{"id":154656,"date":"2018-02-27T23:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T04:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=154656"},"modified":"2018-02-27T23:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T04:16:16","slug":"amazon-to-buy-ring-maker-of-wi-fi-connected-doorbells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/27\/amazon-to-buy-ring-maker-of-wi-fi-connected-doorbells\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to buy Ring, maker of Wi Fi connected doorbells"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_154659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154659\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154659\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook.png\" alt=\"FILE: Ring Logo (Ring\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RingFacebook-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Ring Logo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ring\/photos\/a.455313937863289.106363.455306461197370\/1054114537983223\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ring\/\">Ring\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 \u00a0Amazon is expanding its home-security business by buying Ring, which makes Wi-Fi-connected cameras and doorbells.<\/p>\n<p>The deal comes months after the online retailer started selling its own Wi-Fi-connected indoor security cameras, which work with its voice-assistant Alexa. The Ring acquisition helps Amazon better compete with Google&#8217;s Nest, which also makes cameras and doorbells.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. declined to say how much it was paying for Ring or when the deal will close. The news was first reported by technology news site GeekWire.com.<\/p>\n<p>Ring&#8217;s doorbells and cameras capture video that can be streamed on smartphones and other devices. The company promotes its gadgets as a way to catch package thieves, a nuisance that Amazon has been looking to remedy.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Amazon launched a service called Amazon Key that lets those who buy a Wi-Fi-connected lock to unlock their front doors so packages could be left inside their home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 \u00a0Amazon is expanding its home-security business by buying Ring, which makes Wi-Fi-connected cameras and doorbells. The deal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":154659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,5],"tags":[5372,10387,7093,47391,47390,7299],"class_list":["post-154656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-technology","tag-amazon","tag-camera","tag-cctv-cameras","tag-doorbell","tag-google-nest","tag-ring","mauthors-joseph-pisani","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}