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Best of TechHive Apr 27, 2017 Best DVR for cord cutters TiVo Roamio OTA vs. Tablo vs. Channel Master vs. HDHomeRun with Plex: None are ideal, but one might work for you. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Amazon wants to put a smart, Alexa-powered camera in your bedroom with Echo Look • Local channels in streaming bundles: Why they're hard to get, and how that's changing • Notion Home Awareness Starter Kit review: Smarter sensors, but limited control • Petnet SmartFeeder review: Robot pet feeder meets smartphone app with mostly good results • Tropic Thunder joins 12 other great movies now streaming online • Grillbot grill-cleaning robot review: The best thing to happen to barbecues since fire • New Chrome feature lets you watch Chromecast holdouts like Amazon Video on your TV • OK Google, let's get personal • Sling TV expands its Cloud DVR 'First Look' to Apple TV • Google cooks up a tasty update to Home with step-by-step recipe instructions • Apple's first original series, Carpool Karaoke, delayed to later this year White Paper: Schneider Electric IT Addressing Cyber Security Concerns of Data Center Remote Monitoring Platforms Digital remote monitoring services provide real-time monitoring and data analytics for data center physical infrastructure systems. These modern cloud-based platforms offer the promise of reduced downtime, reduced mean time to recovery (MTTR), less operations overhead, as well as improved energy efficiency for power and cooling systems. Read More ▶ Amazon wants to put a smart, Alexa-powered camera in your bedroom with Echo Look The $200 Echo Look contains a hands-free, LED-lit camera that will take photos on command and analyze the stylishness of your outfit. Read More ▶ Local channels in streaming bundles: Why they're hard to get, and how that's changing More details on local stations coming to streaming bundles like DirecTV Now and PlayStation Vue. Read More ▶ Notion Home Awareness Starter Kit review: Smarter sensors, but limited control This unconventional smart home system lets you know what's going on in your house, but you'll need other hardware do anything about it. Read More ▶ Petnet SmartFeeder review: Robot pet feeder meets smartphone app with mostly good results Petnet's SmartFeeder will store your pet's food, automatically dispense it on schedule, and mostly keep you in the loop. Read More ▶ Tropic Thunder joins 12 other great movies now streaming online Smart and entertaining, this week's new and notable streaming movies cross all types of genres. Read More ▶ Grillbot grill-cleaning robot review: The best thing to happen to barbecues since fire Technology relieves mankind of yet another unpleasant task. Read More ▶ New Chrome feature lets you watch Chromecast holdouts like Amazon Video on your TV Services like Amazon Video that don't support the Chromecast are now watchable thanks to this experimental Chrome browser feature. Read More ▶ OK Google, let's get personal A hotly anticipated upgrade to Google Home will let users train the company's virtual assistant to recognize different voices and provide personalized responses to each person. Read More ▶ Sling TV expands its Cloud DVR 'First Look' to Apple TV For $5 per month, Sling TV subscribers get 50 hours of DVR storage in the cloud. The beta 'First Look' service just landed on another major platform, Apple TV. Read More ▶ Google cooks up a tasty update to Home with step-by-step recipe instructions An update rolling out to Google Home this week will let you get step-by-step instructions for more than 5 million recipes from Bon Appétit, the New York Times, Food Network, and others. Read More ▶ Apple's first original series, Carpool Karaoke, delayed to later this year Apple is venturing into TV shows, but its first effort has been postponed. Read More ▶ White Paper: Schneider Electric IT Benefits and Drawbacks of Prefabricated Modules for Data Centers This white paper compares the cost of both scenarios, presents the advantages and disadvantages of each, and identifies which environments can best leverage the facility module approach. Read More ▶

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