Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

I’ve been working with computers for ages, starting with a multi-year stint in purchasing for a major IBM reseller in New York City before eventually landing at PCMag (back when it was still in print ...

Early on, SimpliSafe established itself as the best DIY, self-monitored home security option on the market. Not content with that accomplishment, the company has spent the last couple of years turning ...

SimpliSafe’s user-friendly equipment and competitive pricing make it our top pick for a home security system. NerdWallet is committed to editorial integrityMany or all of the products on this page are ...

Home security systems—once the exclusive domain of high-priced professional installers—have never been more affordable, and the hardware and software is simpler, more intuitive, and easier to set up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While home security companies can seem alike in many ways, there are set parameters that can be used as a basis for one-to-one ...

I’ve tested a lot of stuff in my time – TVs, Christmas trees, vacuums designed for ease – but few things have stuck around like my SimpliSafe home security system. Halloween consistently brings a jump ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...