It’s been a busy week in the world of the smart home. Nvidia ramped up its Shield by adding Google…
Author: Paul Lamkin
World Cup. World Cup. World Cup. World Cup. It’s fair to say that we’ve well and truly caught the football…
This is the last smart home diary in this series. That doesn’t mean that I’ve finished tweaking and improving my…
Regular readers may have noticed that there’s been a three week hiatus in my diary series. The reason being that…
Aaron Emigh was on to something when he started Brilliant Home Technology back in 2014. He could see that the…
There’s a LOT going on at Chateaux Lamkin on the DIY front as we await the imminent arrival of baby…
It’s been a busy week for smart home news, with the Milan Design Week jam-packed with slick looking connected tech,…
I’m having lunch with Mark Withers, design manager at Cornflake. He’s telling me about clients that don’t bat an eyelid…
Last week was all about spring cleaning – tidying up my smart home mess – and this week I’ve been…
Spring is here (although you wouldn’t know it if you lived in the UK, where it’s still snowing despite it…
In my original smart home diary, which ran on Wareable a couple of years back, I talked about getting Ethernet…
Rachio, the biggest name in the Wi-Fi sprinkler world, is back with its third-gen device. The Rachio 3 Smart Sprinkler…
Before he earned God-like-genius status for spearheading the greatest scenes that football has ever seen, Italian coach Claudio Ranieri earned…
When my original smart home diary went live back in 2016, the Amazon Echo wasn’t actually available in the UK,…
We knew that the Philips Hue outdoor range was coming – we were told as much in January at CES…
Paul’s smart home diary, the internet sensation of late February to early July 2016, is making a comeback. Yes, I…
Samsung’s Bixby smart speaker is set to launch later this year, and it’s already facing tough competition from Apple, Amazon…
Amazon has reached a deal to buy video doorbell and smart home security specialist, Ring; with the acquisition reportedly costing…
Plastic bottles are killing the planet – everyone knows that. But while tap water filters are gaining popularity amongst a…
Bonjour, the smart alarm clock that was a crowdfunding superstar back in December 2016, has been delayed… again. The device,…