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The automated home was the futuristic promise of many world fairs, even going as far as to show robots as helpers. Most of everything that was exhibited is now a reality. However, pricing up until recently has been out of reach for the average gadget consumer. That’s where Belkin’s WeMo switch, the well-designed Nest automatic thermostat and the Dropcam Pro come into action. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had some time to play around with the gadgets and apps that control them.

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HTC OneOnce every long while there emerges a unique smartphone that raises the bar for design, speed and connectivity, and its camera. During my recent extended test of an HTC One with AT&T’s 4G LTE service, I discovered some surprising and interesting details relating to those categories.
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The Google Play Store for Android smartphones offers hundreds of thousands of apps, so where to start? Over the past several years, I have come to rely on a few key mobile apps that help to keep me organized. When setting up my new Samsung Galaxy S4 via the Verizon Wireless Buzz Ambassador program, the apps I use most are for photography, video and social networking.Taking photos and videos for posting to social networks is huge. So having the right apps is very important. I was excited to see what the S4 could do with its 13 megapixel HD camera. The first photo app I downloaded to assist with the filtering of photos was Snapseed from Google.

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Disclosure: iCoffee by Remington sent me a review test unit. Opinions and observations expressed here are my own.

Technology is increasingly making its way into a plethora of consumer products to solve multiple problems, like with traditional coffee makers and the bitter coffee they produce. Enter the iCoffee by Remington with so many improvements over standard drip, French press and single-serving machines that I easily saw why this model was getting so much buzz.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Unboxing by Chris Rauschnot @24k on Twitter

The Verzion Wireless Buzz Group recently invited me to check out their newest offerings, the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. As the fourth edition to their line of wildly successful smartphones worldwide, I was excited to see what the design, capability and advanced features it had over what I’m used to working with each day.
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Lenmar, the maker of backup batteries for an entire range of products, including MacBooks, MacBook Pros, iPads and smartphones has started a new Undead Power campaign. Along with releasing their new line of backup batteries, Lenmar has offered one 11,000mAh triple USB Helix model to give away to our readers! During the week of the giveaway only, they have additionally offered our readers, friends and followers a 20% off code LJ14MAC. Use it during checkout to save extra coin, or maybe get two batteries.

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