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Category Archives: home office
The 9 Best Inkjet Printers for Business in 2021
Inkjet printers are ideal for businesses with less demanding printing work but have photo and other heavy color art and graphics reproduction needs. Inkjet photo-printing superiority, an aspect even the best laser printers find challenging, is handy for operations such … Continue reading
Posted in home office, Investopedia
Tagged Brother, Canon, DeskJet, EcoTank, Epson, HP, inkjet printers, INKvestment, Lexmark, Pixma, printers, WorkForce
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The 9 Best Laser Printers for Business in 2021
There’s a perception that laser printers are conspicuously more expensive than their inkjet counterparts and are, therefore, unaffordable for thrifty small and mid-sized businesses. On the contrary, however, laser printers not only represent a huge price premium over inkjets, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother, Canon, HP, laser printers, LaserJet, Lexmark, printers
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Should You Upgrade to the New iMac?
With a new iMac going on sale later this month, the enduring question is: is it time to upgrade? Built around the powerful new M1 chip and sporting a host of other upgrades, the new iMac is worth a long, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, home office, Techlicious
Tagged Apple, iMac, M1, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, Magic Touchpad, Touch ID
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SmartTechCheck Podcast: Apple’s phantom event, Microsoft Exchange hacks, Zoom tips
My March 23, 2021, appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporters John Quain and Rob Pegoraro. This week we discussed Apple’s phantom event, Apple HomePod’s temperature sensor, Microsoft Exchange hacks, Zoom tips, Apple’s app … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, home office, music players/speakers, smart home, SmartTechCheck Podcast
Tagged Apple, Apple HomePod, HomePod, Microsof5t Exchange, Microsoft, Zoom
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The best printer for 2020
Yes, printers are still a thing, and they can even make a great gift. Despite the near ubiquity of digital displays — from phones to laptops to TVs — there are still times when you need a hard copy. Shopping … Continue reading
Posted in CNET, home office
Tagged all in one, Brother, Canon, Epson, glossy, HP, laser printer, matte, photo paper, printers
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Top 10 Back-to-School Gear
If our national health luck holds up, a host of young scholars will physically return to the classroom in a month or so. Even if young scholars continue their education virtually, they’ll need the right gear to smooth their studying. … Continue reading
Posted in home office, TWICE
Tagged Acer, air conditioner, Android, back-to-school, Benjilock, e-ink, external drive, Honeywell, HP, Lenovo, Lexar, MacBook, Mophie, portable battery, power strip, Powerstation, printer, Samsung, SSD, tablet, USB-C adapter
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Our Video Chatting New Normal
Odds are, over the last two months or so, you’ve Zoomed, Skyped, FaceTimed, Webexed, Housepartied or Hangout-ed—likely more times than your combined lifetime total of video chatting. And when you aren’t video chatting, you’re watching someone else video chatting on … Continue reading
The Best Printer for 2020
Yes, printers are still a thing. Despite the near ubiquity of digital displays — from phones to laptops to TVs — there are still times when you need a hard copy. Shopping for a printer can be a bewildering process, … Continue reading
Posted in CNET, home office, smart home
Tagged AirPrint, Brother, Canon, Canon Pixma, color laser, Epson, HP, ink cartridge, laser printer, printers, toner cartridge
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How To Overcome Consumer Smart Home Compatibility/Security Concerns
Just how private are voice-activated smart speakers? Just how secure is footage captured by Wi-Fi cameras? Just how compatible – and smart – are smart homeproducts? These are just a few questions retailers trying to sell fancy new smart home products … Continue reading
Posted in home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home, TWICE
Tagged ABI Research, Alexa, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant, HomeKit, IDC, IoT, smart speakers
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Review of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W
Let’s face it. The process of digitizing photos is mind-numbingly slow: the laying of each photo on the scanner and waiting the agonizing minutes for each to be scanned, then saving each photo. And many of these photos are likely … Continue reading
Posted in home office, smart home, Techlicious
Tagged digital camera, digital photo, Epson, FastFoto, JPEG, Microsoft Word, OCR, photo editing, photo sharing, printer, red eye, scanner, TIFF
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