Canary, the $250, all-in-one home security system that caught the attention of our hearts and minds back in 2013, has finally started shipping.

The device launched on Indiegogo back in July of 2013, with a goal of $100,000. By the time the campaign had ended, Canary had amassed nearly $2 million in pre-orders. After selling around 15,000 units, Canary turned off pre-orders and went head-down on manufacturing. But not before scooping up $10 million in funding from Khosla Ventures.

For the past few months, around 500 people have been using early Canary hardware to give feedback and test the device in a very closed beta. After tweaking and getting units built, the company is now shipping the super affordable home security system.

Canary works by simply plugging in and sitting on a shelf. Equipped with motion sensors, a camera, and a number of sensors for air-quality, smoke, etc. Canary keeps an eye on your house whether youre there or not. The software is able to sense the difference between a dog, your kid, and an intruder, and send notifications directly to your phone.

The app records a clip each time the motion sensor is activated, giving users the option to help Canary figure out the difference between you and a bad guy. Plus, it gives you a glimpse into the goings on of your home while youre gone, including your kid playing in the kitchen or your wife having lunch.

With the shipping plan in place, all US-based Indiegogo backers will get their Canary in January, along all US pre-orders that were placed before December 2014.

If you want to learn more about Canary, head over to the website here. Or check out the video below.

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FLINT (WJRT) - (12/18/14) - Do you recognize the man in the picture with this story? Police say he shot and killed a man early in the morning on Aug. 23.

So far, it's been almost four months and still no leads.

It's a story you'll only see on ABC12.

It is a rarity that police catch something like this on video, but thanks to a rolling home security camera, they did, and want you to take a close look to see if you recognize the suspect.

You can't see in the video, but the man has a gun on him.

In the video, you can see him approaching the victim, 25-year-old Christian Davis, who is out of view of the security camera.

We can't show you what happens next because of the ongoing police investigation, but just moments later, the suspect fires multiple shots at Davis in the yard of a home on Dupont Street near Ballenger Park.

The suspect's face is unclear in the footage, but police want you to take a look at his build and distinct walk.

Davis was found dead in the park 4:30 that morning.

If you recognize the suspect, you are asked to call Flint Police.

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INDIANAPOLIS - It is good to have a home security system, but imagine using it to watch someone breaking into your home in real-time.

Tuesday morning, Nick Essling watched LIVE from his cell phone as three men broke into his Broad Ripple home.

"Looking through the window, looking through the doors and that's when I thought, I'm getting robbed," Essling said.

While Essling watched the men kick through a different door, he called 911.

"I was looking, though, and I was able to pause it, and give the operator a description of what they look like and what they were wearing," Essling said.

Essling's $200 camera is connected to an app called "Dropcam." It detects motion or sound and sends a push notification as an alert.

"If I didn't have the camera, then I wouldn't have been able to call the police," Essling said.

Using a Wi-Fi connection, the app streams video in real time. Anything that comes through the camera streams to a laptop, smartphone or tablet. Essling's camera even captured footage of police responding to his home.

It was too late, however, so Essling turned to another free app called "Nextdoor" to let his neighbors know.

"It was kind of nice to get a little support from the community. People saying, 'This happened to me as well,' or 'Make sure you don't do this', Essling said.

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One theory behind these numbers is that the current generation of home automation devices is perceived as adding very little value beyond simply being a 'gimmick'. Hendrik Bartel, research director at Gartner, said that the current value propositions are too vague and not enticing enough to achieve broad market penetration.

"Perhaps the first attempt has fallen flat in terms of promoting the value of enhanced energy savings or automation of repetitive tasks, as it would appear to be unable to convince the larger market to take advantage of the connected home," he said.

Bartel suggested that offering discounts for purchasing multiple devices could help to fuel growth, boosing customer loyalty as well as getting more devices into the household. Ensure that home automation devices easily integrate with other devices already installed in the home is also imperative, he said.

Gartner predicts that 2015 will see more household brands moving into the connected home space. In particular, Apple's HomeKit platform is likely to become a hub for connected household objects, and Bartel expects to see products taking advantage of deep iOS integration at CES 2015.

Accenture also expects to see more products from companies that would not traditionally attend CES, in categories such as clinical healthcare, home security and home automation. However, it said that the vast amounts of data being produced by consumer electronics devices will push security further up the agenda.

Indeed, the Consumer Electronics Association has revealed that, for the first time in 2015, there will be two new 'marketplaces' at CES one for personal cyber security products and solutions and one for attendees to learn about the newest technologies and strategies they can adopt to protect their information online.

"As we all embrace the convenience and 'always connected' powerful capabilities of our electronics devices, our privacy and security take on even more importance," said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, International CES and corporate business strategy, CEA.

Meanwhile, Accenture predicts that there will be a strong focus on how car manufacturers are embedding connectivity into their vehicles, allowing for the car to become an extension of the smartphone, and an integral part of the so-called 'Internet of Things'.

The comapny elso expects to see a slew of large-screen smartphones, known as 'phablets', which will put a squeeze on the tablet market, as well as a range of 4K TVs, with a focus on larger, bendable and therefore more flexible screens.

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By Kelly O'Brien

Boston.com Staff | 12.10.14 | 5:10 PM

Every year, along with the snow and the Christmas lights, comes a flood of warnings to protect your home from burglars looking to take advantage of all the houses left empty during holiday vacations. Call it the Home Alone effect.

But google something along the lines of holiday home break-ins and youll see a lot of tips written by insurance agencies or companies selling home security systems. Not surprisingly, some of those tips include Buy our security equipment, or Get our insurance.

So are holiday crime sprees just a myth cooked up by self-interested corporations and classic 90s films? Or do the numbers justify the fears?

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Boston.com dove into the stats from the last few years, punching our calculators and tabulating the averages to bring you the answer, which is it kind of depends.

First, lets look at the data from Boston proper, which bears out the common wisdom to some extent.

The Boston Police Department breaks its crime data down by week, so we actually get to see how the trend changes within the month of December in 2012 and 2013.

The first half of December is pretty normal (i.e. the blue and green bars are about the same height as the purple bar, which represents the average of all 52 weeks of the year), but in both years those last two weeks where Christmas and New Years fall saw significantly more burglaries than the normal week.

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Cementing four decades of diplomatic relations with a commitment to address regional security issues, the home ministry has made great strides forward in fostering strong collaborations with China.

To enhance the nations security, Malaysia will be working very closely with the Peoples Republic of China particularly on enforcement measures, home minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stressed to Sunday Star.

The ministrys move is in line with what prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had earlier described as the two countries joint vision to sustain the security that has allowed dynamic economic growth for both sides.

Speaking to Chinas newspaper, the Peoples Daily, during the 2014 Apec Economic Leaders Week in Beijing last month, the premier had referred to China as an important friend and partner - something Dr Ahmad Zahid, who led a delegation of senior officials on a six-day working visit to China recently, echoed. Dr Ahmad Zahid was in Beijing to meet with officials and the countrys State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun.

He also visited security sites such as the Police Training Academy and the Ministry of Public Securitys research institution where research and development of technological security products are conducted.

Dr Ahmad Zahid also witnessed the signing of the minutes of the Second Malaysia-China Joint Working Group Meeting on Cooperation in Transnational Crime.

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