How to Scan QR Codes on an Android Phone
QR codes may not be as prolific as they once were, but they’re still highly useful for quickly sharing information. The thing is, it’s...
How to Change the Color of Lights in the Home App for iPhone and...
You can do all kinds of great things to make your home look, sound, and feel just how you like with the Home app....
Introducing New Alexa Healthcare Skills
Today, we’re excited to announce that the Alexa Skills Kit now enables select Covered Entities and their Business Associates, subject to the U.S....
[Update: Rolled out] Google Photos testing simplified nav drawer w/ Material Theme tweaks
The Google Material Theme has slowly expanded to all of the company’s apps. Version 4.0 last September introduced the bulk of design changes to...
Beats’ new Powerbeats Pro are AirPods with a longer battery life and better fit
A couple of weeks after Apple shipped its second-generation AirPods, the company’s Beats division is finally making its own entrance into the...
New Speech Recognition Experiments Demonstrate How Machine Learning Can Scale
Customer interactions with Alexa are constantly growing more complex, and on the Alexa science team, we strive to stay ahead of the curve by...
Google Wifi gets its first official price drop to just $99
It looks like Google has decided it just wasn’t crushing Eero hard enough. Google’s mesh wifi router product that supposedly contributed greatly to Eero’s...
How to Optimize USB Storage for Better Performance on Windows 10
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According to Microsoft, Windows 10 no longer optimizes external storage devices for “better performance” as of the October 2018 Update. Instead, it optimizes...
Everything You Need to Know About HomeKit
The HomeKit ecosystem may seem daunting and confusing if you're unfamiliar with smart home products, their functionality, and their benefits, but getting started is...
Introducing Alexa Live–a Free, Online Conference for Voice Developers
While developers all over the world are building engaging skills, and many even their own voice businesses, now is the time for brands...
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The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets
Smart home gadgets have gotten a lot better over the past few years, and thanks to big improvements in wifi connectivity, energy efficiency, and...
Should You Use Hubitat to Automate Your Smarthome?
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The first step in building a smarthome is often choosing a hub, and there are many options. Hubitat is a unique cloud-independent hub. It’s...
The Script
Regular reader will know about the script that Aidan Ruff and I originally developed to put Node-Red and several other packages onto the Raspberry...
