Control4 plugs into the smart grid with new $17.3M
Control4, maker of a universal remote control capable of adjusting any home appliances or electronics — from the television to the thermostat — has brought in $17.3 million to get the ball rolling on several smart grid initiatives.
These initiatives are far-flung, encompassing advanced metering, energy management displays showing consumers how much power they are using and how much it is costing, and a program aimed at teaching these consumers how to alter their behaviors and… Continue Reading
4Home snags $500K for universal home remotes in software form
4Home, maker of software dashboards capable of remotely controlling all of the electronics and appliances in your home, has raised $500,000 in convertible notes, according to VentureWire. As we’ve reported before, its technology allows users to turn on their dishwashers and turn off their coffee makers from work. It also provides a central hub for home media, including all movies, music and even web video — giving users the ability to access any of it… Continue Reading
4HomeMedia, a software platform for your home’s gadgets and applications
4HomeMedia, like many companies past and present, dreams of becoming a software-based command center for all the gadgets and applications in your home, including for your television, phone and PC.
Its vision is to present homeowners with a unified interface for managing anything from using your cell phone to turn on your porch light while you’re at work, to watching YouTube videos on your TV.
Today, it is introducing a way to manage all of your digital… Continue Reading
4HomeMedia, latest company to want to control your home
4HomeMedia, a Sunnyvale start-up, is the latest company wanting to let people control every electronic gadget and system in their home remotely.
It is an elusive business, because some companies have tried it, and most have failed.
4HomeMedia apparently thinks it has better chances. It will demonstrate its home-controlling technology at the CES conference next week. It said its product, the ControlPoint, has won the “Best of Innovations” award in the Integrated Home Systems category for this… Continue Reading