THE FLUANCE FI70 IS A BLUETOOTH SPEAKER FOR YOUR SMART HOME
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Bluetooth speakers are usually designed for portability, but they don’t have to be. Fluance now has the Fi70 speaker which is large enough to be a piece of furniture and intended to be a step into the home audio market. We’ve looked at some of their products in the past (Fi30 and Fi50) and have
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System loads Web pages 34 percent faster
Monday, 14 March 2016
There are few things more frustrating than a slow-loading Web page. For companies, what’s even worse is what comes after: users abandoning their site in droves. Amazon, for example, estimates that every 100-millisecond delay cuts its profits by 1 percent. To help combat this problem, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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The Avegant Glyph, a new way of seeing and hearing…
Monday, 14 March 2016
The Avegant Glyph is not a virtual reality device. I was told this over and over during my demo of the hardware. It’s a media player, designed to give you a private screen for your existing devices. It doesn’t offer an experience that engulfs you. The experience of wearing the glyph is more like sitting
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Samsung Gear S2
Monday, 14 March 2016
The Samsung Gear S2 comes in two editions, the standard Gear S2, and one for those of us that love the classic wrist watch look, the Gear S2 Classic. Samsung says the smartwatch is designed for those who prefer a more timeless design, and we think they’ve hit the mark. We got our hands on
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Yale Keyfree Connected Door Lock
Monday, 14 March 2016
Keys are so old-fashioned, aren’t they? In the ultimate smart home you’ll open everything with your smartphone, if it has battery (and with a numeric keypad if not). The Keyfree lock from Yale can be opened remotely from a smartphone app anywhere you have an internet connection – very useful if your friends arrive early,
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Meet the Family Hub, Samsung Smart Fridge
Monday, 14 March 2016
Large appliances have taken longer to adopt connected tech. There are a few washing machines which can be app controlled, but our favourite large appliance is the Samsung Smart Fridge from CES 2016. The first thing you notice is the large tablet built into the front, letting you leave notes, watch YouTube videos, create shopping
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Panasonic TX-65CZ952B OLED
Friday, 11 March 2016
Bluntly, the consumer display market hasn’t been the most exciting place for video enthusiasts since the discontinuation of plasma display panels (PDPs) in late 2013. Although they weren’t suitable for use in every kind of viewing environment, the last few years of that display technology’s life consisted of healthy competition between Samsung, who showed plasma
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What is a Smart Home?
Friday, 11 March 2016
While there are many smart products available today, it isn’t until these devices work together in orchestration, that you experience the magic of a smart home. From homes small to large, new and old, Control4 delivers power and performance on one platform that coordinates the technology in your house into complete, brilliant experiences—interactions that fit
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