by sagesgroup | Sep 21, 2023 | Amazon, Amazon Echo, gear, gear news, homepage, hp-latest, Smart Home, technology
— Amazon Every year, Amazon wants us to convert more of our smart home devices to its Echo or Fire-branded devices. It was no different at the company’s “Devices & Services Event” this year, where it made another sweeping round of refreshes for its devices,...by sagesgroup | Jul 22, 2023 | gear, gear news, Home, homepage, hp-latest, LG, NASA, Smart Home, space, technology
As the division of LG that’s known for putting out eccentric products, LG Labs is making a moonshot with its Duobo coffee maker. Drawing inspiration from the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Duobo features a novel design with two chambers for coffee pods, all packaged in a...by sagesgroup | Jun 20, 2023 | gear, gear reviews, homepage, hp-latest, Smart Home, technology
I hate AC but make it hipster In a millennial pink sea of products marketed towards 30-somethings, it’s easy (and probably advantageous) to turn your nose up to hip marketing. But not always. I first encountered July’s AC in the land of flashy-but-misleading...by sagesgroup | May 16, 2023 | 4k TV's, gear, gear news, homepage, hp-latest, Pluto, Smart Home, technology
Free, ad-supported TV now has a whole new meaning. Telly, a TV startup founded by Pluto TV’s co-founder, Ilya Pozin, took the wraps off a novel dual-screen TV that it plans to give away for the low price of $0… well, sort of. While Telly’s immediate appeal comes...by sagesgroup | May 11, 2023 | Android, gear, gear news, Google, Google IO 2023, homepage, hp-latest, Smart Home, tablets, technology
After teasing its first-ever Android tablet, the Pixel Tablet, last fall, Google has finally set a price and release date for the device: $499 which includes the Speaker Charging Dock that turns it into a Nest Hub-like smart home speaker. The Pixel Tablet may not be...by sagesgroup | Apr 6, 2023 | gear, gear news, homepage, hp-latest, Samsung, Smart Home, technology
If you’re attaching an AirTag or Galaxy SmartTag to your belongings, shouldn’t they do more than help you find them if they’re lost? If reports from Naver (via Google Translate) are accurate, Samsung might feel the same way. The next generation of the company’s...