Here’s a bright idea: GE is marrying the ordinary light bulb, the company’s oldest business area, with the Internet of Things, the company’s newest, to rethink the most basic of products in your home.

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GE Lighting's (NYSE: GE) latest customer-inspired light bulb—a hybrid halogen-CFL contained in an incandescent-shaped glass bulb—hits the ...

But some observers reading between the lines worry what—or who—the casualties of this breakup will be. GE has been divesting a lot of subsidiaries (most recently, divisions focused on home appliances, ...

General Electric is saying goodbye to the light bulb. The conglomerate is shedding a struggling business founded by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. After years of failing to find a buyer, GE ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Consumers searching for the latest hybrid can soon look beyond their local car dealership. Starting in 2011, GE Lighting brings hybrid technology to the lighting aisle in ...

New York: It’s light (bulbs) out at General Electric Co. Almost 140 years after GE founder Thomas Edison developed the first practical incandescent light bulb, the industrial giant is considering ...

GE’s connected LED bulb can’t change colors like some other LEDs, but it’s relatively inexpensive and delivers all kinds of smart features when used in conjunction with a ZigBee hub. Update, ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

GE traces its roots back to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first practical, long-lasting light bulb in 1879. One hundred and forty years later, his company appears to be having trouble ...

You’ll soon be able to buy GE light bulbs that change color to help you wake up, fall asleep, read, cook and save energy. And, for the first time, the company will deliver them to you. GE Lighting is ...

Artificial light and modern schedules have become the bane of a good night’s sleep. Light from your TV or a tablet near bedtime makes it harder to fall asleep, while daylight shining through the ...