Connected smart home company Wink today announced the addition of August Smart Locks into its collection of supported brands, which already includes GE, Nest, Philips, Schlage, and more. Now, any users who have an August Smart Lock paired with an August Connect (which provides remote access to the lock) can add their lock into the …
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Welcome to Home Deals, where we pick out the best deals on things you need for your home, garden and beyond. Like our cousin, the Cheapskate, we’ll give you a regular selection of smoking-hot deals, but for house and home. This time, we look for smart deals on smart locks. Most people’s first experience of …
A resort hotel in Austria has been the target of a series of hacks, including one that crippled the electronic “smart locks” on guest rooms. The attack prevented guests from accessing their rooms and prevented the issuance of new key cards, highlighting the potential fragility of systems in the so-called “internet of things.” Lacking other …
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This smart door lock will stay charged thanks to the sun, and let you tell Alexa to lock it. Photo by Tyler Lizenby/CNET A year ago, the prototype of the solar powered Brinks Array intrigued me at CES. This year, the finished smart lock looks great. You’ll be able to preorder it in May, and …
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The premise is simple: Kwikset’s been making locks for generations now, and making smart locks for years. Now, it’s introducing a smart lock that works with Siri. It’s called the Kwikset Premis, and it’s a touchpad deadbolt that works with Apple HomeKit, the smart-home control service built into to Apple’s iOS devices. With HomeKit compatibility, …
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DALLAS — MONI Smart Security (formerly Monitornics) is partnering with August Home, a provider of smart locks and other devices for the smart home, to expands its residential and commercial customer base. “With our smart solutions for total control over the front door, we’re helping MONI’s trusted dealer network deliver best-in-class products to their customers …
By Patrick J. Bleser · November 11, 2016 The smart home, the connected home, the Internet of Things — these buzzwords have gotten a lot of play lately. But is it all hype? Are homeowners actually taking the plunge and controlling an array of household systems with their smartphone? In a word, yes. Most studies …
Ensure Complete Safety with August Smart Lock People are used to keeping their most valuable things under lock to ensure safety. Do you want to provide extra safety at your home and save all your valuable things? August Smart Lock is the very thing you need. Created by the famous designer, it promises a series …
The sharing economy makes it possible for anyone who has something of value to make money by lending it to someone who doesn’t have access, but who is willing to pay a fee. Uber is perhaps the most prominent example, where people who have a car can make some extra money by giving lifts to …
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If you think about a smart contracts are its killer app. At the inaugural Smart Contracts Symposium held at Microsoft’s New York City headquarters, blockchain experts and companies from the burgeoning space gathered to discuss the myriad of ways that smart contracts are poised to disrupt the status quo in 2017 and beyond. Continue Reading …