What does Amazon Fire do that the Apple TV doesn’t do? Google Chromecast? Roku? Sony Play Station? or even the X-Box? As a consumer you
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At Beach Street News, we love tech. We are owned by the same company that produces KühlToys so we are always looking for gadgets to make life better. Everything we find that can make life better at the beach or anywhere else for that matter we’ll share here. If you find something, tell us about it. If it makes it down the hall to KühlToys, you might get a free shirt!
What Is The Best TV Deal For 2013?
Since I am getting the same question, “what is the best TV deal”, I decided to give everyone my personal choices and some quick tips. Because
Read moreIs The Cell Phone 30 Day Trial A Good Deal?
My contract was up, and the salesman said I could try another cell phone service for 30 Days, but is that a good deal? In
Read moreBosch Ecosense Dishwasher Beeper Making You Nuts? Disable It!
Reducing electrical usage is fairly easy, although expensive. You just need to use energy star appliances like a Bosch Ecosense Dishwasher, and swap out those
Read moreHow To Watch TV Anywhere With Place Shifting WiFi Boxes or Wireless Extenders
Can you really watch TV anywhere? Well, Dish Network offers “The Hopper” so you can watch TV in any room with just one room actually
Read moreLED Retrofit Lighting to Help with Winter Electric Bills
LED Retrofit lighting has come a long way this year. Anyone who has been to my home knows I am a little bit of an
Read moreAre You Ready For A NEST? A Smart Thermostat For The Rest Of Us.
Both the generation one and generation two NEST thermostats were on display. We went for the thinner, and cooler second generation NEST. The biggest problem was the old paint around the older, and significantly larger programmable thermostat that was there.
Read moreWhat is Cinemawide TV? 21:9 is Here, Are You Ready?
Cinemawide TV at a ratio of 21:9 gets rid of the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when you watch a properly formatted Blu Ray Disc. What you see at home is what you see at the movies, no stretching and no black bars.
Read moreWindows 7 v. Windows 8 – Sinofsky leaves Microsoft? What is Happening?
Steven Sinofsky left Microsoft, and the word is he left because Windows 8 wasn’t the rocking success Steve Ballmer wanted. Reports that the lack of
Read moreMicrosoft V. Apple – Redmond comes out swinging with Windows 8
With the ho-hum release of the iPhone 5, Mini iPad and new iPad, it almost appears that Apple has once again stumbled. This happened once before when Steve Jobs left and Apple eventually entered a tailspin only to be rescued by it’s famous founder.
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