home security

The home security company says attackers accessed databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.

Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

If you live in France and you want to add a security system to your home, you don’t have a ton of options. You can contact a home security company…

Qiara is a new home security service for the French market

Aimed at construction sites, vacation homes or for other hard-to-reach locations, Arlo‘s new Arlo Go 2 LTE/Wi-Fi Security Camera is at your beck and call to keep an eye out…

Paranoid and on the move? Arlo Go 2 brings battery power and cell data to the surveillance mix

Ring built its entire business on reinventing the doorbell — and now it’s taking a similar approach to the humble home security camera, with the Ring Always Home Cam, set…

Ring’s newest security camera is a $249 autonomous indoor drone shipping in 2021

One of the new products unveiled at CES this year is a new kind of home security system — one that includes drones to patrol your property, along with sensors…

This autonomous security drone is designed to guard your home

Minut, a Swedish startup that has developed a camera-less home security device that it claims protects privacy better than competitors, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round…

Minut raises $8M Series A for its camera-less home security device

Tired of home security cameras that add nothing to your home (besides, well, surveillance)? The Ulo, created by Luxembourg-based Mu Design, adds a touch of whimsy. The owl-shaped surveillance camera…

Ulo is an adorable security camera that interacts with you while keeping watch over your home

Wyze, they of the $20 home security camera, announced this morning the launch of a comparably priced home sensor system. The $20 Wyze Sense kit ships with a motion sensor,…

Wyze launches a $20 home sensor system for its $20 security cam

Chamberlain Group, which owns several security and access brands including the myQ smart garage hub, has added two new companies to its portfolio: connected door lock maker Lockitron and Wi-Fi…

Chamberlain Group acquires Lockitron and Tend for its myQ smart garage hub

Way back in October of last year, Ring announced “Ring Protect” — a modular, no contract, DIY home security system. After a few delays, a bit of legal drama and…

Ring’s $199 security system will finally ship next month

The smart home market continues to heat up, and the legacy giants do not want to get locked out: quite literally. This morning, Assa Abloy, the $23 billion Swedish lock…

Swedish lock giant Assa Abloy acquires smart lock maker August Home

Deep Sentinel, a home security startup, today announced that it had closed a $7.4 million Series A led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Lux Capital and UP2398. Founded by serial entrepreneur David Selinger, Deep…

Deep Sentinel raises $7.4M to bring deep learning to home security

At CES on Tuesday, Alarm.com revealed that it is developing a smart home security drone alongside its other IoT devices and software. The idea is that if you hear something…

Alarm.com is building drones to monitor your home inside and out

Broadband at home, motion sensors and high definition video cameras led to a renaissance in home security systems over the past decade. But big problems remain in residential security, says…

Sunflower Labs raises $2.1 million to build a flying home security system

IoT’s killer app is not home security

I was linked to Revel Systems CTO Chris Ciabarra’s recent TechCrunch piece “IoT’s killer app is home security” by a friend and found myself a bit taken aback by what…

IoT’s killer app is not home security

Sequoia Capital has made a minority investment in the do-it-yourself home security company Simplisafe in a play on the home security and automation market, TechCrunch has learned. The investment from…

Sequoia Backs Simplisafe In A Play For The Home Security Market

Ottawa-based BlackSumac may not be the first startup to try and revamp the home security system, nor is it the first to use a crowdfunding platform like Indiegogo to make…

Piper Is The Prettiest Way To Monitor Your Home From Afar

Cam.ly is the latest company to offer a home security camera monitoring system. Built around an ARM processor, the Cam.ly is an IP camera, but with a difference – you…

And now D-Link is in the home security business. The company, of whose router I bought several months ago and fight to use on a daily basis (seriously, the Internet…