For the past 10 years, IFTTT (If This, Then That) has been offering a free service that lets you connect cloud services using recipes. For example, I used it to dump my daily Fitbit stats into a Google Spreadsheet for a few years. But now IFTTT is going Pro, which means that after October 7th, […]
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Amazon’s new eero mesh WiFi system sells for $99 and up
The latest version of Amazon’s eero mesh WiFi system is the most affordable to date: a single router sells for $99. But like any mesh networking system, the idea is that you can use multiple devices throughout your home to ensure a stronger signal. While Amazon says a single eero route can cover up to […]
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Daily Deals (9-06-2019)
Eero was one of the first players in the mesh WiFi space, and while there’s a lot of competition these days, the company (now owned by Amazon) continues to offer a line of well-regarded whole-home WiFi solutions. They ain’t cheap though. List prices start at $299 for a 2-piece system. Amazon’s currently running a sale […]
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Amazon is buying mesh networking startup eero
Pretty much every major company that makes consumer routers has gotten into the mesh WiFi business over the past few years. But a startup called eero one of the first companies to posit the idea that you’d get better WiFi coverage in your house if you used a system of up to three routers instead […]
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Eero upgrades its Mesh networking solutions, offers subscription-based security
Mesh networking is all the rage in the WiFi router market right now. Instead of buying a single router and searching desperately for the best place to position it in your house, the idea is to let you buy a couple of devices that you can place throughout a home to blanket a space in […]
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Deals of the Day (2-24-2017)
Mesh networking is the latest trend in home WiFi routers. If a single router fails to blanket your house with wireless internet access, then you might want to consider picking up a system that lets you place two or three stations around your home to cover hard-to-reach places. One of the first big players in the […]