When buying a smart lock, most consumers want remote access. However, you usually have to pay extra for this service from the lock manufacturer or pair your smart lock with a connected hub. Today Kwikset, a leading smart lock manufacturer, announced its new integration with Samsung SmartThings™. The integration will allow owners of Kwikset® SmartCode™ […]

Wink You can already use Alexa to control Wink-compatible connected lights, switches and thermostats, but now the IoT company is letting you use the virtual assistant to lock your doors. Wink announced today that you can employ those handy voice commands to make sure your doors are locked. The company says that smart locks from

Enlarge Image Schlage is one of six partners to work with Amazon’s new Door Lock API. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Amazon today simplified smart locks for Alexa, by adding a Door Lock API to its Alexa Skills Kit. This API, or application program interface, is designed to improve voice commands for lock partners Schlage, Yale, Kwikset, August,

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images If your favorite website or internet service isn’t accessible today, it’s probably not just you. Amazon Web Services’ S3 cloud storage is experiencing “high error rates” that have caused chaos among many of the sites that depend on AWS to work. Our own website is one of them, but the

UPDATED 5:37 pm ET By now you know that Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a hiccup today—impacting myriad sites, but most notably the ability to upload, download or see images. How do we know? Yale’s Real Living Look Door Viewer (aka “smart peephole”) was working, but we couldn’t see the images the device was snapping

So you’ve decided to take the plunge and turn your home into a smart home. Where do you start, and how do you save money? One option is to buy a kit that includes the basics that you need to get going in one handy pack. So, let’s take a look at what deals are

Post-discharge care plays an extremely important role in ensuring speedy and effective recovery of the patient. This is especially a matter of concern for the elderly as well as pediatric population who mostly spend their time at home and are usually dependent on someone else to ensure continued care. However, due to busy lifestyle of

Do you find yourself spending more and more time talking to a computer? Apple’s Siri sits on 63 million iPhones. Androids have their own recognizer apps. In the home arena, after only two years on the market, 5 million people own an Amazon Echo or Dot, which runs the Alexa recognition system. Google has Google