Apple’s iPad commanded 85 percent of the market for media tablets in 2010, according to full-year figures reported by ABI Research. The tablet market surged in the second half of the year, but it wasn’t just tablets: device categories including netbooks and mobile broadband-enabled eBook Readers showed gains in year-over-year shipment numbers in 2010.
The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) released its fourth document in a series of white papers on the topic of HDMI. The latest document, titled Understanding EDID, covers extended display information data, the data contained on each DVI display or HDMI sink.
Mirroring the growth of home energy monitoring, the smart grid and “in the cloud” services, AT&T and E3 Greentech will jointly provide wireless access to a central unit, the E3 Intelligent Bridge, to help homeowners and property managers optimize their energy use by automatically reducing energy waste.
Lake Forest, Calif.-based Kwikset, with residential door hardware, now is a sponsor with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) in a national home security effort. “We could not be more elated to join forces with the National Crime Prevention Council...
HDBaseT Alliance, the Beaverton, Ore., cross-industry alliance formed to promote and standardize whole home distribution of uncompressed high definition (HD) multimedia content, has recently added 23 companies to its membership base.
Fighting off a slow new home market and playing on the attraction of home controls, the iPhone and the Internet, Rocky DiGiacomo, a Minneapolis homebuilder, heard about the ELAN g! Series IP-based home control system that can use the iPhone to control every household function.
The IPM-300 freestanding tabletop stand is the latest in Anaheim, Calif.’s Premier Mounts’ line of iPad mounts. Among features are: Mounting arms expand or contract for a snug fit...
While worldwide pay-TV subscriptions continue to increase and the total number of subscriptions is forecast to exceed 745 million in 2011, the same growth isn’t predicted for cable. High cable penetration in regions such as North America and western Europe, and the increasing popularity of online video services, have resulted in slow growth in worldwide cable TV markets.
New Orleans-based Home Automation Inc. (HAI) now has its Lumina Pro family product suite available in German, Portuguese, Spanish (European and Latin American), Chinese (simplified and traditional), Italian, Catalan and French languages.
New Orleans-based Home Automation, (HAI), added KZValve as its latest connectivity partner. KZValve manufactures motorized valves and controls for water supplies. By connecting a water control valve to an HAI home automation system, the water supply at the home or business can be controlled remotely from a cell phone.