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Keen Home Smart Vents: The Perfect Temperature In Any Room
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every room of your home had the perfect temperature? This is a hard thing to accomplish since most standard...
Home Security
Getting started with AWS IoT Device Defender
Your fleet of IoT devices has diverse capabilities, is long lived, and is geographically distributed. These characteristics coupled with the growing number of connected...
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TP-Link Smart Wi-Fi Light Switch, Dimmer HS220 review: A solid competitor in the in-wall...
I’ll cut to the chase: TP-Link’s Smart Wi-Fi Light Switch Dimmer (model HS220) is an in-wall switch that looks good and works well. Let’s...
Facebook will be using Artificial Intelligence for respecting the dead
Facebook has announced that it is working on the use of artificial intelligence for the prevention of a very common and disturbing problem that...
How to get Z-Wave smart blinds working with Alexa
This week’s IoT Podcast Hotline call comes from Joe, who has Graber smart blind motors in his house. They work fine with his Wink...
Say “G’day” and “Cheerio” to new accents for your Google Assistant
Starting today, if you’re an English speaker in the U.S., you can choose between an Australian-accented voice and a British-accented voice for your Google...
Voice Assistants
Google Stadia announcement tidbits: 15mbps connection, Chromecast details, pricing timeline, more
Yesterday Google officially revealed Stadia to the world, the company’s big game streaming project. Impressive is almost an understatement when looking at Google’s ambitious...
Ninety7 Sky Tote Portable Battery Base review: Take your second-gen Amazon Echo anywhere
Amazon’s decision to design its second-generation Amazon Echo smart speaker with a removable sleeve makes the device customizable. But there’s a hidden feature I...
New Alexa Design Guide: Create Engaging Alexa Skills Using Situational Design
We’re excited to announce the publication of the new Alexa Design Guide for skill builders, built around the principles of situational design so...
AirKast and Cortana: Streaming quality radio content using the Cortana Skills Kit
With the launch of the new Harman Kardon Invoke speaker, consumers now have access to a home speaker that combines premium Harman Kardon audio...
Summoning Actual Fire, or Other Automations, When the Bomb Goes Off in CS:GO via...
A few years back, I wrote about integrating my dumb gas fireplace into Home Assistant using a Wemos D1 Mini. A few weeks ago...
Smart Devices
Stream Music at Home the Best and Easiest Way
Streaming music at home without having to rely on just using your smartphone and an external speaker is now possible and easier than you...