From Mobile Apps to Grocery Gadgets: Awesome Finds That Make Your Home Smarter

Domestic goddess meets computer geek with these super-smart gadgets, appliances and apps designed to make your home and family life more efficient -- and more fun! (15 Photos)

Ashli Norton on Jan 31, 2013 at 9:29AM

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From Mobile Apps to Grocery Gadgets: Awesome Finds That Make Your Home Smarter

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Battery Life Booster


“As mobile technology use grows in our homes, we will see smarter and more efficient technology solutions appear on the market,” says Patrick Chukwura, founder of mobile software company Fine & Dandy Games. Case in point: New “battery management” apps that help you assess how much juice is left in our beloved devices and even extend battery life. Battery Go! for iPhone, for example, tells you exactly how much time you have left on your phone when you get a battery level warning -- and even calculates hypothetical scenarios, so you know if you have enough power left to, say, watch a video. Android user? Try JuiceDefender, which stealthily manages the most battery-draining components of your device.

Get it now: Battery Go! for iPhone, $0.99 at itunes.apple.com, JuiceDefender, free at play.google.com

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