Household Tech Category - Page 2

Garmin has officially announced their latest fitness offering, which comes as a departure from their existing Forerunner line. This latest is the Garmin Fit app, which is available as of today for both Android and iOS running smartphones.

Disruptive technology does not always need to be about computers, smartphones and tablets, which is why one of the original iPod’s designers, Tony Fadell, has launched an energy-saving thermostat with artificial intelligence as his next big project.

It looks like Walmart is not only making it clear that they are a good place to shop for electronics for this upcoming holiday season, but they are also letting everyone know just how easy it will be to make a purchase without having to have the full amount of [...]

Jawbone announced the UP fitness bracelet way back in mid-July and since then things seem to have gotten rather quiet. At the time they did offer some details in terms of what the bracelet would be able to offer you, however there was nothing in terms of a price and [...]

We don’t often get to talk about household appliances here, well, with the exception being when they come with gadgets built-in such as the LCD-equipped refrigerator that Samsung announced back in June. Anyway, it looks like we have since found another reason to bring them up, and yet again, this [...]

Wireless charging is an interesting technology. Products on the market today allow you to charge multiple devices at a time simply by placing them on a surface of some sort, like a mat. Duracell has been selling their myGrid products and Powermat also has a product of their own. Recently [...]

Skype recently announced a new adapter that will allow you to make Skype calls using little more than your existing home phone. Well, your home phone along with the adapter, which is the Skype Freetalk Connect-Me.

Clocks and watches are getting so high tech these days, some having cool features such as GPS and the Android operating system. Sometimes it’s nice to see a simpler design perhaps just giving us a quick breather from all that tech. That brings us to the Knock Clock, which perhaps [...]

As Hurricane Irene makes its way closer and closer to the US, there is still some time to prepare. Of course, the big items should be taken care of first, however once the family, house and truly important tasks are taken care of — there are also some other things [...]

I admit, I’m not what you’d call a great housekeeper. Tales of robotic vacuum cleaners are to me a vague hope that one day I’ll actually be able to fully vacuum under the bed without having to contort myself into positions that would make some circus acts green with envy. [...]