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The Google Home and Home Mini were launched in Singapore just about a week ago, after having the Home Mini in my bedroom for the past 2 weeks, here's what I have to say about the small, smart, and rather cute device. Design, Hardware & Performance The Home Mini retails
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Google’s Home Max is the latest addition to their line of smart speakers. This new smart speaker system comes with a steep price tag of about SGD525. This puts it in direct competition up against Apple’s recently released HomePod. The Home Max has been positioned as a premium smart speaker
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Apple has finally made an entrance into the growing home AI assistant market, with their recent release of the long-awaited HomePod. First announced back in June of 2017 and scheduled for release by December of 2017. After some delays, only recently has it begun shipping to Australia, the United Kingdom
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Lenovo outlined its 2018 vision for technology with a myriad of gadgets which covers a wide range of uses. Amongst them are VR and AR solutions, a smart display, new Moto Mods, and laptop refresh. Lenovo’s VR: Mirage Solo with Daydream Headset + Mirage Camera Lenovo aims to create a
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Dyson is a brand we’ve all heard about, primarily for their uber vacuum cleaners, and while the British company has in recent years diversified their products towards bladeless fan air purifiers and hair dryers, their core business still revolves vacuum cleaners. Dyson’s new V8 family of cordless vacuum cleaners is
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If you stay in a house in Singapore you know how hard it is for a single Wi-Fi router to cover your entire home, especially as our houses are constructed primarily from reinforced concrete and brick. Unless you've had a professional cable guy install a wired Ethernet system with outlets
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In our second of three user experience videos, we asked Roger, who owns a three-bed condominium about his experience using the Linksys Velop. Roger had previously tried solving his connectivity issues by upgrading to fibre broadband, but stuck with his single wireless router that he placed near his fibre point
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Berlin, 30 August 2017 - LG Electronics and Bang & Olufsen had jointly announced the launch of the BeoVision Eclipse TV at IFA Berlin - a statement-piece that marries the visual excitement of LG's OLED technology, and B&O's cutting-edge acoustics and fine craftsmanship. LG's OLED screen technology continues to lead the
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Over the past few months we've been raving about the introduction of mesh WiFi systems as the solution to our home connectivity issues, from dead-spots to having too many smart devices synced at one time. But does a mesh Wi-Fi system like the Linksys Velop really work? To test it
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Welcome to the world of Google Wifi, which is now available in Singapore in exclusive partnership with telco StarHub. Google's first foray into home wireless routers backs up the IT giant's push for the Internet of Things (IoT) with a mesh networking system to ensure users enjoy complete home coverage
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Students in school can soon leave behind their cash, cards, wearables or smart wallets and simply use just two fingers to pay. Coolpay introduces the world’s first Biometric payment system for local schools. Partnered with POSB, NETS, STYL and 3Radical as part of the POSB Smart Buddy programme, the device
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About a year and a half ago, D-Link released their 2630L camera that had a key 180 degree field of vision. This of course means you can see an entire room from just the one camera. D-Link now has a smaller version, the 2530L. It's more of a refined version
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LG’s best sound bar packs some mean capabilities in a slim body, like Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 decoding and hi-res audio streaming. It looks great on paper but how does it stack up in everyday use? Read on to find out! Build Quality and Design The SJ9 sports a rigid blend
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The humble robot vacuum cleaner is now pretty much a mainstream tech product with a market value of at least US$1.5 billion per annum, so by now we are pretty used to these oversized robovac hockey pucks placidly hovering up our carpets during the night. The latest generation of these
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If you need any further proof of robots taking over our lives check out the ECOVACS WINBOT 950. No, it's not Windows powered but yes, it'll clean your windows for you, which is especially handy if you live in a high-rise apartment and don't fancy risking your life to keep
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If you’re looking to get a new AV Receiver you might be in luck. Onkyo had just released their latest series of machines for immersive home theatre sound, at a reasonable price. They are on sale from just S$799, with the top model costing S$2,299. [caption id="attachment_127876" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Onkyo
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Jumping onto the mesh bandwagon, Taiwanese PC and peripherals manufacturer Asus has announced the new Lyra whole-home WiFi mesh system, which will be available in early July. Lyra is meant to make WiFi simple for consumers to set up, yet it will create an ultrafast smart WiFi network that
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Linksys passed us their Velop Home WiFi solution a few months ago to review, but we’ve been holding it off until their latest firmware upgrade that was released about a month ago. Why? It’s primarily because the initial version of the Velop was actually too simple a solution for us
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6 June 2017, WWDC - The new Apple HomePod is a slick riposte to the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Now the question on everyone’s mind is ‘ What took them so long?’ At 17.2cm tall, the Apple HomePod wireless speaker is muscled by 7 horn-loaded tweeters facing outwards and and a high-excursion
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11 May 2017 - Launched to much glitz and glamour at Ion Orchard, LG’s Signature series promises unrivalled fit, finish and performance. It even showcased some new features that reinvents how we use these supposedly ‘everyday’ appliances. LG Signature W7 OLED TV With the new W7, you get a perfect 4K UHD
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