For consumption by the security dealers and home automation dealer whose business relies on new construction, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University conducts an annual report on The State of the Nation’s Housing.
Vienna, Va.-based Alarm.com, a platform solution for the connected home, announced availability of its Amazon Fire TV app. It allows Alarm.com’s millions of users to quickly view live HD video streams from around their home.
A brand new report by Argus Insights, Los Gatos, Calif., states that while home automation was gaining attention and experiencing robust growth in 2014, the sector is now “quickly losing steam.”
Vivint, Provo, Utah, announced the Vivint Doorbell Camera, a new Wi-Fi enabled smart home product that integrates seamlessly with the Vivint Sky smart home system.
The Apple Watch, (a wearable device that does many things besides tell the time) from the folks who brought us the iPad, iPhone, and other “can’t-live-without” technology, has launched. The watch has a broad price point starting at $349 and going upwards of $12,000.
The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of organizations creating open, global standards that define the Internet of Things (IoT) for use in consumer, commercial and industrial applications, announced that Mark Walters, IoT industry leader and technology executive and recent chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance, is the new vice president of strategic development at the ZigBee Alliance.
Alarm.com announced enhancements to its Partner Services Platform to give its dealer partners more tools to help them grow, support and manage their smart home security businesses.