Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.

To change the Wi-Fi network on an Amazon Echo, you need to open the Alexa app on your phone or tablet. Jim Rossman / TNS This week we help my mom. She did some research and found out she could save ...