Are Smart Homes Dangerous? 18 Worrying (Hidden) Risks
I’ve loved smart homes since I purchased my first Amazon Echo device (well, apart from when Alexa completely mishears me…!). I’ve since purchased a range of other smart devices, and…
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LIFX Bulb Behavior After A Power Outage (Will This Change?)
After much soothing, your baby is finally asleep. You tuck them in for the night, dim (or turn off) your LIFX smart lights and slowly close the door, inching away…
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New Video – Echo Show Light Control: Kinda Useful, But Key Features Missing
The touchscreen on the Echo Show allows you to control your smart light bulbs from the “Smart Home” menu, which is fairly useful if you want to quickly control your…
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Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs WiFi vs Bluetooth: What’s Best?!
I remember when I first started getting into smart homes. I was happily running a few (WiFi based) Echo speakers, but I started to hear terms like ‘Zigbee’ and ‘Z-Wave’…
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New Video – How Ring Recovered From December 2019 (Ring App Privacy Run-Through)
Ring had a bad end to December 2019, with various news items in the mainstream press about different breaches and hacks, including the very worrying story of parents who noticed…
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Can Ring, Nest, Wyze & Eufy Smart Cameras Be Hacked?
The world of smart home technology has developed quickly and for the most part, it’s an exciting and positive change. Being able to control your smart home with ease, whilst…
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The Ultimate ZigBee Smart Light Strip Roundup
Smart light strips are an awesome invention – they can instantly add interesting yet subtle lighting to various areas around your house, and their color can be quickly changed or…
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Can LIFX Bulbs Sync With Music and TV?
One of the nice features of smart bulbs is that not only can then change color (and be dimmed), but since they’re a digital product, they can be programmed to…
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New Video – Looping Amazon Echo/Alexa Songs (& Within Playlists and Routines)
Being able to repeat sounds and songs (via Amazon’s “loop mode”) on your Amazon Echo devices is a really useful feature – it can save you money (compared to paying…
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Philips Hue Lightstrips: Bending, Cutting & Re-Attaching
Philips Hue’s Lightstrips have some really nice features, and they can work really well in various places in your house – especially behind your TV, and in your kitchen. In-fact,…
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