Technology Resources
Explore the latest web design trends and tools with our comprehensive technology blog, packed with valuable resources and information.
Best Financial and Savings Apps
Perhaps you’ve seen the recent disturbing advice from the Royal Bank of Scotland to sell as many investments as possible ahead of their predicted cataclysmic stock market crash. Or perhaps you’d rather ignore that advice altogether and make saving a higher priority. We’re not in the business of offering financial advice ourselves, but if you are interested in taking a closer look at your finances and doing more in the way of savings, we do have some recommended tools for you.
Apple HomeKit: A Review
In our ongoing discussion of the Internet of Things, we’ve talked a little about the hubs you’ll need to make your smart devices work together. In particular, we’ve used (and like!) the Wink Hub. But meanwhile Apple first rolled out HomeKit with OS 8 in September 2014, which ideally was meant to supplant the need for a hub altogether. We’ve waxed poetic about how well the Amazon Echo’s voice recognition works with a hub to control smart home devices. If you have an iPhone or iPad, theoretically you should be able to talk to Siri and issue commands that turn on, shut down, or tweak your smart home devices—no Amazon Echo or hub needed. If you’ve paid upwards of $500 for a device, it certainly would be nice if it could do a few chores around the house… right?
Technology Resolutions for 2016
It’s 2016 and, while most people are making resolutions to lose weight and exercise more, we’re thinking about technology-based resolutions. We whittled down our recommendations to just 5 actions you can take to make your tech life a little better or more secure—many of them effortless and some of them free.
