Category: Accessories
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This Superdanny Power Strip Powers Everything Around Your Desk
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy wife needs a way to charge her iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. She would like to have it take up only one wall outlet. I may have found a fantastic solution for her. It’s the Superdanny Power Strip with 22 outlets and 6 USB ports. She has a corner of our…
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Sockitbox Makes Indoor Smart Devices Work Outside
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs you add more Home Automation to your home, you inevitably run into a few situations like these. All of which may be remedied with a Sockitbox Weatherproof Connection Box: I was stymied by these problems on a few occasions, but then I discovered what has turned out to be a simple…
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High Speed Dual Car Chargers Charge Two Modern Smartphones Faster Than My Standard Wall Charger Charges One
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI drive a GMC Acadia that has a built-in entertainment system, so my sons can watch DVDs when we’re driving on trips of more than an hour. This was a great purchase for them. It also gives me an 110 Volt AC outlet which I can use to charge an iPhone…
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Apple Can’t Corner the Smart Home Market, Even if HomeKit is Great
Reading Time: 2 minutesCMSWire has a post up titled Do We Really Want Apple to Corner the Smart Home Market? which essentialy argues that the existence of HomeKit, Apple’s new “new framework for communicating with and controlling connected devices in a user’s home” will allow it to exert control over the home automation hardware market…