What Is Thread and What Does It Mean for Your Smart Home?

Included in Apple’s HomePod mini is a new technology called Thread. But what is it? We’ll highlight what it does, and how it’s going to change the way you interact with your smart home. What Is Thread? Thread is a wireless standard, like Zigbee or Z-Wave, that allows your smart home devices to talk to each other.
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How to Sign Out of Netflix on Your Smart TV

Netflix is available on every device under the sun and that includes your smart TV. Once you’ve set up Netflix, it should remember your details and keep you signed in. However, there might be the occasion when you need to sign out of Netflix on your smart TV. Perhaps someone else wants to log in,
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7 Homebridge Plugins That Make It Easy to Control Your Smart Home

Just getting started with Homebridge? Here are some Homebridge plugins that make automation easier than ever. Homebridge has the ability to integrate with many smart home devices that you probably already use. It controls these devices through plugins installed from the Homebridge web UI. In this article, we’ll show you several plugins that make automation
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How to Use Anthropics Smart Photo Editor to Apply Effects in Photoshop

There are hundreds of special effects available in Effects Gallery within Anthropics Smart Photo Editor. These vary from background textures and creative lighting to coloring and styling controls. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to spice up your images using Anthropics Smart Photo Editor as a plugin in Photoshop. What Is
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5 Workspace Apps That Use Smart Tables to Manage Data

Traditionally, most productivity tools gave you a fixed set of features. For example, a checklist might give you due dates, attachments, and percentages. But if you wanted more features, you just had to wait and hope. There is a current trend in productivity tools of using spreadsheet-like database tables or “smart tables” to give you
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Apple Designers Discuss AirPods Max and Smart Case Creation

Apple typically lets its designs speak for themselves, not spending a whole lot of time detailing the process that goes into making them. However, in the wake of the launch of Apple’s new AirPods Max wireless headphones, three Apple execs—VP of industrial design Evans Hankey, industrial designer Eugene Whang, and VP of product marketing Bob
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