. >> reporter: all three brands we tried, dropcam, netgear, and d-link, worked as advertised. each turning on and beaming back real time video. the cost? anywhere from $130 to $170. the apps to watch the feed on your phone are usually free. but it's not perfect. for example, the camera might be triggered by your pet innocently moving around your home. one company, dropcam, tells us they are introducing people detection this summer alerting only if there's human activity on cameras. they're also introducing a new tabs system. you put the tiny tab about the size of a stick of gum on doors and windows to see which one was opened and on items to see if they've moved. meanwhile back at that new jersey home, police ended up nabbing the suspect who's still in jail tonight. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> and when we come back right here, king james and the surprising trick that seems to have thrown him off his game. you won't guess what it is. or do you know? coming up in our "instant index." [ female announcer ] grow, it's what we do. but when we put something in the ground, fe

help wanted ads to monitor users the via dropcam.vacy questions from earlier. >> hallway view they'll do with it. navigate any of your friends' hallways before going over to their house. >> this was started to keep a neighborhood dog from using the restroom on the founder's lawn. you could probably still definitely use it for that. >> that's right. >>> and dow hanging on to a 64-point gain. we'll see where it leads this afternoon. a look at markets now. scott wapner will take us through the "halftime." >> best in a month, carl. a lot of people friday left for an early holiday weekend here and missed the fact above 1,900 on the s&p for a close for the first time ever. >> yeah and europe had a good day yesterday while we were on vacation. we're playing catch-up, too. >> we are. a good day to do did. have a great rest of the day. welcome into the "halftime show." the playbook, whether fixed income is fixing for a blowup. what you need to know right now. that's right. rick realiieder with us later o. giving traders in our year-long conte

reporting google could make a push into the home security market by acquiring the connected camera maker dropcamy cooking up plans to turn the iphone into a remote control for lights, household appliances and other systems. the financial times saying apple will unveil details in san francisco next week. and let's not forget, samsung, it's holding some kind of health-related technology event tomorrow. so who will win the war to control us, or our homes? [laughter] our expert round table is here to weigh in, rob and pete. thanks for coming in, joining us in studio today. let's begin with apple. so financial times reporting they're going to announce a smarthome software early next month. what should we anticipate? >> well, yeah. the iphone is already kind of the controller for certain smart devices for a thermostat or a small lightbulb. what apple seems to be on the verge of announcing is sort of a centralized place, a platform that other manufacturers can build off of to make that easier so that they can, basically, don't have to do the heavy lift of doing all the soft ware here and just get, be a

. >> reporter: 29-year-old nisarg was eating dinner nearby, when he says his dropcam security htemñrling him his sliding door had been opened. >> it's pitch dark. but these cameras have night vision. >> reporter: he says he watched as the invader grabbed his electronic equipment. he fought back with his iphone. tapping into one of the camera's loud speakers. >> i simply told him, hey, i can see you. just, please leave my home. >> reporter: scared, the alleged burglar does exactly that. >> being embraced more and more by the mainstream, as situations like this happen and we see proof of their effectiveness. >> reporter: thanks to this surveillance footage, police quickly tracked down the Ñi suspect,xd 22-year-old. and now, the alleged burglar is being held in jail on $25,000 bail. all thanks to a free app and iphone and a few mounted cameras. total cost, $150. for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> we're not sure he said pleased put down my stuff. but why not? install it if you have an iphone. we want to thank our new york station, wabc for their help on that