Before the current Wi-Fi standard, called 802.11ac, wireless broadband was never quite robust enough: Too many devices were vying for your limited, inefficiently distributed bandwidth. This latest standard has proven faster and more reliable, and … Read More
Bluetooth Mesh – A World Where Everything is Connected
Yes, current Wi-Fi-based smart home technology can turn on the lights with your smartphone or voice. But do you call that home automation, really? Isn’t it just a slightly more convenient light switch?
How about … Read More
Computer Technology Covered at Digital Trends by an Experienced Reporter
Camarillo, CA – October 2017: Almost three years and over 40 articles later, I have covered numerous products and technology news for the immensely popular online digital technology magazine, Digital Trends. My beat … Read More
802.11ax is Wi-Fi Built for Tomorrow’s Hyper-Connected Home
Before the current Wi-Fi standard, called 802.11ac, wireless broadband was never quite robust enough: Too many devices were vying for your limited, inefficiently distributed bandwidth. This latest standard has proven faster and more reliable, and … Read More
Link Thousands of Devices Over Several Miles with the New Bluetooth Mesh
Yes, current Wi-Fi-based smart home technology can turn on the lights with your smartphone or voice. But do you call that home automation, really? Isn’t it just a slightly more convenient light switch?
How about … Read More
180-Degree Panoramic View, Intelligent Zooming, 4K Video and More with the PanaCast 2 Webcam
Logitech’s Brio 4K Webcam briefly had bragging rights as the maker of the only 4K Webcam, but Altia Systems’ Panacast 2 has changed that—and then some. Perhaps to sophisticated be called a mere “webcam,” — … Read More
Microsoft’s Attractive, Ergonomic Wireless Comfort Desktop 5050 Keyboard and Mouse
If you, like us, spend a good portion of your life banging on computers, the first thing you do after buying a new PC is replace the stock USB keyboard, and mouse that comes with … Read More
Logitech’s K480 Multi-Device Keyboard Pairs with Three Devices and OSs Simultaneously
[amazon_link asins=’B00MUTWLW4′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’store-1′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cf829050-c646-11e7-914d-450e3cc2e183′]Many of the keyboards we’ve looked at lately have been multi-device models, in that you can pair two or more computing devices—smartphones, tablets, PCs, Macs—to them simultaneously, and then switch … Read More
Comfort and Multiple Device Paring with Logitech’s MK850 Performance Wireless Combo
[amazon_link asins=’B074WH7LD3′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’store-1′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’07687db9-c649-11e7-a65d-b3deb3184632′]Unless you buy an upscale gaming or some other specialized PC, chances are the keyboard and mouse that comes with your new computer is boringly and often uncomfortably basic, and … Read More
From Windows, to iOS, to MacOS, to Android, and back, with Logitech’s K780 Multi-Device Keyboard
[amazon_link asins=’B01LZTBKBG’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’store-1′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’88521aeb-c707-11e7-8006-add3a2d6d7bc’]Over the course of a day, many of us flip back and forth between two, sometimes three, computing devices, moving from the keyboard on a desktop to the virtual keyboard … Read More