Tag: home
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Enhanced Home Security: Harnessing the power of your smartphone
In an era where technology intertwines seamlessly with daily life, leveraging your smartphone for home security is a prudent and progressive choice. This article will guide you through various types of apps and devices that, irrespective of your smartphone’s make or model, can elevate your home security to new heights. 1. Smart Security Cameras: Eyes…
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Google Home UK Now Supports Hands-free Calling
Google Home UK now supports hands-free calling just in time for Mother’s day. Google assistant on your phone can already make calls for you. Now, when at home, you can make calls using Wi-Fi connection; Ok Google call Mum! Using Hands-free calling Using Google Home this way you can also setup callerID after making your…
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Google Home Adds Bluetooth Support
Google Home has been having a few niggles of late, our one here has anyway. Until recently the only way you could share music was through casting. This was great, but not when it would randomly stop while playing then refuse to be seen by anything on the network thus prompting a reboot. The team…
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Lens & Home Updates – Google IO 2017
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After watching the opening talks at Google IO on Lens and Home we could not wait to let everyone know whats in store for them from Google in the very near future. Google Home Home was only launched 6 months ago and Google happily announced that they have already added 15 new features since launch. With…
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Google Wifi & Google Home – UK Launch
Google are always upping their game, this is testament to the drive of the global corporation that has fingers in every pie so to speak. I remember first hearing about Google back in the late 90’s, I was designing a website for a “time & attendance” company here in the U.K. and they asked me if I…
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3D Printed Home & Home 3D Printing
As the news is beginning to pop up everywhere that a startup going by the name Apis-Cor has just completed the first 3D printed home using their bespoke printer, we thought it may be a good idea to put down a few tips for your 3D imaginings. More on the 3D printed home first though…
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British Gas Buys Hive Owner AlertMe
Home automation systems are a great new way to make it a lot easier to get your central heating and hot water boiling in order. Systems such as Hive and Google’s Nest are both prominent products in the field, and now it seems that the British Gas partner Hive is to be fully acquired by…
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NoFlyZone Protects Users From Drones
You’re probably worried about drones as much as we are – these consumer owned devices have the ability to potentially snoop into homes and offices using their unprecedented access to high places. It’s actually not strictly legal to shoot down a drone that’s spying on you, even if it’s above your land. According to Ryan Calo,…
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Ofcom Publishes ‘Internet Of Things’ Paper
UK communications regulator Ofcom are taking a look at the ‘internet of things’ – a loose umbrella term for the new wave of internet enabled devices which is expected to explode onto the scene in the coming years. The internet of things means devices which are connected to a wider service via a network, and…
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Currys offering 10% Off Bose Audio, £80 off Canon EOS 6D and £300 off the Canon 5D MK III
With the run-up to Christmas nearly running out, Money is getting tight for everyone, but we are here to try and alleviate the your money woe’s with a little help from Curry;s PC World. The good folks at Curry’s have given us a few extra special Voucher codes that can see you get some discount…
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Facebook Home downloaded over 500,000 times on Google Play Store
Facebook’s latest product, the Android launcher Facebook Home, has reportedly been downloaded over 500,000 time since its release 10 days ago on April 12th, which sees half a million Android users with the new UI. The Facebook Home launcher has been available on the Google Play Store for the past 2 weeks and it has been…
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Will I be able to get Facebook Home on my smartphone?
So Facebook Home has been announced and we know that it will be launching in the US on April 12th, but with any new product there are lots of questions coming from the announcement, especially for us in the UK. Firstly, which handsets will be available to support Facebook Home app? Well, that’s easy as…