The Apple Home

[Fingolfin]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/26/1954224/report-apple-to-unveil-smart-home-system

Siri the House Elf wants to watch and control your entire house.

From the comments:

>> "... to buy a light bulb, come home and read the small text on the box that says: "works with Apple devices only".
"We *must* use open standards here and not let Google, Apple or whoever infiltrate our houses any further. But looking at how easily folks sell their soul to Apple or Google (Android), I'm not holding my breath. Next time you buy a house, you'll have to decide Apple, Google or Microsoft..."

 

[Fingolfin]

...while a variety of forces prance and parry around the low-level protocols that govern the connectivity of the internet, and enable the above:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/26/2316248/phk-http-20-should-be-scrapped

 

[ToxicBunny]

Say what?

Have you stopped taking your medication again?

 

[Maverick Jester]

Oh dear.

 

[grok]

All good and well, but the bigger question is 'does it have a square shape with rounded corners'?

 

[Jola]

Like the first tablet ?

 

[Space_Chief]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/26/1954224/report-apple-to-unveil-smart-home-system

Siri the House Elf wants to watch and control your entire house.

From the comments:

>> "... to buy a light bulb, come home and read the small text on the box that says: "works with Apple devices only".
"We *must* use open standards here and not let Google, Apple or whoever infiltrate our houses any further. But looking at how easily folks sell their soul to Apple or Google (Android), I'm not holding my breath. Next time you buy a house, you'll have to decide Apple, Google or Microsoft..."

Or maybe just avoid all of that BS anyway. Look in the fridge to see if the milk is still fresh. See the photons sent out by the working light bulb. Arm the alarm system yourself. Turn the heating/ac on/off with your own hand/set the thermostat yourself.