Smart Speakers

5.0

Review: Sennheiser Momentum 3 BT/ANC over-the-ear headphones – superb

Ray ShawSeptember 20, 2019

If you are not serious about wanting to own possibly the best over-the-ear, active noise cancelling, audiophile-grade headphones STOP READING NOW. We are talki... (Read More)

23 min read

4.5

Review: Google Nest Hub Max – adding vision to voice commands

Ray ShawSeptember 10, 2019

Google has an admission to make – voice assistance is not always enough. Google Nest Home Max joins the Google-branded smart speakers – Mini, Home, Max, Nest H... (Read More)

14 min read

ITy Bytes 16 August – JBL Link Bar, IKEA and Sonos, Jura coffee; Netgear Wi-FI 6; Mophie charges Apple

Ray ShawAugust 16, 2019

ITy Bytes 16 August – in this edition, JBL Tunes in with Tune 120TWS, JBL Link Bar finally here – yes really after waiting a year, IKEA and Sonos – no Alle... (Read More)

12 min read

ITy Bytes 7 August – Bose 300, new Intel/Windows vulnerability, Sammy’s new QLED Frame, Logitech Apple magic contender costs 75% less!

Ray ShawAugust 7, 2019

ITy Bytes 7 August are bit sized chunks of news you may need to know No one here but us chickens – ChickenGuard; Bose 300 for 360° with OK Google or Alexa; ... (Read More)

13 min read

Sonos now speaks OK Google – finally

Ray ShawJuly 3, 2019

After what seems like a yearlong wait – it was – Sonos now speaks OK Google, and it does so with aplomb. ... (Read More)

4 min read

4.5

Review: Lenovo Smart Clock speaks OK Google

Ray ShawJune 17, 2019

Is the Lenovo Smart Clock a sexy little bedside alarm clock or a fully-fledged Google Home speaker? Well yes to the first and not quite to the second. ... (Read More)

7 min read

4.2

Review: Ninety7 portable power bases for Google and Echo

Ray ShawJune 11, 2019

When you enter the smarthome race, you usually do so with either a Google Assistant Home or Mini or go down the Alexa path with an Echo Dot or Echo 2nd generat... (Read More)

7 min read

Alexa invades your privacy (and how to stop it)

Staff writersJune 10, 2019

OK, Alexa invades your privacy. Well, so too does Google Assistant, Siri, Bixby, Cortana and pretty well any machine learning or AI-driven cloud - Facebook/Wha... (Read More)

22 min read

5.0

Review: Sennheiser Momentum 3 BT/ANC over-the-ear headphones – superb

Ray ShawSeptember 20, 2019

If you are not serious about wanting to own possibly the best over-the-ear, active noise cancelling, audiophile-grade headphones STOP READING NOW. We are talki... (Read More)

23 min read

4.5

Review: Google Nest Hub Max – adding vision to voice commands

Ray ShawSeptember 10, 2019

Google has an admission to make – voice assistance is not always enough. Google Nest Home Max joins the Google-branded smart speakers – Mini, Home, Max, Nest H... (Read More)

14 min read

ITy Bytes 16 August – JBL Link Bar, IKEA and Sonos, Jura coffee; Netgear Wi-FI 6; Mophie charges Apple

Ray ShawAugust 16, 2019

ITy Bytes 16 August – in this edition, JBL Tunes in with Tune 120TWS, JBL Link Bar finally here – yes really after waiting a year, IKEA and Sonos – no Alle... (Read More)

12 min read

ITy Bytes 7 August – Bose 300, new Intel/Windows vulnerability, Sammy’s new QLED Frame, Logitech Apple magic contender costs 75% less!

Ray ShawAugust 7, 2019

ITy Bytes 7 August are bit sized chunks of news you may need to know No one here but us chickens – ChickenGuard; Bose 300 for 360° with OK Google or Alexa; ... (Read More)

13 min read

Sonos now speaks OK Google – finally

Ray ShawJuly 3, 2019

After what seems like a yearlong wait – it was – Sonos now speaks OK Google, and it does so with aplomb. ... (Read More)

4 min read

4.5

Review: Lenovo Smart Clock speaks OK Google

Ray ShawJune 17, 2019

Is the Lenovo Smart Clock a sexy little bedside alarm clock or a fully-fledged Google Home speaker? Well yes to the first and not quite to the second. ... (Read More)

7 min read

4.2

Review: Ninety7 portable power bases for Google and Echo

Ray ShawJune 11, 2019

When you enter the smarthome race, you usually do so with either a Google Assistant Home or Mini or go down the Alexa path with an Echo Dot or Echo 2nd generat... (Read More)

7 min read

Alexa invades your privacy (and how to stop it)

Staff writersJune 10, 2019

OK, Alexa invades your privacy. Well, so too does Google Assistant, Siri, Bixby, Cortana and pretty well any machine learning or AI-driven cloud - Facebook/Wha... (Read More)

22 min read