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I just went through this journey recently, where both my 20+ year old furnace and my 7 year old smart thermostat started to act up, and we had to go through a process to try to figure out which one it was. A new thermostat is a couple hundred dollars, but a new furnace is thousands. In this blog, I’m detailing the journey I just went on and some of the simple steps that you can take before you have to start taking drastic action. I’ll also take the time to talk about Smart Thermostats in general, and help you...

Douglas Gilman put a new designer kitchen in his Manhattan apartment last year with entertaining in mind. He placed the sleek marble-accented Dada kitchen, from Italy’s Molteni&C, at the center of the airy 2,800-square-foot home that he created from combining two adjacent units in a former West Village printing house. He figured it would give him easier access to his guests. But the arrival of Covid-19 restrictions has meant much more cooking, and next to no entertaining, and it’s his high-tech German appliances that have come to the rescue, including an induction cooktop that can sense where he places a...

CGMagazine Ring Video Doorbell (2020) Review Ring has been on the forefront of home security since 2015 when the first video doorbell launched. Now in 2020, the company, now owned by Amazon, unleashes a refresh of the base model video doorbell. Costing $124.99, this is a great starting point for any smart home setup, and has just enough features to keep even the most tech-minded people happy—even with Ring finding ways to upsell recording on such a competitive product. The 2020 Ring Video Doorbell  has all the major features you would want to see from a modern smart device, especially...

Small smart speaker, solid improvements The new Google Nest Mini is announced at the Made By Google event. You’d be hard-pressed to tell the Nest Mini apart from the 2017 Google Home Mini— one of the best Google Home Speakers to use with Google Assistant. The second-generation device unveiled at this year’s Made By Google event is a replica of its predecessor, with signature curved sides and a fabric-swathed exterior. Google Nest Mini price The Nest Mini costs $49, which is the same price as the current Home Mini. The Home Mini already among the best cheap smart home devices available....