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CES 2024: Smart Home Insights

In 2024, CES seems to be back to where it was in 2019. This year we could feel the energy and...
Valerie and Mark AppMyHome at CES 2024

CES 2024: Our Top 20 Favorite Home Tech

Every year we visit CES it’s the same. People ask us what we saw, we say, oh not much. Nothing that...
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Time to Shop: Our 2023 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our tenth smart home holiday gift guide! We’ve been sharing our favorite home technology...
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FoodMarble AIRE 2 Review: Now Measuring Methane

Almost everyone has experienced digestive issues in their life. Bloating, constipation, diarrhea...
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CES 2023: Smart Home Insights

It’s been a few weeks since our annual trip to Las Vegas for CES 2023 and we’ve had some time to...

CES 2023: Our Top 20 Home Tech Products

This year’s CES had more than 3200 exhibitors and 115,000 attendees, far from the record but still...
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2022 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

When we first started doing our smart home holiday gift guide in 2014, the shopping season started...
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CES 2022: Top 20 Home Tech Products

We were so happy to return to Las Vegas this year to see what’s new in home technology at the...
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CES 2022: Smart Home Insights

We made it to Las Vegas for our first in-person Consumer Electronics Show since 2020. We’ve been...

2021 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our eighth annual smart home holiday gift guide. We started recommending smart home...
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CES 2021: Smart Home Insights

We’ve been heading to Las Vegas for CES for years to see the latest smart home technology. Every...

CES 2021: Top Home Tech Products

It’s hard to imagine that at this time last year, we had just returned from a week in Las...
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2020 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our 2020 smart home holiday gift guide, our seventh annual edition. AppMyHome has been...
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Peace of Mind with the KATANA Safety Wallet

Have you ever been in an uncomfortable situation and wish someone could watch over you for a few...
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Freshly Meal Service Review – Dinner on the table in 5 minutes

Fully-cooked, nutritious meals delivered to our door? Yes, please! We try the Freshly meal service...

Meal delivery services: the ultimate guide to smart cooking

We summarize our four favorite meal delivery services, for easy shopping, planning and eating at...
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Best CES 2020 Smart Home Tech

Every year we head to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to search for the best new smart...
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2019 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our 2019 smart home holiday gift guide, our sixth edition. AppMyHome has been...
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Smart Meal Delivery from Trifecta Nutrition

Meal planning has always been a challenge for us, which is why we love home meal kits. Cooking is...
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SmartPoints with Blue Apron Weight Watchers Approved Meals

We have tried and reviewed many different kinds of home meal kits over the years, but we always...
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Organic Smart Home Cooking with Sunbasket

We share our experience with Sunbasket organic meal kits. While we love to cook, we don’t love...
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Joule Home Sous Vide: Cook like a TV Chef

After admiring a lot of television chefs, we can now cook sous vide at home with the Joule by...
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Our 29 Favorite CES 2019 Smart Home Gadgets

We highlight our favorite CES smart home gadgets we are looking forward to exploring in 2019. Every...
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2018 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our fifth annual smart home holiday gift guide. Since we made our first shopping...
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Smart Home Cooking with Martha & Marley Spoon

Here at AppMyHome we love technology and we love to eat. For the last several years we have been...
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Our Smart Vitamix

As aspiring home chefs and fans of Top Chef and other cooking shows, we have been coveting a...
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2017 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our fourth annual smart home holiday gift guide. As we reflect on the past year, it...
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Smart Home Cooking Challenge: Blue Apron

Update April 18, 2020: We did this meal kit comparison in 2017. Read our latest summary of meal...

Smart Home Cooking with Terra’s Kitchen

Update April 17, 2020: Terra’s Kitchen filed for bankruptcy in September 2019. Check out our...
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Smart Home Cooking with Home Chef

Update April 17, 2020: We reviewed Home Chef in 2015. Read our most recent meal service comparison...

2016 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our third annual smart home holiday gift guide. As we get ready to start our fourth year...

Smart Home 2015 Holiday Wish List

Now that we have recommended holiday gifts, it’s time to think about our own smart home holiday...

2015 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to our second annual smart home holiday gift guide. 2015 has been a big year for DIY home...
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Smart Home Cooking with Blue Apron

Update April 17, 2020: This was our first review of Blue Apron on our site. See our 2020 Meal Kit...

Smart Home Cooking with Plated

Update April 17, 2020: As of November 26, 2019, Plated no longer ships meal kits. If you’d...

Smart Home Cooking with Hello Fresh

Update April 17, 2020: We reviewed Hello Fresh in 2015. Read our latest meal service...
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Smart Home Cooking with Din

Update April 17, 2020: Din shut down their service in 2016. Read our latest meal service...

2014 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide

  Home automation is hotter than ever this holiday season. If you are looking to surprise that...

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