About AmazonAmazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long term thinking. Customer reviews, 1 Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon. com/about and follow @AmazonNews. First introduced on the market in 2014, during Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple’s proprietary software and hardware smart home platform has gradually improved. New features were added and more devices were made compatible, allowing homeowners to easily communicate with their smart appliances and control what is going on in their home via their Apple device – a smart phone, a watch or an iPad. So, how does it work?If you have a smart home equipped with the Apple HomeKit, you can control various devices in a few quick commands using the specific app on your phone or even via Siri, the personal assistant Apple offers. Depending on the compatible hardware you have, this means you can control smart devices like thermostats, lighting, and even home security cameras and alarms. Have I turned off the lights?Have I unplugged the iron?Have I locked the door?All these questions are a thing of the past with Apple’s HomeKit. Your home’s safety is now at your fingertips. While being able to automate your home lighting or the heating via smart devices is certainly useful, making life easier, the ability to automate home security is a truly exciting prospect.