When's the last time you went to the movies? How about the last time you watched something on DVD or Blu-Ray? If you're like the majority of people, you've probably traded in your movie-going habit, your disc-watching habit or your live TV watching habit for streaming movies and TV shows. More than 52 million people use Netflix in the US, around 25 million people use Amazon [...]

Back in the day, being a movie buff or devoted fan of certain TV shows meant trading space in your home for a large video or disc collection. These days, there's no need to own physical copies of shows or movies. The majority of what you want to watch, you can instantly stream over the internet. If you ever had a massive DVD or VHS library, the idea of having something like [...]

Over the past few years, we’ve integrated technology into our daily lives at a rapid pace. It should come as no surprise that there has been an increase in the number of “smart home” appliances available. You can now buy smart thermostats for your home, with capabilities that expand far beyond setting the temperature. If you’re considering a smart thermostat, your de [...]

Long gone are the days of faulty, inaccurate thermostats. We now live in a world where just about everything in our home can be a form of smart technology, and our thermostats are no exception. Ecobee and Nest are two of the top names in the smart thermostat industry, each promising a unique cooling and heating experience that’s practically automated according to your home [...]

If you are looking for a smart home speaker or personal assistant, you will most likely find yourself comparing the Amazon Tap and the Amazon Echo. Both are Alexa-enabled devices that offer many of the same features. After you begin doing a little digging, you will find that the Tap and the Echo are different in many ways as well. Both the Tap and the Echo are voice controll [...]

If you are looking at the Amazon Echo products, you may find yourself confused about the difference between the Amazon Echo versus the Amazon Echo Dot. The only apparent differences are that the Echo Dot stands smaller and is quite a bit cheaper. Both the Echo and the Echo dot are hands-free, and voice controlled. They both have a speaker system that is built in and that con [...]