Back in 1993, a band of Cambridge University students one of the first-ever public web cams to answer one of civilized man’s oldest questions: Is there any coffee left?

TomTom has the edge in terms of map accuracy and traffic information repeatedly besting Waze and other services. But many drivers will turn to free smartphones alternatives anyway.

Functional and far smarter than your old smoke detector, the Nest Protect is back -- minus the gesture recognition. But more work is still need to make the smart home truly brilliant.

Exploring new routes to keep its portable navigation devices relevant in a world of smartphones and free maps, Magellan has added a new twist to its RoadMate 6230-LM: a built-in dashcam. It won’t help you find your way home, but it may help you prove the next fender bender wasn’t your fault. The $230 device […]

Emerson joins the growing ranks of Nest competitors with the Sensi, a no-nonsense remote-controlled thermostat that offers basic functionality and remote control at a very attractive price.

Honeywell’s Lyric mimics the Nest with smart thermostat features like automatically turning off the heat when you’re away and showing the weather forecast, but can it outdo the original?

Chamberlain's MyQ Garage turns your phone into a remote control for your garage door, a simple feature you’ll quickly come to appreciate.

The $199 Schlage Camelot Residential Electronic Door Lever looks like an ordinary programmable keypad lock but has a neat twist: Using an Android or iOS app, you can see the status of the door and lock or unlock it remotely.

Rarely can one say of a consumer electronics product, especially one as pedestrian and notoriously convoluted as a programmable thermostat, that its installation procedure is a thing of beauty. But that is exactly what Nest has accomplished.