Pat Dengler, aka Your Mac Doctor, a certified Apple Consultant and one of my dearest friends, joins us for an audio-only segment on the NosillaCast. I asked her to come on to talk about the smart blinds controller from Soma Smart Stuff at somasmarthome.com. If you’re interested in Pat’s consulting services you can contact her […]
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Wyze Band – a $25 Watch, Exercise Tracker, Heart Rate Monitor, Sleep Tracker, Smart Home Controller & More – by Marty Jencius
It’s been twelve weeks since I have ventured away from my desktop computer, and through that whole time, my Apple Watch has sat neatly in its charger. Time, notifications, and text messages appear on my desktop, so why do I need to wear a watch? So when Wyze sent me notification of their Wyze Band, […]
Continue readingCES 2020: ChargePoint Home Flex EV Charger
Allison interviews Danny Allen from ChargePoint about their Home Flex home charger for Electric Vehicles. ChargePoint is the leading provider of EV charging solutions. The company operates the largest network of charging stations across the U.S. ChargePoint’s Home Flex is a 240-volt Level 2 charger that can deliver from 16 to 50 amps of power […]
Continue readingCES 2020: myQ Connected LiftMaster Smart Home Products
Allison interviews Kevin Brigham from LiftMaster about several of their connected products. First up is the well-known LiftMaster garage door opener, but this version is updated with myQ technology. myQ connects your opener to your home WiFi and provides remote operation and monitoring. With myQ and its accompanying mobile app, you can receive activity alerts […]
Continue readingiDevices Switch by Ryan Winkler
Ryan Winkler, aka @DopeyOne in the live chat room brings us his review of the iDevices switch in a unique way using audio and video. You’ll see what I mean by “unique”. Using a Screen Reader? click here
Continue readingNC #750 Reafoo Smart Bulbs, iOS 13 Bugs, Joby Griptight Micro Stand, Copy’em Paste Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 22, 2019, and this is show number 750. Do you realize we’ve done three quarters of a thousand podcasts together? That’s kinda cool. mp3 download
Continue readingReafoo WiFi Smart Bulbs – by Denise Deverelle
Hi Castaways! Has complexity or cost kept you from jumping into the smart bulb market? If so, I have a cool solution for you. The Reafoo smart bulb requires no hub, and runs on wifi, but before I talk about how much I love these bulbs, let me tell you why you might want to […]
Continue readingNC #741 Capturing Total Eclipse, Wyze Bulbs, Affinity Publisher
Steve and I are off to MacStock and then a week in Canada with the kids, and that means I really need your help to provide some listener recordings! In this week’s show we’ve got Steve Sheridan explaining how he capture the total eclipse in Chile in some amazing video segments. Then I’ll tell you […]
Continue readingWyze Just Keeps Getting Better – Smart Bulbs
If you’ve been listening to the show for a long time, you know I’m a huge fan of the company Wyze, makers of a delightful and inexpensive security camera called Wyze Cam. Wyze branched out a while ago to add the Wzye Motion sensor and proximity sensors called Wyze Sense (think door/window open/close sensing). The […]
Continue readingCES 2019: Axis Gear Smart Shade Controller
Allison interviews Manu Menon, COO at Axis, about their new Gear smart shade controller. Gear is custom-engineered hardware that will automatically or on command lift and lower your existing window shades. Gear works with any shade with a beaded chain or cord loop. If you pull your shades with one hand, Gear will work as […]
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