There’s a room in my house that currently has eight 60-watt incandescent light bulbs (i.e. the kind that have been commercially available for nearly a century now). Scratch that. It has seven. One blew. Now I have to replace it. Since new laws went into effect on January 1st of this year, old-style incandescent light… Read More Halogen vs. LED light bulbs: Which is the better replacement?
Note: This post is just for my Mom. Seriously, she asked for my iPad buying advice, and at this point I’ve gotten better at giving tech advice in blog form than I do over the phone. Hope this helps, Ma! At first glance, Apple’s iPad line seems very un-Apple-like. Apple currently sells four different models, each with… Read More So you want to get an iPad. Which one is best for you?
SquareOne has only one trick up its sleeve, but it’s a good trick that it does very, very well. Is that enough to turn this Google-phobe into a Google-holic? (Spoiler alert: No, but it’s still a good app you might want to try.)… Read More App Review: SquareOne — The first third-party Gmail app I actually might keep using
The only remote you’ll ever need may already be in your house — it may already be on your coffee table! — just sitting there, barely tapping its potential. So before you spend top dollar on a new universal remote, here are some things to think about…… Read More Don’t buy that universal remote control just yet…
In my last post, I talked about how I returned a Pebble Smartwatch because of its deficiencies as an “always-on” fitness tracking device (otherwise, it performed as promised). I had my eye on the FitBit Force — and was just about to purchase one — when I saw a friend tweet this:… Read More Review: The Misfit Shine Activity Tracker
Let’s cut to the chase. I didn’t intend to only spend a day with the Pebble. I wanted it to be my new everyday watch. I read glowing reviews of it at Verge and Engadget. I even read a not-so-glowing review at CNET, but it wasn’t enough to scare me off. I needed a new… Read More 24 Hours with the Pebble smartwatch
Whenever someone tells me they need a new TV, but they don’t want to pay through the nose for above-average performance, features, and size, I steer them towards Vizio. Another reason to love Vizio smart TVs: They replicate a lot of the functionality of Google’s remarkable Chromecast. This is something I first noticed when I did… Read More One more reason to love Vizio TVs
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