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Saving Money with DIY: How to Prep an AC Unit for Summer
One of the best ways to save money around your home is to perform some types of repairs and maintenance yourself. But some types of work are easier to do yourself than others. In this edition, we’ll help...
- Posted 5 months ago
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Best Smart Home Gadgets
The recent boom of smart home technology has made it easy for anyone with a smartphone to upgrade their home. Here’s 12 gifts that should be at the top of the list of any smart home enthusiast....
- Posted 3 years ago
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Echo Show 8 Review: It’ll Grow on You
The Echo Show 8 ($130, currently $100) is Amazon’s newest smart display device, sitting between the 10.1-inch Echo Show ($230) and the 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 ($80). It looks a lot like the Echo Show 5… just...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation) Review
Amazon’s new Echo Dot 3rd Generation Smart Speaker will be one of the hottest tech goodies of the 2018 holiday shopping season, especially during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales. Regularly $50, it will be $24 or...
- Posted 4 years ago
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8 Smart Home Tech Upgrades for the Bedroom
If you are looking to bring a little technology into the bedroom to smarten up your home, we’ve collected a list of eight items (as well as some cheaper alternatives) that will upgrade your lifestyle. This includes upgrades...
- Posted 4 years ago
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5 Ways to Smarten up your Outlets / Light Switches without Smart Plugs
If you are interested in making your home a bit more friendly for charging mobile devices as well as add new features like built-in nightlights or Wi-Fi functionality, there are tons of aftermarket plug-in options that you...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Amazon Fire TV Cube Review: Well, It Can Turn On Your TV
The Amazon Fire TV Cube, you might have heard, has had issues. Introduced in the summer, the Fire TV Cube—a hybrid of Amazon’s phenomenally successful Echo and its Fire TV streaming player—was marketed as the device that...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Walmart wants to stock your fridge while you aren’t home
Launching a pilot program in Silicon Valley this week, Walmart is testing out a service that would send employees into homes to restock the fridge, even if the customer isn’t home. This is specifically for homes with...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Buy This, Not This: Home Networking / Wi-Fi / Smart Gear Edition
Interested in upgrading your home network with faster Wi-Fi or new home automation gadgets? We have put together a list of products that you should buy as well as products that you should avoid when upgrading. Internet Access...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Shut Up And Take My Money: Brita Infinity Smart Water Pitcher
Solving one of the worst issues of owning a filtered water pitcher, Amazon and Brita have collaborated to launch the Brita Infinity smart water pitcher. Connecting to your home’s Wi-Fi network, the pitcher utilizes Amazon’s Dash Replenishment system to automatically order...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Kwikset 909 SmartCode Electronic Deadbolt Review
Moving into the age of the smart home is inevitable at this point. New technology is sprouting up every month, tech that makes things easier around our homes. The Kwikset 909 electronic deadbolt is no exception to that trend. Providing...
- Posted 9 years ago