Category Archives: smart home

It’s A Smart Home Boomtown At The Sands

Posted on 6 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

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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New Wi-Fi HaLow Spec Announced

Posted on 5 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s my report on the new Wi-Fi specification, HaLow, technically 802.11ha, for TWICE during CES.

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Smart LED Lights — Not the Brightest Bulbs Yet, but Getting Smarter

Posted on 16 December 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Light bulbs are a universal sign for a bright idea (pun intended), but are smart bulbs actually smart? I explored the smart bulb subject for re/code, which you can read here.

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Yale’s Entry Into Smart Locks Is Huge

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

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

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Review of the Amazon Echo

Posted on 21 July 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Here is the foundation of one version of a voice-operated home – Amazon’s Echo, reviewed for Techlicious.

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Best Robot Vacuums 2015

Posted on 20 July 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

This is an update of a story by someone else on Tom’s Guide of the best new robot vacuums. Any of these would self-destruct trying to clean my apartment.

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Don’t Settle for Lousy Home Wi-Fi

Posted on 31 March 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Considering how important connecting to the net is becoming, what with 4K video streaming and the like, it’s surprising how slow American’s connections are. Here’s how to maximize your Wi-Fi connections at home.

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How an LED Light Bulb is Like a Smartphone

Posted on 18 April 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

IMHO, I believe the LED light bulb is a tabula rasa, a blank slate that will prove to be the next major developmental platform now that the smartphone seems to be reaching its tech innovation limits. Read why in my DVICE column … Continue reading →

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CNET Universal Remote Control Remotes

Posted on 18 March 2004 by Stewart Wolpin

Back in the day, I wrote a lot of reviews for CNET.  Here are some links to reviews of universal remotes I wrote in 2003-2004, most of which I have absolutely no memory of. And for some reason, a lot … Continue reading →

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