Matt Paligaru

In the first installment of the “Smarten Up” series, we discuss the idea of using smart locks to your advantage. We take a specific look at the August Smart Lock and its accompanying products. Bringing home the ability to open your locks without fumbling for keys and providing guests with access to your home without having to worry about cutting keys are convenience that you can offer while making it all look like a Jedi mind trick.

Are you a light sleeper? Are you perhaps a light sleeper but you just don’t realize it? I’ve been battling sleep problems off and on for the past year. Despite going to sleep earlier and spending longer in bed, I would wake up feeling as though I hadn’t slept at all. Read on to find out how a wearable fixed my sleep issues and what it can help do for you.

My household has been fairly loyal to the ASUS brand over the last 10 years. Between my wife and I, 5 of our last 6 laptops have been ASUS ones. We’ve seen them through their gaming ups and gaming downs. The Republic of Gamers G752 is a definite up. A revolutionary cooling and exhaust system, one touch game recording/streaming and a keyboard with features stronger than most mechanical keyboards are some of the great features. It also plays Fallout 4 on Ultra Settings. Read on to find out more.

In the final installment of the “Setting up a Smart Home” series, we’re going to take a look at turning your smart home into a daily money saver through the use of smart thermostats. While you can save a few bucks here and there by turning the heat down once in a while, smart thermostats can help you put an actual system together so that you don’t have to do as much guesswork. Some adapt to your heating needs while some use your current location to set away settings. There’s one that even compares your power usage to your own city’s current energy prices to sell you what you’re saving in Near Real Time. Find out more about these thermostats by reading onward.

In this third installment of the “Setting up a Smart Home” series, we take a look at one of the easiest, yet neatest facets of a smart home: The Smart Lock. Smart Locks require very little effort to install, even less effort to upkeep and can make your life (especially in a large household) easier. No more worries of lost keys or getting locked out of the house by accident. Read on to find out why a smart lock should be considered as your first (or next!) smart home purchase.

In this installment of the “Setting up a Smart Home” series, we get ready to install! Before you bring out the power tools and start downloading apps left and right, you should keep a few things in mind. This blog will help you sort through some of the important things (like having the best internet connection possible) and smaller things like spot checking potential trouble spots. 

This is the first of a four part series aimed at helping you set up a smarter home. In this first part, we’ll take a look at assessing needs. Long before installation or even buying anything, you need to figure out what your home is capable of supporting. This blog talks about why it’s important to walk around your home, figure out what you can and can’t support and even why researching what you’re buying is key to saving yourself time and money.

If there was one thing I really soaked up as a first time parent, it was the advice of fellow parents telling me what worked and what didn’t work for their newborns. My wife and I went overboard with some of the things we bought. What were their newborn must-haves? I posed the question to parents across the country and they gave me their thoughts which I added with my wife’s and my own to bring you a checklist of things to consider for your newborn.

There are different Fitbits of all shapes and sizes and wouldn’t you know it, they all do different things? In this blog, we’ll take a look at the 6 most popular Fitbit models out there (including the new Blaze and Alta) to help you determine which one is the right fit for you. Which models track more than just exercise? Which models have exclusive features? Read on to find out more.

2015 brought a real shift to what wearable technology did for its users. No longer just a step and calorie tracker, we were introduced to wearables that did everything from help measure your golf swings, hiking elevation and even break apart and analyze your deep and light sleep. What does 2016 have in store and how does it look to improve your day to day life? Read on to find out more.