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The Increasing Popularity of Connected Home Devices
The world is becoming more connected. Advances in technology have led to a surge of connected home devices, offering enhanced convenience and heightened security that was merely a dream just a few...
Best Practices for Using a Home Alarm Mobile App
When you're away from home and want to know if your security system is armed, a good mobile app is a must. The best home alarm apps allow you to arm and disarm your alarm system remotely and see...
Google and Alexa Security Controls
EMC Security's newest wireless systems, Connect+, give customers the convenience to arm and disarm the system using Alexa or Google Home. How to use Amazon Alexa with Connect+ The Alula Alexa...
Safety Tips When Selling Your Home
Placing your home on the market shouldn’t result in increased risks to home security. In fact, it’s in situations like this when you should amp up your protection even more. Why? Because when a real...
The Future is Here: Your Guide to the Smart Home Ecosystem
In the Beginning Back in the 1980s the most advanced technology in smart home devices was a gadget called The Clapper, which allowed homeowners to turn their lights on and off by simply clapping...
Arm Your System with Google or Alexa
EMC Security's newest wireless systems, Connect+, give customers the convenience to arm and disarm the system using Alexa or Google Home. How to use Amazon Alexa with Connect+ The Alula Alexa...
Control Your Security With Google Home and Alexa
EMC Security's newest wireless systems, Connect+, give customers the convenience to arm and disarm the system using Alexa or Google Home. How to use Amazon Alexa with Connect+ The Alula Alexa...
What is “Smart Security”?
Modern, Wireless, Smart Security When it comes to smart things and security, your experience should be the same. Reliable, flexible and intuitive. A security system app puts you at the center of an...
How to Protect Your Privacy While Using a Home Security App
One of the most convenient features of modern security systems is the mobile app. Since the app has the ability to arm and disarm your system, view camera video, and control other home functions, ...
Why is a Home Security Mobile App So Convenient?
Studies show that CONVENIENCE is what people most desire when choosing consumer goods for the home. Fortunately, EMC Security has got that covered. With the EMC Security mobile app, you’ll be able...
3 Ways to Use smart Home Technology for Pets
For many Americans, pets are not simply viewed as animals but rather family members instead. Our cuddly friends deserve all a world of love, and technology makes caring for them easier and better...
Security System Upgrade – When and Why is it Important?
Most homeowners experience excitement when installing their first home security system but as time goes on, they tend to overlook the evolution of truth – a security system is not a...
How to Prevent Being Locked Out
Have you ever been locked out of the house? It’s not easy to do anymore since we have so many electronics to help, but sometimes it can’t be helped and it’s more than frustrating. Below are...
Living With Roommates – Safely
Today, more people are living in shared housing arrangements than ever before. Nearly 79 million adults live in a shared household—that’s almost 32% of all adults in America. Whether you’re living...
Protecting Your Family with Safety Locks
As a parent, one of your biggest worries is how to keep your children safe at home. Making sure that windows and doors are fully secure so that children can’t just walk straight out of the house...
Security Benefits of Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lights make for an easy crime deterrent throughout the night. While motion-sensing lights are by far the best option, simply leaving a porch light on along with the back door or side door...
The Anatomy of a Burglar-Proof Front Door
The FBI reports that 34% of burglaries enter through the front door. What can you do to give your home’s main point of entry a better line of defense? Do some springtime touch-ups on its hardware...
5 Devices to Help You Feel Safe When You’re Alone
Living alone is becoming more and more popular among Americans. In fact, there were almost thirty-six million Americans in 2018 living in single-person households, as compared with the thirty...
What Is a Smart-Lock?
What are Smart Locks? Keys are simple devices that have been people have used for thousands of years to open and close locks. These inexpensive and easy to use tools have always existed as popular...
Top 3 Reasons to Upgrade to a Smart Home
It may be hard to believe but in the early 1980s the most advanced technology in smart home devices was a gadget called The Clapper, which allowed homeowners to turn their lights on and off by...
Smarter Security For Your Home
Your home is safer and more efficient when all your home systems work together. EMC Security has solutions to connect your security system with the vital systems in your home, giving you responsive...