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Home Is The Key – But Not Everyone Has the Key to Affordable Housing

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Home ownership is truly a luxury. It shouldn’t be, but it is. Even those who are blessed with home ownership struggle to keep it. In fact, over 19 million U.S. households allocate more than half of their income on the cost of home ownership. And, this comes at a price and with tough decisions as well. Do you pay for healthcare? Is your child’s education being covered to ensure opportunities in the future? And what about getting to and from your job so that you can cover all of those household expenses. (*Disclosure below.)

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Naztech Power Hub4 Review: Power Bank Charging for Micro USB, Lightning, Fast Charge & USB Type-C Devices

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If you are anything like my family, you have a bunch of smartphones or tablets that are charged each and every night. In our household, all of my kids’ devices are actually charged up in our bedroom in an attempt to ensure that they aren’t on their iPhones late into the night. While I have a unique charging solution for their iPhones (which I will briefly explain a bit later), there is an area that requires three plugs for their Apple lightning chargers. But with the Naztech Power Hub4, I not only get to eliminate some of the plug requirements but also, have all of their iPhones charging in an organized manner. (*Disclosure below.)

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Review: the BenQ ScreenBar Lite Brings a Portable Bubble of Warm or Cool LED Lighting To Your Laptop

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The BenQ ScreenBar Lite is the latest and greatest addition to the ScreenBar family. A while back, I reviewed the ScreenBar and then a few months later, the ScreenBar Plus (which my wife completely loves, and I’m quite jealous of). But now, it’s my turn to be the subject of envy with BenQ’s latest computer lighting solution, the ScreenBar Lite (and I love the play on words here…lite versus light). All three of the products provide you with a useful, unobtrusive, and elegant way to light up your desktop environment. And now, with the ScreenBar Lite, you have that same lighting solution in a mobile form factor, designed to bask your laptop’s keyboard in dimmable, cool or warm LED lighting. (*Disclosure below.)

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Smart Home Guide 2019: Before Buying that Smart Home Device, Check These 8 Things First [Updated]

In Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, General, Google, Hardware, HTD Tech Tip, Opinion, Review, Smart Home, Technology by Michael SheehanLeave a Comment

Making your home “smart” or automated is all the rage right now. There are hubs galore, smart sensors and lights, speakers that respond to your voice, thermostats that regulate your home’s comfort level, blinds that raise and lower automatically…the list goes on and on. And, it seems like every day, new devices come on the market which claim to simplify your life with some new type of automation or set of smart features. But before you rush out and get the latest and greatest smart home tech, read through this list of things you should think about when buying a smart home device.

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The $20 BOYA BY-M1 Lavalier Mic Takes Your Videos to the Next Level – Review

In Audio, Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, General, Hardware, Review, Technology, Video by Michael SheehanLeave a Comment

I launched my YouTube channel back in 2008 and have produced over 200 videos on and off over the years. But there was one piece of equipment I didn’t use in pretty much all of my video until now…a microphone. As audio is a critical part of the equation when producing videos, I decided to “invest” in an external mic, and chose the budget-conscious BOYA BY-M1 lavalier lapel mic as my first test in upping my audio game.

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