Consumer Reports
At CR, I am part of the home content team, where I cover smart home, refrigerators, and a handful of other home appliances. CR doesn’t post many breaking news stories, but I have written some news stories around developments in the world of smart home technology.
- Consumer Reports Says Not to Buy USI Electric MPC122S Combination Smoke & CO Detector
- Ring Offers End-to-End Encryption for Some Cameras, Doorbells
- Wink Tells Users: Pay $5 a Month or We’ll Disable Your Smart Home Hub
- Guardzilla Shuts Down, Leaving Security Camera Customers Stranded
- 3,000 Ring Doorbell and Camera Accounts May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
- Works With Nest Users Face a Choice: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- Can a Burglar Really Jam Your Wireless Security System?
- Beyond Thermostats: How Will Nest’s New Video Doorbell and Smart Lock Stack Up?
- Smart Home Devices That Stop Leaks and Water Damage
- Want to Install Your Own Home Security System? Here Are the Options You’ll See Soon
- Voice Control Is Coming to Every Nook and Cranny of Your Home
- Ring Cancels Preorders of Its Protect Security System Amid Court Battle With ADT
- Amazon Unveils Several Alexa Devices, Including New Versions of Echo
Reviewed.com / USA Today
At Reviewed, I worked on the news and features team before becoming a managing editor. During my tenure, I wrote short news stories covering all sorts of unusual tech, as well as a few random cultural pieces.
- Thanks to Alexa, you can now have conversations with your thermostat (Syndicated in USA Today)
- Amazon announces new Echo Look camera and style assistant (Syndicated in USA Today)
- Google Home adds new smart home products to challenge Amazon’s Alexa (Syndicated in USA Today)
- IKEA’s beautiful, affordable smart home tech is coming to the US (Syndicated in USA Today)
- Dyson’s high-tech Supersonic hair dryer makes its American debut
- Jenn-Air ovens will soon do the cooking for you
- GE Built Self-Filling Water Pitchers Into Its New Fridges
- ADT Brings Security to Popular Smart Home Products
- Whirlpool Brings New Smart Appliances to the Kitchen
- New York Pushes for Safer Laundry Detergent Pods
- ASPCA Warns Pet Owners of Detergent Pod Dangers
- IBM’s Watson Supercomputer Is Now a Cookbook Author
- Periscope Users Really Want to Look Inside Your Fridge
- Photoshop Turns 25 Today, and Adobe Is Celebrating
- New York Museums Are Banning Selfie Sticks
- Study: Men Who Take Selfies May Be Psychopaths (Syndicated in USA Today College)
- This Smart Mirror Aims to Digitize the Fitting Room
- Could a Connected Cardigan Help Fight Dementia?
- Cree Takes On GE With Its Own $15 Smart Bulb
- New Insteon Hub Makes 200+ Products HomeKit Compatible
- Whirlpool Becomes Wink’s First Large Appliance Partner
- Samsung Unveils New SmartThings Hardware at CES
- Android Just Got Serious About Smartphone Photography
- The First 3D Chocolate Printer Creates Candy at Home
- Amazon Wants to Sell You Appliances, Install Them Too
- Samsung’s Smart Home Just Got a Whole Lot Smarter
- New Appliances Will Charge Your Phone in Your Pocket
- Nest Labs Acquires Smart Home Startup Revolv
- Aereo’s Not Dead: FCC May Reclassify Web TV as Cable
- Binge-Watch Nation: Americans Are Netflix Addicts
- Dear Cord Cutters, AT&T Wants You Back
- Is Verizon Planning to Disrupt Its Own TV Business?
- Jabra Puts a Personal Trainer In Your Ears (Syndicated in USA Today)
- Nest Wants Europeans to Forget It’s Owned by Google
- Set Lasers to Stun: Hisense Debuts New TV Tech
- Intel’s New M Processor Aims to Corner the Mobile Market
- We’re Live at IFA 2014!
- Sony Announces New Lineup of Phones, Tablets, Wearables
- Siemens Announces iQ700 Line of Smart Appliances
- Samsung Adds Third-Party Support, Voice Control to Smart Home System
- Smart Mannequins: Savior of Main Street Clothes Stores?
- Samsung Announces Its First 3G Smartwatch: The Gear S
- Ralph Lauren Serves Up Smart Shirt at U.S. Open
- Why Some Movie Theaters Are Encouraging Texting
- Summer Ratings Slump Should Have TV Execs Sweating
- Samsung buys SmartThings for $200 million (Syndicated in USA Today)
- Microsoft Reignites the Mac vs. PC Advertising War
- Why Some New CBS Shows Will Never Air on CBS
- Touch+ Offers a Clever Twist on Gesture Controls
- Futuristic Displays Correct Your Vision, Glasses-Free
- Meet the Foodie Startup the Internet Loves to Hate
- Whirlpool and Nest Join Forces to Take Over Your Home
- Want Dry-Aged Steak at Home? Check Out the Steaklocker
- How an Airplane Hangar Became Earth’s Biggest Camera
- Hackers Find a New Way Into Your Home: Your TV
- Honeywell’s Smart Thermostat: Cooler Than the Nest?