Insteon Guide: Windows 11/10 Home Hyper V installation for Home Assistant Windows Portable (HassWP)
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Insteon Guide: Windows 11/10 Home Hyper V installation for Home Assistant Windows Portable (HassWP)

Following on from my previous Insteon posts about setting up Home Assistant Windows Portable (HassWP) and cheap PCs to run as a server for Docker/Insteon. This post is a guide for anyone wanting to get Home Assistant Windows Portable working on a PC running Windows Home. In my HassWP original post, I installed Home Assistant…

Nothing Launcher Review – Initial Impressions & How to Install. Comparison vs Pixel 6 Launcher & Nova
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Nothing Launcher Review – Initial Impressions & How to Install. Comparison vs Pixel 6 Launcher & Nova

If you thought the Nothing ear (1) marketing campaign was annoying, then you are going to be in for a bad time with the Nothing phone (1). Most companies keep things quiet until a few months or weeks out from launch, and then things “accidentally” start leaking. Not Nothing, they will be sending out weekly…

Set up Home Assistant for Insteon – Cheap Hardware for a Linux Docker Server
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Set up Home Assistant for Insteon – Cheap Hardware for a Linux Docker Server

This is my second Home Assistant for Insteon post, and I will be writing a couple more to help anyone that is trying to get their Insteon smart home back up and running. Earlier this month, Insteon unexpectedly ceased trading and disabled all its cloud server functionality, effectively making the Insteon hub useless. Not all…

WiFi Extenders – An affordable alternative to mesh

WiFi Extenders – An affordable alternative to mesh

It’s difficult thinking back now to a time when we didn’t have the internet. It’s become an integral part of our lives, and we’re all connected. Whether it’s the cellular connections on our mobile devices when we’re out of the home to coming back and enjoying the home WiFi, if there’s one thing we like,…

RGT Cycling becomes Wahoo RGT under Wahoo X, aggressively going after Zwift
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RGT Cycling becomes Wahoo RGT under Wahoo X, aggressively going after Zwift

Correction: I previously stated that RGT Cycling had lost its free tier, but Wahoo have informed me otherwise (though I am not convinced this will last forever). Three weeks after I wrote a post about the top free indoor cycling apps, highlighting RGT as the best option, Wahoo buys them up. For the time being…

Essential Websites and Apps for Product Marketers

Essential Websites and Apps for Product Marketers

In our modern world, it has become increasingly difficult to market products. Thanks to the Internet, we live in a global marketplace, and whatever product you want to promote will likely have fierce competition from worldwide brands. Furthermore, distributing and selling products has become increasingly complex. You have millions of online sites that can sell…

Poco F4 GT vs Black Shark 5 Pro – A new affordable gaming phone from £500
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Poco F4 GT vs Black Shark 5 Pro – A new affordable gaming phone from £500

Xiaomi sub-brand Poco has just announced its latest Poco F4 GT. It is an incredibly well-specced phone that is geared toward keen Android gamers thanks to its magnetic pop-up shoulder triggers. Specification Display: 6.67″ flat AMOLED DotDisplay, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling Chipset: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform RAM: 8GB or 12GB Storage:…

Poco Watch Review: Initial impressions of the global variant of the Redmi Watch 2 – Cheap GPS running watch for Strava
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Poco Watch Review: Initial impressions of the global variant of the Redmi Watch 2 – Cheap GPS running watch for Strava

Today, Poco has launched its first smartwatch, the Poco Watch, alongside the Poco F4 GT. Poco were kind enough to send me the watch to review early but didn’t grant my Mi Fitness the ability to add it to add it until yesterday! So this is very much an initial impression of the watch. To…

EPOS H3Pro Hybrid Review – A Low latency Gaming Headset with ANC
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EPOS H3Pro Hybrid Review – A Low latency Gaming Headset with ANC

I reviewed the EPOS H3 Hybrid Gaming Headset back in 2021, and I have now finally managed to get my hands on the EPOS H3Pro. This takes the winning formula of the H3 Hybrid and improves it with low latency wireless connectivity and active noise cancelling. Buy from Currys Features Lag-free wireless with low-latency dongle​…

Best practices in mobile application development

Best practices in mobile application development

 The number of mobile device users has increased exponentially and is expected to grow faster and faster. For those looking to make money from the app, this is a pretty promising trend. As the number of mobile device users increases, the demand for mobile applications will only grow. However, to develop more and more applications,…