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6 Green Tips for Sustainable Lighting
As we move through life, we often take the lighting around us for granted. But, when it’s time to look more closely at our lighting consumption, it becomes clear that we are wasting energy on lighting. If you want more control over your home lighting, lower energy bills, and to ...
The Rookie’s Guide to Buying A Smart TV
It’s been a phenomenon that has grown over the past few decades: televisions as the center of the home. Since its inception, it has increased so much in popularity, that the modern western household has been known to dedicate entire rooms to the presence of a TV set. What ...
Getting Safe With Your Smart Tech
Digital technology is taking up increasingly more space in our lives. Traditionally, it might have only been our PC or laptop, then smartphones and tablets, but now pretty much anything in the home can be replaced with a smart variant. Smart TVs, smart home hubs, smart cameras, ...
Best Ways to Boost the Resale Value of Your House
Even if you’re not planning on moving any time soon, it’s not a bad idea to try and boost the potential resale value of your home. Nowadays, there are numerous ways to do just that — improve your home’s functionality, renovate the kitchen and bathroom space, and upgrade your home ...
What Is Smart Technology?
You may have heard the terms smart home, smart TV and smart watch, among other smart devices thrown around recently, and you might be wondering what on earth they mean. The term ‘smart’ is used to describe products and processes which are becoming more and more digitalized to a ...
AcuRite® Smart Home Environmental Monitoring System Review
Disclosure: I was provided with product to facilitate this post. The words and opinions expressed in this review are strictly of my own. September is recognized as National Preparedness Month (NPM) which acts as a friendly reminder that we all must take action to prepare for ...
