If you’re thinking of making your home a bit smarter and a bit more secure, one of the best first upgrades to make is to install a video doorbell. Not only do video doorbells help you feel a lot more secure in your home, they also have the added benefit of reducing crime in entire neighborhoods as thieves are more easily identified and subsequently caught.

One of the newest video doorbells is the Nest Hello, which was recently launched by Google’s Nest team back in March of this year.

If you’ve installed a video doorbell before, Nest installation should be very [...]

For real estate agents and property managers, Master Lock is about to help you take your job into the 21st century. According to their latest announcement, Master Lock’s new 5440D and 5441D lock boxes are Bluetooth enabled which will allow users to program and access the lock box using a simple Bluetooth connection to their smartphone.

The new lockboxes, which come either in the portable lock box form factor (Model 5440D) or the wall mount lock box form factor (Model 5441D) will interface work like a normal lock box however, will also be able to interface with Master Lock’s Vault eLocks app, allowing the user to precisely control when to share access, [...]