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Julie Jacobson (Posted on 03/10/14, 09:10 PM)
Let’s assume for a moment that the “evidence” of using stock photography suggests the project is a scam. Why muddy the waters with such silly claims as, “If you carefully watch all the videos, you can safely…
James Walsh (Posted on 03/10/14, 08:56 PM)
I don’t have any association with Soap or any other HA manufacturer, but there seems to be more to that you posted. http://hackaday.com/2014/03/07/soap-the-home-automation-router-and-kickstarter-scam/…
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 03/10/14, 11:03 AM)
Thanks, Glendon. Hopefully the edits did the trick. Damn typos.
Glendon O'Brien (Posted on 03/10/14, 10:22 AM)
Julie, Besides one or two typos you had it mostly right. John Bolin and I will continue in the Manufacturers Representative trade but with a new name and contact info, shortly to be announced. We’ll be with some new friends and…
John of Muncy (Posted on 03/10/14, 06:28 AM)
What does this guy do for a living?
EJ Feulner (Posted on 03/09/14, 10:19 AM)
Quote by Julie in Article: “As CEO, according to the press release, “Srinivasan will focus his efforts on establishing Kaleidescape as the best platform for electronic sell-through by offering the convenience of streaming,…
John (Posted on 03/08/14, 10:20 PM)
This company goes though more employees than any other company I’ve ever seen in the CE industry. Something is very broken deep inside.
Jim (Posted on 03/08/14, 09:09 PM)
I ordered the first touch screen remote that came out and spent about $400.00 for it. Just because I gotta have the latest. I had it for a week and returned it. Just a soon as I realized that I had to use one hand to hold it and the other…
David Dever (Posted on 03/08/14, 12:57 PM)
I believe that this is a generational trend, to be honest–most people under 40 carry around a mobile phone with them at all times, and have made the transition to touch-based control. Even the major, established residential automation…
Mr. Stanley (Posted on 03/08/14, 12:09 PM)
Yikes! I can’t tell you how much of that stuff I’ve eaten and breathed in over the years! There was also a lot of discussion about how fiberglass insulation is very dangerous - gets lodged in your lungs and can be almost…
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