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Alliance Security has added its name to the list of participants in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and is calling out the entire community to follow suit. In the Spirit of Spreading ALS Awareness,...
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Easy steps to arm/disarm your system and when to use the stay/away mode.
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One of the most troubling issues with home security and remote-monitoring products is the complexity and cost to set them up. Blink, a new Kickstarter project, is different. It promises to be astoundingly easy, and it's inexpensive, too. Backers can get a simple remote motion detection and video camera unit for just US$69 -- or two for $119.
Better yet, no yearly or monthly subscription service is required to use Blink. And the batteries last a year.
Amazingly sensible.
So far, nearly 4,700 project backers agree, having pledged $684,888. Blink blew past its $200,000 goal and has reached a stretch goal for a 105-decibel siren alarm add-on module.
The small Blink module can be placed or mounted anywhere, and because it requires no external power source, you can move it around easily. To connect it to your home WiFi, you plug in a small Sync Module and use Blink's smartphone app to configure the basic settings.
As you might expect, the Blink remote-monitoring system is expandable, letting you place the devices all over your home.
After you place a Blink unit, motion will trigger an instant-on five-second HD video recording. This recording can go to Blink's secure servers in the cloud -- or better yet, if you don't like the idea of any personal video being stored anywhere not 100-percent in your own control, you can set your recordings to be stored to an attached USB stick.
With the Blink app, you can invoke a live-streaming mode to simply take a quick peek at your place to see what's going on, too.
When Blink records, an audio beep lets you know it's recording (you can turn this feature off), and a non-hackable LED light glows to let you know the camera is recording. For use when people are at home, this is a signal that Blink is active. If intruders are tooling around your place, presumably they could see the light, too -- but discrete placement might mean they wouldn't see it. Obviously, the add-on siren could be used to warn criminals away.
What if your WiFi should go down while you're on vacation? You'd get an alert sent to your smartphone. You can use the app to set up automatic arming or disarming schedules, or use location-based rules to define when the system is active.
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NEW YORK Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its Simonton Windows business to building products maker Ply Gem Holdings Inc. for about $130 million.
The deal is expected to close in October.
Fortune Brands, which makes Master Lock padlocks, Kemper kitchen cabinets and Moen water faucets, said it is selling its window business to focus on its Therma-Tru door business and Fypon home trim business.
The company expects the sale of Simonton to cut its earnings per share during the second half of 2014 between 2 cents and 4 cents.
Ply Gem, which is based in Cary, North Carolina, said it is buying Simonton to help it grow its windows division and plans to operate the company as a stand-alone business.
Simonton is based in Columbus, Ohio and also has manufacturing facilities in West Virginia, Illinois and California.
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In a move to help users "put their homes on auto-pilot," home security giant ADT announced today that it'll soon be unveiling an ADT Pulse channel on IFTTT, the popular online automation service.
Short for "if this, then that," IFTTT is a free tool that lets its users craft cause and effect-based automation recipes from a wide array of integrated Web services, social networks, and smart home gadgets.
Plugging ADT Pulse into that network means that the security offering's more than 850,000 subscribers will soon be able to program their smart security setups in countless new ways, from using a wearable sleep tracker to disarm their systems when they wake up, to controlling the thermostat based on readings from IFTTT-friendly environmental sensors.
The move reflects IFTTT's growing influence, as tech companies both large and small are increasingly using the free service as an easy means of offering fairly comprehensive third-party automation capabilities. ADT will easily be one of the biggest and most mainstream channels IFTTT offers, which should only help continue to grow the service's appeal.
By integrating with IFTTT, ADT suddenly becomes compatible with dozens of new Web tools and third-party connected gadgets. It's potentially, a very savvy defensive play, as small-scale, forward-thinking security startups with an eye on automation seem to be gaining traction -- though no notable competitors offer IFTTT support yet. Additionally, as IFTTT continues to grow, ADT can continue adding feathers to its cap and extending its list of products and services it can claim compatibility with.
Exposing an existing home security system to so many new devices at once could potentially expose it to new vulnerabilities, however. If a third-party device that's capable of turning the alarm off through IFTTT is easily hacked, for instance, that's a real problem.
ADT's team acknowledged these sorts of concerns when I spoke with them, and is promising to take things slow. The new IFTTT channel will go through several months of beta testing before ADT opens it to the public next year. By then, the company hopes to have closer relationships with the services and devices that seem to be an especially good fit for ADT Pulse, and to be in more of a position to promise its user base a high standard of security through recommended recipes.
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A smorgasbord of home improvement choices are on display this weekend at the 30th Southern Ideal Home Show at The Park Expo and Conference Center. Experts will showcase products and dole out advice on topics ranging from curb appeal to interior decorating to major remodeling.
The focus of this years show is Weve done the work for you, says Show Manager Mardee Woodward. We have brought every category of home improvement, decorating and design under one roof, she says. It is one stop shopping, so customers can talk to several experts in the same category and compare. Many customers bring their plans to the show on iPads, which makes it easy for vendors to give personal advice. And its free advice, she says.
Trends include white and light colors in the kitchen and bath cabinet category. LED outdoor lighting is another hot trend. The prices are affordable, and the blue tint is gone, says Woodward. Home security system innovations allow people to check their alarm systems remotely. Plumbing highlights include a Kohler experience tour called Trust the Flush hosted by Ferguson Kitchen & Bath. Hardscape is popular in the landscaping arena. It uses manufactured or natural stone to create usable outdoor space.
Customers will enter the show through the IDEAL Foyer. Its six vignettes emphasize the importance of first impressions in welcoming guests to a home. Cobalt blue and fuscia provide pop. A 5-inch hand scraped hickory floor made by American Scrapes provides class.
On the IDEAL Home Stage, Observer Home&Garden columnist Vicki Payne, designer of a home textile collection and host of the PBS series For Your Home, will speak about reimagining exterior design. WKQZs Brenda Matthews will speak about the role paint can play in home dcor. Cooking demonstrations, hosted by Heidi Billotto will feature a variety of Charlotte area chefs, including Heirlooms Clark Barlow, The Peach Stands butcher Sal Bonsangue, and Kings Kitchens Sam Stachon, to name a few.
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