Microsoft shuts down utility monitoring service, proves you can't go Hohm again

<div><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/microsoft-shuts-down-utility-monitoring-service-proves-you-can/"><img alt="" height="217" src="http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/435/homechartsestimated.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" width="360" /></a></div><br/>Is there anything more tragic than a broken Hohm? Microsoft announced this week that it will be shuttering its utility monitoring service at the close of May 2012, citing a lack of consumer adoption. The news comes a week after Google announced the closing of its competing PowerMeter service. Despite the shutdown, however, Microsoft assures us all that it's still in the business of developing energy solutions for cities with a wide-ranging list of partners. Hohm itself will continue to operate through the end of May 2012, at which point its users will be rendered Hohmless.

Microsoft shuts down utility monitoring service, proves you can't go Hohm again

Is there anything more tragic than a broken Hohm? Microsoft announced this week that it will be shuttering its utility monitoring service at...

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