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Home: On #109 – CEDIA Live!: We’re in San Diego, California, live-ish at the 2018 CEDIA Expo. We had some great discussions with Control4, Insteon, Sonos, Monoprice and the Z-Wave Alliance—organizations that each span the gap, to some degree, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #115 – CES 2019: When we were at CES, we saw lots of cool, new products. This year was again more evolutionary than revolutionary, but that doesn’t mean it wasn't interesting! by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #114 – Seeking Robots, with Andrew Gebhart: It’s a new year, and we’re ready for CES…so what’s that all mean? It’s time to get together again with our friends from CNET. Andrew Gebhart joins us this time to review last year’s show and speculate about what this year will bring. Plus, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #108 – Talking Polyglots, with Brad McAdams: Samsung announces a new SmartThings hub and Bixby-powered speaker, June introduces a second-generation smart oven with a dramatically lower price, and Brad McAdams joins us from Universal Devices to dive deep into the ISY controllers. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #110 – Creative Lighting, with Marc Alexander: Cortana and Alexa trade spaces, IKEA expands its smart home offerings, and Marc Alexander, the CTO and co-founder of LIFX joins us for a great conversation about their company and product offerings. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #111 – Helping Neighbors, with Jamie Siminoff: We're excited to be joined again by Ring founder Jamie Siminoff. He helps us unpack all of last month’s product news from Amazon and gives us some insight into Ring’s recent growth and success. We also dive into some of Ring’s latest products and offer... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #112 – Google’s Home, with Josh Pollard: Richard looks back at last month’s Smart Kitchen Summit, TiVo starts rolling out some smart home features to customers, and Josh Pollard joins us to share his thoughts on some of Google’s new Home product, and he updates us on what’s going on these day... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #123 – Kitchen Design, with Katy Olson: In addition to the latest news from Wyze, Nest, and more, we’re trying something different this time. AD Pro Editor Katy Olson joins us to discuss kitchen design trends and how technology might impact choices and decisions when redesigning your kitchen. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #116 – Lighting Updates, with Jianhui He: It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on smart home news, so we have some catching up to do. Richard covers a few news stories and updates, and Jianhui He from LEDVANCE joins the show to talk about some recent updates to the SMART+ product line. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #113 – Fireside ’18: This is the DMZ's obsessively edited cut of the annual Technology.FM fireside chat, moderated by Seth Johnson, with Jason Griffing, Mike Wolf, Rose Thibodeaux, and Richard Gunther. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #120 – The Reimagined Switch, with Colin Billings: Google backpedals after abruptly announcing the shutdown of its Works with Nest program, Ring Smart Lighting products arrive, and the Google Assistant finally lands on Sonos devices. Orro founder and CEO Colin Billings joins us to discuss all this news... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #119 – Mixed News, with Jennifer Pattison Tuohy: There’s good news and there’s bad news. Several new devices are offering HomeKit support while Stringify users scramble for alternative automation solutions. Journalist Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins us to catch up on what is arguably a mixed bag of sma... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #117 – Lowe’s Redemption, with Tony Raynor: Lowe’s Iris is shutting down in just a few days. How is Lowe’s handling the ramp-down process, and where do you go now? Long time friend of the DMZ and Iris user Tony Raynor joins us to discuss what he learned from his experience and share his thought ... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #118 – Kitchen Commerce: We’re sharing a panel Richard moderated at the last Smart Kitchen Summit about commerce in the kitchen. How do you sell stuff to consumers in their own homes without it feeling annoying? And we have a winner for our ultimate smart home kit! by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #121 – Halo Home, with Bryant Bilal: Apple introduces some improvements to HomeKit at this year’s developer conference; Lutron announces a brilliant, new retrofit lighting controller; and Eaton Lighting’s Bryant Bilal joins us to talk about their residential smart lighting line, Halo Home. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #134 – A Seamless Experience, with Blake Arnold: Device manufacturers roll out updates enabling HomeKit Secure Video and HomeKit router support, Level is shipping its stealthy smart lock, and Insteon’s long-awaited app update is now in public beta. We’re joined on this episode by Samsung SmartThings ... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #126 – Saving Lives, with Joel Sellinger: We have highlights from CEDIA, a ton of new products and services from Amazon, useful updates from Yonomi, and our special guest co-host, Joel Sellinger, co-founder of LifeDoor. Joel talks about how LifeDoor solves a problem that can literally make th... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #130 – Fireside '19: With the weather getting colder and the holidays right upon us, the Technology.FM hosts get together once again for their annual fireside chat. Now joined by Adam Justice, they discuss some of this year’s biggest smart home stories and consider what th... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #124 – Smart Locks, with Lee Odess: Lee Odess, VP from Allegion, the makers of Schlage locks, joins the us to discuss the latest smart home news, and there are plenty of updates to cover. Then Lee walks us through Schlage’s long legacy of smart home technology and products, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #127 – Precision Cooking, with Steve Svajian: The Wink hub seems to be one step closer to death, Google announces a bunch of new Nest products, and Signify acquires Eaton Lighting. Plus Anova Culinary’s Steve Svajian joins us to discuss the latest Smart Kitchen Summit and bring us up to speed on A... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #122 – Home Projects, with Jimmy Hawkins: Insteon reveals what they’ve been working on for the past year or so, new SmartThings and Philips Hue devices will work without a hub, and Wink reminds us it’s still alive by announcing new product support. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #125 – Saving Energy, with Mike Phillips [FIXED]: Your devices and services may or may not still work with Nest now, Johnson Controls pulls Cortana from its Cortana-based thermostat, and a recent hub update brings us one step closer to the new Insteon app. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #136 – A Smarter Pool with Justin Miller from ConnectedYard: Sonos and Lutron deliver new hardware, Ecobee forces customers to enable its new Eco+ feature, and lots of companies deliver the products they showed at CES. Plus we talk with ConnectedYard founder Justin Miller about pHin, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #128 – The Smartest Products, with Agnes Lorenz: Samsung doubles down on SmartThings, Home Depot confuses customers with new Philips connected bulbs, and the August View is back. Plus: Agnes Lorenz from The Smartest House joins us to dive into Z-Wave and examine the Zooz line of custom Z-Wave product... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #131 – CES Realities, with Molly Price: CNET’s Molly Price joins the show to review the latest news and updates and to take a look back and ahead at CES. What was hot last year, which companies met the expectations they created, and which ones didn’t? And they look ahead, of course, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #129 – Your Abode, with Scott Beck: Wyze disrupts another product segment with the announcement of its new $90 smart lock, ConnectSense introduces some new products, and Abode Systems’ Scott Beck joins us to talk about their products and recent announcement that their security system is ... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #140 – Product Recommendations with Dan Wroclawski of Consumer Reports: Consumer Reports’ Dan Wroclawski joins us to run through the latest new products from Amazon, Ring, Wyze, and more! And if you’re interested in CR’s smart home product picks, Dan has you covered. Find out what they think are some of the best security c... by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #137 – The Summer Keynotes with Chris Young from Homekitgeek: Chris Young, a.k.a. Homekitgeek, joins me to catch up on some smart home news from the past few weeks. We ponder the rash of products and services going away and Wink’s now-started subscription service, among other things. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #135 – Familiar Voices [FIXED]: We have a terrific lineup of guests for this long-overdue episode, and we're talking with each of them about projects they've been taking on while hunkering down this Spring for COVID: Adam Miarka, Jimmy Hawkins, Dave McCabe, by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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Home: On #132 – CES Wrap-up, with Josh Pollard: With CES in the rear-view mirror, Josh Pollard joins us to review the smart home products we took most interest in at CES 2020, including some vendor interviews and our favorite picks. by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

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