Three of the biggest names in the smarthome hub world are SmartThings, Wink, and Insteon, all of which offer a consumer-friendly hub that allows users to connect all sorts of smarthome devices together and manage them in one place. But which one should you buy? Here are some things to know about the two hubs and which one might be best for you.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Geek Trivia: The Rotating Displays Used On Dozens Of Game Shows Throughout The 20th Century Are Called?
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
When Should You Replace Your Major Home Appliances?
You probably replace something when it breaks down and no longer works (or repair it if the costs aren’t too high). However, that’s usually not a good strategy for large, expensive appliances in your home that you rely on every single day. Here’s what you should know about the lifespan of most appliances and when they should be replaced.
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Friday, April 28, 2017
How Do You Press “Insert” on a Keyboard Without an Insert Key?
Finding a keyboard that has all the features you want can be a bit of a task at times, but what do you do when your chosen keyboard does not have a particular, yet useful key built in? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the solution to a reader’s keyboard dilemma.
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How to Add IFTTT Shortcuts to Your Phone’s Home Screen
IFTTT lets you automate a ton of your favorite web services, but you can also create convenient home screen shortcuts for a whole host of different tasks. Here’s how to set them up.
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Geek Trivia: Raccoons Were Imported To Japan By?
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How to Add Weather Information to the Top Panel in Ubuntu
Modern operating systems offer weather information out-of-the-box. There’s Windows 10’s weather app, and the Notification Center on macOS. But Ubuntu doesn’t come with anything like this.
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How to Use Dash to Save Important Information About Your Car
Without looking, can you recite your partner’s license plate number? What about your car’s VIN? There are a lot of important pieces of information about the cars in your family that you probably can’t recall off the top of your head. Here’s how to store and organize that information with Dash, plus a little help from an OBD-II adapter.
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How to Adjust Scaling for Different Monitors In Windows 10
Windows doesn’t do the best job of scaling on high-resolution monitors. And if you have multiple monitors with different pixel densities, things can get even more confusing. Thankfully, Windows 10 has settings that can help.
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How to Change the Auto-Reply Message in Android Auto
Android Auto does a lot to make your phone more useful and safe in the car—it simplifies the interface and limits functionality, only allowing access to key apps that you need while on the go. More recently, Google incorporated an “auto-reply” feature that allows users to quickly reply to incoming messages.
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How to Get Notifications When Someone Posts on Instagram
Like Facebook, Instagram uses a feed sorting algorithm rather than have everything show up chronologically. This is great because it means you should see all the photos you most likely want to, but sometimes it means a post from a person you want to see everything from will get buried.
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How, When, and Why to Set a Connection as Metered on Windows 10
Windows 10 is designed for PCs with unlimited Internet connections, and it normally uses as much of your download and upload bandwidth as it wants without asking. Setting a connection as metered puts you back in control, and it’s essential on some types of connections.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
How to Improve Video Quality When Casting a Tab to Your Chromecast
A new feature in Chrome radically improves the quality of video casted from the browser to your Chromecast—but only if you toggle a hidden setting on.
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How to Download Recordings on the Canary Home Security Camera
If you don’t pay for a monthly subscription, the Canary Home Security Camera keeps video recordings for 24 hours before they’re deleted, which should give you plenty of time to download a video clip if you need to. Here’s how to do that.
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Geek Trivia: The Phenomenon Of Light Generation Through The Crushing Of Materials Is Called?
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How to Switch or Launch Apps From the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
Apple put a touch screen on the MacBook Pro, but doesn’t offer some way of launching or switching apps from it. Seriously, Apple? It seems like an oversight, but happily a couple of developers have stepped up to offer this feature.
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How to Buy Things With Google Home
Amazon may be leading the pack on buying things with your voice on the Echo, but that doesn’t mean Google is content to sit this race out. Depending on where you live, you can buy things with Google Home using Google Express. Here’s how to set it up.
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Do You Really Need a Mouse Pad?
Computer mice have been around in one form or another for the better part of 50 years (or longer, based on your definition of invention), and for most of that time they’ve been paired with mouse pads. But modern optical and laser mice can track on just about any surface, unless you’re somehow using your computer on a sand bed. So do those nerdy-looking pads even serve a purpose anymore?
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How to Disable Windows 10’s Game DVR (and Game Bar)
Windows 10’s Game DVR feature can slow your gaming performance by recording video in the background. If you don’t care about recording your gameplay, disable Game DVR for performance reasons.
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How to Turn Off Public Wi-Fi Notifications in iOS
One of iOS’ little annoyances is its need to pop up a notification every time it discovers a new Wi-Fi network. Here’s how to turn that off.
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An iPhone Switcher’s Guide to Choosing Your First Android Phone
So you’ve been thinking about dabbling in that water for a while now. You’re wondering, “what’s life like on the other side?” Switching from iPhone to Android can be daunting, though, because you have so much more choice—how could you possibly choose from so many phones? We’re here to help.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
How to Enable Click To Play Plugins in Google Chrome
Chrome no longer supports any plugin except Flash, and even Flash won’t run automatically unless you give it permission. However, Chrome’s new click-to-play behavior is a little different from the old behavior.
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The Cheapest Ways to Stream Baseball (Even If You Don’t Have Cable)
Just because you got rid of cable doesn’t mean that you don’t have to go without baseball for the entire season. Here are some ways that you can watch MLB games live without paying for cable.
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Geek Trivia: Which Of These Common Vegetables Is A Prolific Perennial?
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