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Luxury Auto Club Gets Full ELAN Treatment

When Indianapolis residents Mike and Liz Simmons couldn’t find a local automobile storage facility to warehouse their collection of classic, exotic and luxury ...

Gira Solutions Aboard First Floating Penthouse

Gira solutions were recently installed aboard luxury houseboat, Punta de Mar - the first floating hotel penthouse of its kind in Spain, offering exclusive gues...

Crestron Home OS 3 Hits The Smart Home Market

Since Crestron’s announcement of ditching the Pyng brand at ISE 2019, the smart-home industry has long-awaited the release of its successor, Crestron Home OS 3...

Gira System 3000 Gains Lighting Control Capabilities

Gira is making its System 3000 blind controller more flexible than ever, expanding its capabilities beyond simply controlling blinds. The modular system can be...

LightwaveRF Predicts Doubling Of Revenue In 2019

LightwaveRF is riding a wave of consumer confidence in the smart home market, with the firm claiming that it is on track to double its full-year revenue a...

Apple Watch And Wear OS Smartwatches Lose Nest Control

Nest has axed support for Apple Watch and Wear OS, meaning the company’s smart home products can no longer be controlled through smartwatches. This may com...

Z-Wave’s Next Certification Process Will Make Plug And Play Easier

The Z-Wave Alliance has announced details about the Z-Wave Plus v2 certification designed for devices built on the new Z-Wave 700 platform. The organisati...

Smart Home Platform Revenues Set To Quadruple, According To New Research

The popularity of smart home platforms has exploded in recent years, thanks to the introduction of voice assistants in the form of the Google Assistant and Ama...

Google Leads Amazon In European Smart Home Marketshare

Amazon is by far the most dominant company in the smart home space thanks to its headstart in the US, but in Europe the story goes a little different...

SALUS Unveils Five-Year Warranty For UFH Controls

In addition to offering an expanded range of underfloor heating controls, many of which can be linked to a smart home, controls specialist SALUS has unveiled a...

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