REVIEW – If you live in an older home that doesn’t have a bunch of smart home features built into it, you can find all sorts of products that will help you update your home to be smarter. One way to do it on the cheap is to add smart adapters to your existing wall […]
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REVIEW – Watering the lawn. A mundane task, dragging around hoses and sprinklers and remembering (or forgetting) to turn them off. Or, you can go with a sprinkler system, typically controlled by a simple timer where you select days to water, and how long to water each zone. But, what happens when the weather changes?
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NEWS – Anyone familiar with Apple’s products knows that they value form over function. Their interfaces tend to be no-nonsense and minimalist, sometimes too much so. The remote for the Apple TV is a perfect example of this design philosophy. It has a trackpad-like area, a few buttons, and nothing else. Despite its simplicity, it
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NEWS – Spring is finally here! If you’re not outdoors enjoying the sun, sit down and take a look at this list of everything we posted this week. I’m sure there’s something you missed. ARTICLES 5 ways 5G technology will change our gadget usage on March 19, 2019 by Kayla Matthews 7 Gamification apps for
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REVIEW – Carrying around your info in your various devices is great, but sometimes, you need to share information with a group. Sometimes it’s a large group, and sometimes it’s just a small team that grabs an impromptu room to meet together. There are several ways to do this, but the issue usually comes down
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ARTICLE – Gadget lovers everywhere frequently notice the news coverage about the upcoming 5G network and think about the possibilities. You may have heard about the broad promises associated with it, such as rapid speeds and virtually no latency. But, how could those advantages affect how we use our technology? 1. Plenty of Opportunities to
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REVIEW – Peace of mind. What does that mean? It’s when you don’t have any worries, fears, or stresses. Having total peace of mind is almost impossible unless you’re a Shaolin monk, but you can work towards that goal by finding ways to remove worries, fears, and stresses. One way to do that might be
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REVIEW – I have never really been into gaming gadgets and quite frankly, the only games I play are usually card type games on my smartphone while I pass the time traveling on the railroad back and forth to work. When I got the opportunity to review a pair of the GJS GEIO gaming robots,
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REVIEW – Along with being a tech junkie, I’m definitely a watch guy thru and thru…mechanical, quartz, digital, fitness, smart, luxury, beater, etc. I have tried many flavors of timepieces and enjoyed the experience of wearing them all. Currently I waffle between nice mechanical watches and their high-tech, smartwatch brethren. Late last year Julie reviewed
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ARTICLE – I feel like I’m Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. Every time I want to upgrade to a new phone, I get all those exciting newphonia feelings until I actually get the phone in my hand and something spoils it for me. That’s what’s happened with the Samsung Galaxy S10+ when I
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