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    Smart-home tech is all about drawing more people into firms' ecosystems.

    by Tracey Lien, Los Angeles Times Mar 01, 2018 3 minutes

    SAN FRANCISCO - When Amazon.com approached Jason Johnson, founder and chief executive of August, nearly three years ago and asked to integrate his company's internet-connected locks with a new device called the Amazon Echo, he thought it was a gimmick.

    Smart speakers hadn't yet taken off. Voice control was nascent. And August, which makes door locks that people can control from their phones, had already struck a chord with consumers. What could voice controls possibly add?

    But Amazon was, of course, one of the world's most successful businesses, so he figured

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