Dec 19, 2022
DIY is all the rage these days. Thanks to no less than a dozen DIY shows on cable—not to mention thousands of DIY videos available online—doing your own home improvement or installation can look surprisingly simple. It can also bring about a sense of personal...
Mar 11, 2016
TechHive – By Michael Brown There are pluses and minuses to contracting with a connected-home/home-security provider such as Vivint. On the bright side, you get professional installation as part of the package; and if anything goes awry, you simply call customer...
Mar 1, 2016
Twice – By Joseph Palenchar Provo, Utah — Vivint, the direct-to-consumer supplier of professionally installed security and home-automation systems, expanded its Sky smart-home system to include a doorbell camera. When it detects motion or when someone rings the...
Feb 27, 2016
PC Magazine – By John R. Delaney Do-it-yourself digital home security systems like the SkylinkNet SK-200 $143.30 at Amazon and the iSmartAlarm Premium $299.00 at Amazon are great for frugal homeowners who want to save money by monitoring their homes themselves,...
Feb 12, 2016
TechCrunch – By Matt Burns Home security and automation starts and ends with the front door. It needs to keep the bad guys out yet let the good guys in without hassle. Either a system gets it right or it doesn’t, and, until now, I had yet to see a system that’s...
