Several companies sell modules that you can plug in between the wall outlet and your device to monitor how much power it uses. That’s great, but you can monitor energy usage by plugging your device directly into the Outlink wall outlet. Outlink replaces your current wall outlet. The bottom socket is standard, and the top […]
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It’s not Qi, but the juice pack dock from mophie does charge your iPhone and its juice pack battery case without plugging in a cable. Just drop the iPhone (wearing its juice pack) into the dock, and the pins in the bottom of the dock mate up with charging points on the bottom of the
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We told you about some expensive Tory Burch jewelry holders for your Fitbit Flex. They cost more than the Fitbit did, and not everyone is going to want to pay that much to pretty up their Flex tracker. If you like girly accessories, you might like the Fitness Band Bling Accessory jewelry I found at
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Have you wanted to try your hand at writing a program for the iPhone or iPad, but you don’t know how to get started? One simple, inexpensive way to get your toes wet with Apple’s new Swift programming language is with the Swifty app. You’ll learn to program for the iOS platform with Swift right
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Nomad based the design for the NomadKey USB charging cable for the Pebble Original smart watch on a key. Since you always have your keys with you when you’re out, why not have a key-sized charger on the keyring? It won’t feel like you are carrying anything extra, but you’ll have a tough, flexible charging
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My husband has the Cocoon SLIM backpack, and he uses it daily. It’s become his favorite gear bag because it’s comfortable to wear on his back even when loaded down with his 15″ work MacBook, his iPad, and various papers, cables, chargers, and other gear. Now, Cocoon is making the SLIM backpack available in a
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If he were still with us, Leonard Nimoy would have been 84 years old yesterday. If you are one of the many fans of Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Spock, you might want to pay tribute to both of them with this beautiful necklace. The pendant looks like a hand held in the “Live Long and
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I’ve mentioned before that my husband shaves with a vintage double-edged razor, and that I created a kit with his shaving gear and other toiletries for when he travels. (Check the links at the end of this review to read more about his travel kit.) In the past, men had elaborate travel kits with fittings
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Tokyoflash Japan’s latest watch is the Kisai Satellite X Wood LED Watch. The watch has a custom-designed dark sandalwood case with a protective clear coating and a dark mineral crystal lens. Time is displayed on three interlocking rings that are read from top to bottom. The display has a backlight, and there’s an animation mode
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We recently told you that Ikea has announced a line of furniture and lamps with built-in Qi chargers. What about people who don’t use Qi charging? We want nice things, too! Well, Hammacher Schlemmer has a Device Charging End Table that has a built-in charging station for those of us who still need to cable
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There are multitudes of ways you can personalize Apple’s watch to suit your style with just the available cases and bands that Apple offers, but you’ll still know there are going to be multitudes of people out there with a watch just like yours. With Casetify, you can get watch bands with stylish designs curated by
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Do you spend a lot of time in areas that lack cellular service? If you do, you can supplement your cell phone with SPOT. Anytime you find yourself in a remote (or not so remote) area without a usable cellular signal, you can pair your phone to the SPOT device via Bluetooth and “get connected to
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These Lexar JumpDrive M10 Secure USB 3.0 flash drives have a little eInk screen on the front that constantly show you the amount of free space left in the drive. Because they are USB 3.0 drives, they are up to 4x faster (up to 100MB/s read and 55MB/s write) than USB 2.0 drives. Your data is
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For some reason, ThinkGeek calls this the Smartphone Kit of Perpetual Cleaning. It’s not just for cleaning smartphones, though. You can clean any of your devices with delicate glass parts, such as your camera lenses, as well as binoculars, telescopes, microscopes, and even your glasses and sunglasses. The kit includes 12 disposable lens cleaners, Dust
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Washing clothes can make the fabric pill and the colors fade. Dry cleaning your clothes is costly and inconvenient. Of course, you need cleaned clothes, so what do you do? You could use the SWASH Express Clothing Care System instead. Hang one or two items in the SWASH, insert a SWASH Pod, and your clothes
Stop washing your clothes. SWASH them instead! Read More