Perch is a small company behind a DiY home monitoring solution that turns old smartphones into security cameras. After joining Samsung, the entire Perch team will help them develop next-gen IoT products.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-acquires-Perch.195714.0.html
Zuricate Video Surveillance works surprisingly well for me as a home monitoring service:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zuricate.vision