Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your "mother." The electronic device with wireless connectivity can transform any object in the home into a smart one. It can detect unexpected activity at the ...
Tags: French startup Sen.se, connected device, robotic device, Mother
Printers have come a long way since 1984 when Hewlett Packard introduced the ThinkJet, the firm's first personal inkjet printer grinding at a snail's pace of two pages a minute and priced at a whopping $495. Nowadays you can have full ...
Tags: printer, laser printer
A variety of network-controlled home automation devices lack basic security controls, making it possible for attackers to access their sensitive functions, often from the Internet, according to researchers from security firm Trustwave. ...
Tags: Computer Products, softwre
Philips has updated its Ambilight color-illumination system for TVs by integrating it with Hue wireless LED lightbulbs, spreading content-themed light effects around the room. The update – which comes with a new Ambilight+Hue app for ...
Tags: LED, TV, Lights, Lighting, Elevation TV
If you don't have an Internet-connected television or Blu-ray player but would still like access to the growing amount of content available online, a separate streaming media player is an easy, inexpensive solution. While Apple TV and Roku ...
Tags: WD TV Play, Apple TV, Streaming Media Player
Raspberry Pi owners can now quickly and easily turn their Pi into a low-cost media center for their home or office, with a new XBMC bundle from element14. One of a strong pipeline of Raspberry Pi solutions to be launched this year, ...
Tags: Raspberry Pi, Element14, Media Center
The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data traffic. The challenge for operators will be to turn that into more revenue, as users prefer ...
Tags: LTE, Smartphone, Mobile Traffic
D-Link today announced it is now shipping a new line of AC Routers with the availability of the Wireless AC1750 Router (DIR-868L), Wireless AC1200 Router (DIR-860L), Wireless AC1000 Router (DIR-820L) and Wireless AC750 Router (DIR-810L). ...
IT'S not often ExecTech dons a wetsuit and plunges off a boat into the cruel, deep ocean to test a consumer-oriented, waterproof camcorder. But to film wild dolphins with Panasonic's rather unusual offering, the HX-WA30 full HD camcorder, ...
When Intel's move into the TV service arena was first announced last year, there was a lot of speculation that it would be the first TV service to offer a la carte pricing, finally "unbundling" TV programming by letting viewers subscribe ...
Tags: pay TV, TV, TV service
Thanks to a winning combination of solid performance, lots of content, and affordable prices, Roku streaming media players have become a favorite choice of many staffers at Consumer Reports—including me. That's why we were especially ...
Tags: Electronics, Consumer Electronics
Home automation has come to the iPhone with sophisticated tools that let you automatically turn lights on at sunset, receive a text if the front door opens at night, or turn on airconditioning when your cat goes to the litter. This ...
Tags: WeMo system, home automation, WeMo switches
Looking to turn a plain-Jane television into an Internet TV? The new Roku 3 flagship streamer ($100) has an updated user interface that should make finding movies and TV shows easier, plus a new motion-sensing remote control with a built-in ...
Tags: television, Internet TV, Roku
UNTIL recently, you had to lay category 6 ethernet cable to achieve lightning gigabit speeds across a home network. The new 802.11ac standard for home WiFi aims to offer gigabit speeds across your home network wirelessly without cabling. ...
Tags: cable, home network, WiFi
Blazingly fast WiFi at home is becoming possible with new ac routers that emulate the speeds achieved by fast category 6 Ethernet cable installed in a dwelling. Modem routers such as Netgear's D6300 and the R6300 router-only model seek to ...
Tags: WiFi, Modem routers, ac routers