If you scroll down on Google’s smart display, the Google Home Hub, you’ll see a smart home control panel filled with shortcuts for common tasks like turning off your lights or locking your doors. Open up the Google Home app and you’ll see similar options and a…
Smart display review roundup: The next frontier for the smart home?
We’ve come to call them “smart displays,” these countertop touchscreen devices that also feature either the Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant voice services. The Amazon Echo Show was the first example in this category, and while it had a clunky design, its 2017 debut…
Apple, Siri fall further behind Google, Amazon in the smart home
Google introduced a countertop display called the Home Hub at an event in October. The Home Hub is powered by Google Assistant, the company’s digital helper. A month earlier, Amazon unveiled roughly 70 new products and features at a similar presentation. Almost all of them revolved…
Alexa’s in-app smart home controls just got a makeover
With its latest deluge of Alexa devices, Amazon abandoned much of the black, utilitarian plastic that characterized its previous generation of gadgets in favor of softer, homier designs wrapped in posh fabric. Now, the Alexa app is getting similarly softened, with refocused…
Black Hat and Defcon cybersecurity experts share tips on how to protect yourself
During the week of Black Hat and Defcon, tens of thousands of security experts and hackers flock to Las Vegas for the back-to-back conferences. They hold discussions on issues like smart cities getting hacked, two-factor authentication, and security issues with voice assistants. It…
Comcast security flaws exposed customers’ personal info
Security flaws in Comcast Xfinity customer software reportedly exposed customers’ partial home addresses and Social Security numbers. Security researcher Ryan Stevenson found that two vulnerabilities in the internet service provider’s online portal for its more than 26.5 million customers left the data…
Apple responds to Congress’ letter on data security and privacy
Apple has just responded to Congress’ inquiry on how it protects user privacy. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce last month sent letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Larry Page asking about the companies’ data security and privacy practices. The five-page letter…
Tokyo Olympics will use facial recognition to improve security
Tokyo 2020 will break a tech record by becoming the the first Olympics to use facial recognition technology. The technology will be used to identify athletes, officials, staff and media at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the organizing committee…
4 Tips on Creating Urgency in Real Estate Sales Without Being Pushy
One question that bothers every agent is how to speed up the deal without being pushy. If done right, creating urgency in real estate sales empowers you to close more deals including the ones that have been sitting on…
Tips on Gaining Profit With Warehouse Spaces
Do you own warehouse space and still don’t know what to do with it? Do you want to earn an extra income just by utilizing or turning your warehouse space into something better? Well, read on, because this article…