Category Archives: home office

Top 10 Back-to-School Gear

Posted on 25 August 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

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 | Leave a comment

Our Video Chatting New Normal

Posted on 2 May 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

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 →

Posted in Digital Tech Consulting, home office, Internet/Social Media | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Houseparty, Skype, video conference, video meeting, WebEx, Zoom | Leave a comment

The Best Printer for 2020

Posted on 16 March 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

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 | Leave a comment

How To Overcome Consumer Smart Home Compatibility/Security Concerns

Posted on 26 October 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

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 | Leave a comment

Review of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W

Posted on 9 February 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

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 | Leave a comment

Wi-Fi 6 Routers: The best internet connection you can buy today

Posted on 31 January 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

A new age of speedy wireless internet connectivity is upon us, thanks to not only the possibly over-hyped 5G (mass rollout of which is not really due until next year) but the next generation Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax, aka Wi-Fi 6. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gear Brain, home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home | Tagged 4K, 802.11ac, 802.11ax, Arris, Asus, Charter, Comcast, D-Link, Netgear, Spectrum, SURFboard, TP-Link, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi router, WPA3 | Leave a comment

Bad Wi-Fi? How To Choose Between an Extender and Mesh

Posted on 21 November 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

Most of us are, at one time or another, likely unhappy with our home Wi-Fi. Netflix buffers too often. Skype or FaceTime connections are blurry, and an online game stalls as a roommate streams video. Wi-Fi reception is great in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gear Brain, home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home | Tagged eero, Lynksys, Netgear, Netgear Orbi, Ookla, Orbi, Speedtest.net, TP-Link, Velop, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi extender, Wi-Fi mesh | Leave a comment

Apple Unveils the Long-Awaited Redesign of the MacBook Air

Posted on 30 October 2018 by Stewart Wolpin

After an unusually lengthy lag between upgrades, Apple has finally unveiled an all-new redesigned Apple MacBook Air, with a sharper, higher resolution 13.3-inch Retina Display offering four times the resolution as the screen on its last Air edition, packed in an … Continue reading →