or turn up ...

You may not think about it, but constantly-connected devices like thermostats, NAS devices, TVs, kitchen appliances, and home automation systems pass data to and from the internet all the time.

The connected home is a mirage that has existed since the 1950's. It has yet to materialize and won't anytime soon. That's not to say smart appliances, smart locks and smart plugs are dead on arrival.

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Using HomeKit, iOS device users with 8.1 or above can check on all the stats gathered by the Eve from their devices, and even do so when they’re away from home using Apple TV (generation 3 or ...

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