Belman Homes has announced that their new development in the Milwaukee area is to offer Nexia home automation system as a standard feature. The system features include an internet monitored front lock set, programmable thermostat, motion sensor, interior camera and lighting control. Read more »

Three UK Universities are to collaborate in the development of a digital home health assistant.  SPHERE project which stand for “Sensor Platform for Healthcare in a Residential Environment”, hopes to address some of the challenges the UK’s healthcare system faces. Read more »

The features discussed during the unveiling of game consoles usually based around speed, graphics quality and general performance.  Microsoft yesterday unveils it next game console – Xbox One but unlike before the tone was different and features discussed were softer and circle more around entertainment via the web.  A look closer and it seems that Xbox One will eclipse the need for a set-top box in the home. Read more »

At this year's Metering, Billing/CRM Asia 2013 Mitsubishi Electric announced plans to grow its smart meters business globally in collaboration with Echelon. Mitsubishi said they will integrate Echelon's Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) into its new line of smart meter products, which are designed for the global market. Read more »

Netgear is to showcase its latest innovation for consumers, businesses and service providers at this year’s MedPi trade show taking place in Monaco. The company said it will be highlighting its diverse suite of connectivity solutions for the "smart" home and businesses which includes it wide range of WiFi, powerline, storage and media networking products. Read more »

The ETSI has published the first Technical Specification (TS 102 939-1) on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a wireless solution used by manufactures to develop automation solutions for home and businesses.  DECT ULE low power radio technology is intended for home automation and other Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Read more »

Tilgin has collaborated with Zhone Technologies to integrate its TR-069 management suite, tGem, with Zhone's indoor GPON ONT products. Tilgin TR-069 Auto Configuration Server (ACS), tGem, and Zhone's indoor GPON ONT family have successfully completed interoperability testing. The solution provides operators with a robust plug-n-play triple play network management solution. Read more »

To support ongoing its customer growth Zonoff has secure a $3.8 million Series A funding through Valhalla Partners and Grotech Ventures. Zonoff develops connected home solutions for service providers and retailers tha enables them to create new revenue streams. As a modern software solution company, they offer their solutions via the cloud, as apps and as an embedded solution. Read more »

With the global IPTV market predicted to grow in revenue to $105 Billion (US) between now and 2015, Ericsson have move to become the number on IPTV provider by acquiring Microsoft Mediaroon platform.  The acquisition according to Microsoft will give them room to concentrate on developing their Xbox platform even further. Read more »

German manufacturer tapHome has release a new home automation app for apple iOS devices based on Z-wave wireless technology.  The app is free however, its part of a home automation kit, which features the tapHome’s EASYGate base controller, EASYPlug and the EASYPlugDim dimmer.  The whole package can be configured to be hub of your home automation with the convenience of being controllable via your smartphone. Read more »