Tag Archives: smart locks

Buying Guide for Smart Locks: What You Need To Know

Smart locks now play a big role in any smart home’s security system, extending the way we grant, or deny, access to our abode. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself before buying one. Read the rest of this guide … Continue reading

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Review of the Kwikset Halo Smart Lock

For the tech-phobic, Kwikset’s Halo is the simplest yet most complete smart lock available. Halo can be opened/operated via a PIN code, an app, or a standard physical key, for those naturally wary of no-key smart locks. Plus, unlike most smart locks, … Continue reading

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5 Best Smart Locks for Your Home

Smart locks that supplement or replace your front door deadbolt do much more than lock and unlock your door without a key. Most smart locks (and all of the locks on our top picks list) let you receive alerts and … Continue reading

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The Best Smart Locks

Of all the functions and devices technology promises to improve or replace, there are few more critical to you and yours than the lock on the front door to your home. Like most technology, however, so-called “smart” locks represent two … Continue reading

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My Smart Home Reporting for Gear Brain

You can find the bulk of the stories I’ve been writing and will be writing on smart home technologies for Gear Brain, a new IoT site for consumers, here.

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What Is a Smart Door Lock—and Do You Need One?

This is a self-exclamatory piece I did on smart locks for Hometips.com.

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Top 5 Gadgets to Make Your Life Easier in 2016

For Quick & Dirty I composed a quick and dirty list of life-easing gadget, which you can read here.

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It’s A Smart Home Boomtown At The Sands

TWICE assigned me the smart home beat for CES. Here’s one of my on-site reports on what new gear was on display in a wide variety of booths at the Sands’ Smart Home Marketplace during the show.

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Yale’s Entry Into Smart Locks Is Huge

Here’s my report for TWICE on Yale entering the smart lock business.

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