Smart Cities: Mapping Current Technologies, Funding New Developments
The importance and impact of technology in the smart city will lead to a big brother-ish city of surveillance or a rewarding smorgasbord of urban independence and opportunity.
Tag: smart home
The Latest WiFi Routers for 2019 Will Be Essential to the Smart Home
By Christine Persaud
Wi-Fi routers don’t represent the most glamorous category of tech, yet they are crucial to almost every high-tech device in the home. They are often an afterthought for upgrading as part of a smart home set-up
The Downside of Christmas Giving: Is That Gift Safe?
by Lee Rickwood
A recent report from the Canadian Senate says smart toys pose threats to our children’s personal privacy that should keep us up at night.
Reviewing the Arlo Go Mobile Security Camera
By Ted Kritsonis
Most home security cameras need to stay in one place to look over property or people, but the Arlo Go can go wherever you go.
Treating yourself or someone else with tech for the home
By Ted Kritsonis
Adding a key piece of technology in the home should bear fruit for your health and lifestyle, which is what this group of gadgets is supposed to deliver.
Making Your Home Smart: Part 6 – The Bathroom
By Christine Persaud
We can all appreciate making rooms of the home like the living room, kitchen, bedroom, basement, and even the backyard smart, as discussed in the first five parts of this six-part series. And there are, believe it or not, ways to make the bathroom smart, too.
The Smart Speaker Category is Growing, With New Models Launched at (or Around) IFA 2018
Christine Persaud
While Apple and Google have dominated the market for the last year, with Apple recently joining in with its HomePod, several other products have been coming to market of late, like the Sonos One, which works with Alexa voice control (Google Assistant support coming soon), the Harman Kardon Invoke, which works with Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant, the 808 Audio XL-V, and many more.
Making Your Home Smart: Part 5 – The Bedroom
By Christine Persaud
You might think that the bedroom is off limits for tech smarts beyond potentially a television, a basic clock radio, and a charging cable for your phone to sit on your nightstand, right? Wrong.