The Apple Watch is coming, but how will installers be able to use it? will it change home automation for ever? will Android keep up? Ce-Pro's assessment of what it all might mean...
There were some subtle changes to the Core Brands booth at ISE 2015 in Amsterdam last month, but they represented some large initiatives within the Nortek (Nasdaq: NTK) group that includes Elan Home Systems (home automation); Niles, SpeakerCraft and Proficient (speakers and multiroom audio); Panamax and Furman (power management and conditioning); Xantech (signal routing and control); and Sunfire (subwoofers)....
The commercial floor is a new addition this year and marks a new milestone in the development of the show offering commercial installers the same access to this affordable and easy to attend show....
The Smart Building Awards will be taking entries from the domestic as well as commercial install and integration worlds and will be supported and promoted by the CE-Pro Europe and Commercial Integrator Europe websites as well as Essential Install magazine and the Essential Install Live! shows....
Available through Habitech as part of a new distribution agreement, ihiji’s INV-APP-500-UK and INV-APP-1100-UK appliances give integrators and technology professionals in the region a more efficient way to remotely detect, diagnose and resolve network issues....
Six of the band´s studio albums have been added to the TIDAL service in newly re-mastered versions, overseen directly by arguably the finest guitar hero of all time and Led Zeppelin founder, Jimmy Page....
If you believe that networking is a subject where you can 'get by' with some basic knowledge (or just hire a chap who 'knows about that') then think again....