Smart Home Guide 2019: Before Buying that Smart Home Device, Check These 8 Things First [Updated]
This Smart Home Guide 2019 helps to evaluate the smart home gadget or device you are considering. 8 items you should review before purchasing a smart device.
Giveaway! Your First Smartphone Could Be the HTC First!
It’s been a while since I hosted a giveaway, so I thought that I would start out the Memorial Day Holidays with a giveaway holiday! If you don’t have a smartphone yet, this giveaway is for you! Or, if your child is ready for their first smartphone, you better enter. Or if you simply want […]
7 Unique Ways my Kids Use the iPhone
The Apple iPhone is a necessity in our household, at least my kids tell me it is. It seems that the iPhone is practically grafted to the hands of my children as they walk around the house. I almost think that they are going to grow another appendage for them to simply carry it and […]
Cloud Computing in Cars? Extending Powerful Compute Cycles to your Phone via the Cloud? Intel Knows How!
I’m always “in the cloud” with my day job as Technology Evangelist for GoGrid, and all of the rest of the time, I’m working on the HighTechDad side of my life (parenting and technology). Yeah, I sleep once and a while as well. Sometimes, both of these jobs intermingle and that intersection is cloud computing. […]
Should Apple Open Up their iOS to Control Jailbreaks and Security Therein?
I have been a long time jailbreaker of my iPhone and have frequently documented the process on my blog. When I first started doing it, it was definitely not for the weak at heart, however, now it is becoming so easy to do, even the non-technical user can do it…and that is where it gets […]
Charge Your Gadgets Even When the Power is Out with the Scosche solBAT II Solar Charger
I spent a few hours at the MacWorld Expo 2010 and I saw a lot of innovative and cool products. But many of those devices were really only the “nice to have” kind. However, one device in particular stood out in my mind as something that every household should have: the Scosche solBAT II which […]
CES Coverage Remote #2: Press Day Thoughts & Day 2 News [Update #1]
[Updated: 01.07.10 @1:05 pm Pacific] While it is obviously not the same as being at the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010, I was able to watch quite a few of the press events over the web (probably with a better seat than most of the people attending the events in person). Also, the flood […]
The AT&T HomeManager Consolidates your Family’s Telephony & Internet Information in one Device
There is a niche out there between the techno-savvy and technophobes. It’s a market where the members see the value in technology and gadgets but might not adopt it quickly or readily. They may have a computer or laptop but only use it periodically to pay bills, check news or weather or do email. If […]