As is the case with many smartphone features, Apple’s voice assistant was there first. Apple introduced Siri in late 2011, alongside the release of the iPhone 4s - almost a full year before the release of Google Now, Google Assistant's predecessor. Siri has been a part of our lives ever since, making us all feel just a tiny bit closer to that sci-fi future we all envisioned for ourselves.

If you’re looking to mount your TV, odds are you’ve already got the first two key ingredients at hand: a television and a wall. All you need to complete the picture is the mount itself.

It’s one of those things you feel right away: your iPhone overheating. We hold our iPhones in our hands so much that we’ve become very familiar with their “normal” or healthy temperature. Even though that temperature varies based on season and climate, you know when your iPhone is hot.

On April 1 of 2017, the Wayfair furniture company announced the release of their new smart sofa, Sofia.

Turns out, the name Bluetooth is actually the nickname of a tenth-century Scandinavian king who united Danish tribes under his flag. The creators of Bluetooth probably figured this was an apt symbol for a technology that would become an industry standard, uniting smartphone addicts and laptop jockeys alike with one convenient, wireless technology.

We like surprises – usually. But sometimes life throws you a curve ball when you’re least prepared for it. You might be running late for a meeting, or have a big date coming up, and all of a sudden you discover that your iPhone is not charging when plugged in.

Remember when cell phones were actually used as phones? Back then, their primary use was to call other phones and send the occasional SMS text message. You could even play a short game of snake. Ever since the good old days, smartphones are constantly pushing the boundaries of performance with bigger screens, better cameras, more memory and faster processors.

If you fly too close to the sun you can get burned. So while the iPhone X took all the chances, gained all the hype and suffered the criticism that comes with it, Apple simply positioned the iPhone 8 as a great phone. No thrills, no surprises, and less reason for disappointment. That’s why it’s so easy to overlook the fact that the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are truly amazing phones.

Love … back in your parents’ day, the dating arena seemed peachy keen - simply being single, “going steady” or getting married seemed easy enough. Flash forward to 2018 and add smartphones, dating apps and unspoken phone etiquette to the mix, and a lot changes.

Thinking about mounting your TV on a brick fireplace? There’s no way around it – most experts say that mounting a TV on brick fireplaces can be tricky. Nevertheless, that empty stretch above the fireplace seems to be one of the most popular spots to stick a television these days.

When the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus were announced alongside the higher-end iPhone X, they obviously gained less attention. Both iPhone 8 models were merely perceived as the natural successors of the iPhone 7, while X marked the future. In terms of design, the glass back was the only major differentiator between generations 7 and 8.

Google Home is almost like having a super intelligent, tech-savvy and highly obedient pet around the house. When this smart speaker performs well, it makes you feel as if there’s another conscious being in your living room. It lets you interact with Google services using voice commands alone, listening to answers rather than reading them. All you have to do is say “OK, Google” and it listens.

"Puls Technologies, Inc., the rapid-response services platform for smart devices, and ANTOP, a global leader in the development of digital indoor and outdoor HDTV antennas, today announced a new partnership to deliver in-home installation services for ANTOP antennas, bringing the freedom of no-cost broadcast TV to cities nationwide.

The CES, the annual gathering of the consumer electronics industry held every January in Vegas, has just ended. Though there were also ultra-thin laptops, smart fridges, autonomous cars, next-gen cameras, gaming devices and other cool gadgets, TVs always reigns supreme on the CES show floors. The trade show gives us a glimpse into the future of smart TVs, or at least what big screen innovations the major manufacturers are betting their development budgets on.

The holidays are over, and now, for many of us, we’re stuck in the midst of the cold, dark winter season. If you live in a colder climate, this means several more months of ice, snow, ripping winds, freezing temperatures and the works. If you’re feeling a post-holiday slump this time of year, you’re certainly not the only one.