Smart home

When the Philips Hue Play gradient lightstrip lights up behind your TV, it enhances anything you watch when dynamic shifting colours follow the action.

Amazon announced new and updated products ahead of the holiday gifting season. Here are all the new Amazon products coming to Canada.

What smart assistant do you use? Whichever one it is, make sure you use it to maximize your home theatre functionality by reading today's blog.

Discover how to create an energy efficient smart home with top smart devices, appliances, and simple tips to reduce electricity bills and your carbon footprint.

Wi-Fi is the greatest thing since sliced bread —so long as everything is working the way it should. No ethernet cables strung all around the house (I remember those days) and the ability to use a Wi-Fi enabled device anywhere. At least that’s the promise. The reality is many homes have zones where Wi-Fi is dead or very slow. Building materials like concrete, ceramic and metal can block Wi-Fi signals and decorative items like glass mirrors can deflect them. While one approach to improving Wi-Fi coverage for your home or small business is to install a newer, more powerful router, you can often get just as much of an improvement for a lot less money and fuss by installing a range extender. In this review, I look at the latest such device from D-Link, the DAP-1520 Wireless AC Dual Band Range Extender.

 The original Dropcam (later branded as the Nest Cam) was one of the crucial pillars of growing IP Camera technology in the world of Home Automation. With its wide angle filming, cloud storage capabilities and communication and alerting abilities, it was one of the class leading standards for which all competing IP Cameras would have to meet. Now Nest is back with those same philosophies in a waterproof outdoor camera, coming soon to Best Buy. Read on to find out more.

The Nanoleaf Remote is a new smart remote control that looks—and functions—like no other, looking like a glowing, super sized, 12-sided die.

Colours make great decorations. With smart lights, design decorations inside and outside the home for events throughout the year.

Begin to understand home security cameras from wired, wireless, indoor, outdoor, or IP.