Smart home

Today's instalment in our 12 months of smart home improvements series is all about energy management. Join me inside as I explore smart home products that can reduce your energy costs.

  The Internet of Things will ultimately change all of our lives for the better, and the Philips HUE lighting system is a great place to start. Imagine being able to control every aspect of your home with your Smartphone or tablet, and even have aspects of your home control itself based on a set of rules that you can customize. Philips Hue can take you there and do much more. It makes your lighting fun and convenient, while adding a lot of utility that can make your house more secure.

Nest and Yale are tag teaming on a new smart lock collaboration called the Nest x Yale Lock—an innovation that's sure to help us all sleep better at night.

If you live in an apartment and have a baby and/or pets, you may be wondering where is best to begin setting up your ideal smart home? Today I try to help.

Smart switches make for a great DIY project. Before you get started, here's what you need to know installing smart switches.

I have a lot going on at home so leaving the house, even for just a few hours, can be stressful. If my kids are in school I worry about what my pets are up to, and if my kids are at home, I worry about whether or not a fight is breaking out or if someone is destroying the kitchen.  That’s why I was so excited to hear about the newest Nest product, the Nest Cam. Not only is it a crystal clear 1080p webcam you can hook up in your home to check in on everything, it belongs to the Nest family of products so you know it will work alongside your Nest devices.

The big night is just around the corner. Halloween is almost here! Get the most out of Halloween by checking out my 5 tips for a fun and safe Halloween.

Lighting isn’t very interesting, is it? I mean, other than different fixtures, the lights themselves are pretty unremarkable, right? Flick a switch, and on comes the light. Flick it again, and off it goes. I mean, totally yawn, huh? Well, that is unless you happen to have invested in the new Philips Hue personal lighting system, which allows for quite the personalization, versatility and convenience. Want to see how innovative lighting can be? Read on for my preview of the Philips Hue lighting system.

If you've never used your Google Home or Alexa assistant voice assistant to automate your holidays, you really need to. They bring a special magic!

Looking for a smart home camera and you're wondering which one is right for you? I've compared the features and funtions of Ring, Arlo, Nest, and Circle 2.