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Working towards automating a few things in a home often seems simple on the surface, but it’s easy for these projects to snowball into dozens of sensors and various servos, …read more Continue reading A Lightweight Smart Home Server
By Owais Sultan
The world is more connected than ever before, and the rise of the smart home is just one…
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With over 500 million Alexa-powered devices sold worldwide, Amazon today announced several new additions to its Echo lineup.
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While this is one of the more minor announcements to come out of Google I/O, Google Home is getting a major update in the coming days.
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The Roku Home Monitoring System SE kit provides two entry sensors, a motion sensor, a wire-free keypad, and a hub with a built-in siren.
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With Big Tech reeling in the wake of the pandemic-era boom, Amazon, Google, and others are quietly backing away from ecosystems in which they’ve invested many billions of dollars over several years. But the impact on those customers who have embraced t… Continue reading This is a Tough Year to Bet on Ecosystems (Premium)
T-Mobile customers in the US can now link their phone number to Alexa and make phone calls over Wi-Fi on Alexa-enabled devices, including Amazon’s own Echo line of smart home accessories.
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Amazon is updating its Fire TV lineup today with new models and an expansion to more markets. The company’s Luna cloud gaming service is also coming to Germany, the UK, and Canada.
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Apple may introduce a new HomePod with a 7-inch display in 2024, which could help the company to better compete with Amazon’s Echo Show and Google’s Nest Hub smart displays.
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Tech journalist Corey Doctorow describes the way that services move from being free to abusing their users as “enshittification,” which is painfully accurate. It’s a process any Microsoft user will recognize—witness how previously-free Teams features… Continue reading The Enshittification of Personal Technology (Premium)