Now GM is trying to do something about those costs with an unusual ally: its own OnStar subsidiary, the wireless satellite service that can open your car door when you're locked out or send an ambulance when your air bag deploys.
Perhaps, you are known for making the best cupcakes in town, or maybe all your neighbors knock on your door when they need help fixing their appliances and sound systems.
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With the one mobile app you can control and check all your household sensors, or you can program Iris to send you text-message alerts when, say, your back door is open.
There was a hopeful note in your voice when you came to my door.
Then create a key within your phone which, when you hold up against your Yale keyless lock, it unlocks the door.
When hurricanes and other natural disasters literally knock on your door, it may be tempting to fall apart and succumb to panic.
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When each day is through, clove the door on your Shangri-La Hotel room and enjoy five-star features like a pillow menu, a bedside control panel and a flat-screen TV.
Let me tell you, when you're standing outside the hotel watching your scissor-door death machine get dragged up onto a flatbed, nobody feels sorry for you.
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Motorola's new Home Monitoring and Control System HMEZ1000, a system of wireless network cameras and sensors that let's you keep tabs on your home from anywhere, and will automatically email or text message you when a door or window is opened, or when the temperature or humidity hits a certain level.
When you need to stretch your legs and schedule some much-needed TLC, wander next door to the Spa at Four Seasons Hotel St.
The Instant Away feature allows homeowners to balance comfort and energy savings: on your way out the door, simply tell the Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostat when you will be back and it can start saving energy instantly while you are gone.
But if a family is concerned, when you're actually trick-or-treating, if you watch your child go to someone's door, ring the bell, and the other family comes to the door and hands them candy, it's one way of knowing it's a safe and comfortable gift of the candy.
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