The smart home world literally exploded this week when news leaked that Microsoft plans to take aim at Amazon Echo …
Control Insteon Scenes with Amazon Echo
As they tend to do, Amazon and Insteon quietly (read: barely) announced that Alexa now supports Insteon scenes. Insteon made …
Google Threatening Vendors with Ban from Google Home
Google is becoming more like its caricature company Hooli from the HBO show Silicon Valley every day. In an incredibly dickish move …
Rumor: Amazon Echo Could Start Speaking on its Own
Tech rumors are fantastic. There is no shortage of them, about 50% turn out to be true and it gives …
Coming Soon: Sonos + Amazon Echo
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…The dead rising …
Hue is Getting a Motion Sensor
If you’re a fan of Philips outstanding Hue line of smart bulbs, and honestly hue isn’t, you’ll be very happy to …
Nest Outdoor Initial Impressions
Yesterday Nest announced their first new product since Christ was a carpenter and the internet went wild. No longer will …
Sonos App Update
It’s rare that Sonos puts out an update that I would classify as having “big” features. The last big app …
Google Home First Impressions
It seems everywhere you look, paid media outlets are raving about Google Home. It’s sleek, it’s stylish, it’s packed with …
Steam – Energy Smart Water Heating – First Impressions
When I first started automating my home, my primary goals were to make life easier and to save money over …