All systems come with the iconic yellow ADT bell box with a flashing blue LED light – which our sales consultant noted was a crime deterrent in itself – as well as a pair of smart plugs you can fit onto lamps and switch on and off through the app manually or by setting up…
How safe are your keiki from a fire in school? That was the State Board of Education discussed on Thursday. They got a progress check from the Department of Education that 15 schools have resolved the issue. HONOLULU (Island News) – How safe are your keiki from a fire in school? That…
Home security systems—once the exclusive domain of high-priced professional installers—have never been more affordable, and the hardware and software is simpler, more intuitive, and easier to set up than ever before. We have other roundups that name the best smart home hubs and components—everything from the best smart bulbs to the best smart speakers—but in…
Who’s it right for? Households looking for a comprehensive, hassle-free security system Who is it not for? Buyers on very limited budgets SimpliSafe offers eight preconfigured home security packages, priced between £284.96 and £664.87. The seven-piece package, The Tower, priced at £514.93, is ideal for the typical three-bedroom home. It includes the base station (which…
Hundreds of people, including San Francisco’s mayor, current and former supervisors, health care workers and older adults from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community stood side by side at Portsmouth Square in Chinatown on Wednesday to advocate for a $390 million public health bond on the November ballot. If passed by San Francisco voters…
In the age of Amazon, odds are good that you’ve had a package get “lost in transit.” It can happen for any number of reasons, with your precious parcel potentially getting misplaced during a handover between trucks, lost in a warehouse or maybe even held up because of an error in the shipping information. While…
8.3 Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium Like Full of smart features Great app Geofencing External sensors Don’t like Some “smart” thermostats take your standard thermostat, add a Wi-Fi connection and an app that allows you to set the temperature remotely and call it a day. Then there’s the Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium. This $250 smart thermostat…
A federal trial underway in Baltimore this week may help settle the question of whether military academies will still be able to use race as a factor in their admissions decisions. The Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions practices for most schools in a landmark case last year but left a possible national security exception for…
