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How Keen Home and Ecovent Joined Forces
Our favorite consumer tech
Tech publications love to rate and recommend products. As a tech company, our team is naturally drawn to consumer technology, so we thought it would...
Why you should build your hardware startup in NYC
Whenever I tell someone who doesn’t live in New York City that I work for a hardware startup, I am generally met with incredulity. “How...
What it takes to be HomeKit compatible
Back in 2014, Apple announced HomeKit, signaling their official entry into the connected home space. HomeKit was hailed as a killer app that would make...
Proactive vs. Reactive: Why The Connected Home 2.0 Is What We’ve All Been Waiting For
In 1962 the Jetsons popularized the home of the future. With its automated walkways and robot maid, the entire house adapted to the homeowners’ needs....
Don’t Reinvent The Wheel: Why Integration Is Good For The Smart Home
Last week, we gave you a crash course on the smart bridge and explained why it’s an essential part of the smart home. Now, we...
A Vision of the Smart Home
The concept of a “smart home” has been around for decades. In 1939 Popular Mechanics Magazine wrote about “The Electric Home of the Future.”...