Back in July, I disassembled and detailed the internals of a SmartLabs 2412S Power Line Modem (PLM). While PLMs provide a bridge between a home automation controller (hub or other) and various X10-and ...

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Following the report yesterday that smart home company Insteon’s servers had mysteriously fired up overnight, there is good news: Insteon is back, and it was resurrected by its customers. This message ...

Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly disappeared last week. In what will probably be remembered as one of the most notorious smart home shutdowns ever, Insteon ...

Insteon the smart-home brand still appears to be dead, but its servers have mysteriously jerked back to life, although nobody seems to know who’s behind the restart. Update [6/9/2022]: A ...

In today’s “predictable things that happened before and definitely will happen again”, Insteon, a smart home company boasting the Insteon ecosystem of devices built around their proprietary ...

Insteon, a home automation company owned by Smartlabs Inc., has reportedly gone out of business after users reported that their connected devices stopped working last week. There has been no official ...

It would appear that, sometimes, miracles happen. A few days ago, an update graced the website of Insteon, a company whose abrupt shuttering we covered in detail two months ago. An entity described as ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insteon®, creators of the world’s premier home automation and control technology, today announced a new RESTful API for developers to quickly and easily build compelling ...

This week on HomeKit Insider, Aqara crowdfunds its new curtain driver, Insteon goes belly-up, and we answer more questions on Matter. Aqara's portfolio of HomeKit devices continues to grow with the ...

Irvine-based home-automation technology provider Insteon has gained Nest certification and launched a program for developers to build software applications for its products, the company announced ...

Last April, Smartlabs switched off its cloud servers, leaving users of its Insteon smart home system without app or voice control of their connected switches, plugs, thermostats, and other devices ...