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Your feet will feel the Force in these Star Wars socks

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Start your day off on the right foot with a pair of Star Wars socks from Stance. Available by the pair, 3 pair sets and in box sets with 13 pairs, these socks feature all your favorite characters from the Star Wars series. Featuring terry loop construction in the forefoot, heel, and toe for cushioning, […]

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Audioengine expands its HD series with the HD3 Wireless Music System

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It’s easy to make great speakers—at a cost. And it’s easy to make affordable speakers—at the expense of audio quality. Yet, Audioengine manages to achieve both of these objectives repeatedly. And they’ve done it again with the new HD3 Wireless Music System. “Classic speaker design with no plastic, full stereo sound, whole-house wireless and no

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The Sugr Cube Alexa enabled speaker has some sweet baked in features

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The Sugr Cube is a 4 inch portable speaker with Spotify Connect, AirPlay and Amazon’s Alexa services built into an attractive WiFi wood speaker that can play music for up to 24 hours with its built-in 6000 mAh Li-Ion rechargeable battery. The Sugr Cube has 4GB of storage for hundreds of songs and has been

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Starting today you can check out Verizon’s exclusive “Rogue One” – Star Wars 360 experience

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This just in from Verizon: As part of their collaboration with the highly anticipated film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Verizon invites consumers to view Rogue One™: Recon – A Star Wars™ 360 created by Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB. The in-store content is a short, immersive 360 experience available exclusively at 1,400 Verizon stores across the

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Smart Nora is a snoring solution that might make your partner stop hating you

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I don’t snore, but I live and sleep with someone who does… or who used to. I dealt with interrupted sleep for years which made me grumpy and resentful to the person I cared about most in the world. I often thought about using a pillow to smother her during the night… just kidding… ok,

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ROLI BLOCKS is a modular system that lets anyone make music

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If you’ve ever wanted to create music but felt you didn’t have the aptitude or ability to play a physical instrument, the BLOCKS system from ROLI looks like a simple and fun way to make your dreams come true without needing a huge budget. ROLI BLOCKS is a scalable music creation system that connects together

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Braven hits a triple with new wireless speakers

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I stopped trying to keep up with Braven ages ago. Just when you think this prolific portable speaker company couldn’t come up with any more speakers—Wham! They deliver a completely new line of speakers. I’m surprised, but I shouldn’t be. Lately, Braven has been concentrating on the outdoor market by offering tough and waterproof, yet

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Belkin’s new Boost Up wireless charger juices 3 times faster than 5W chargers

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I really like my Nexus 6P, but I sure do wish it had wireless charging capability. USB Type-C charging is fast, but I miss the convenience of dropping my phone on a wireless charging pad like Belkin’s new Boost Up wireless charging pad. The Boost Up’s 15W transmitter coil can charge smartphones up to 3

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This Bluetooth speaker from FABRIQ also offers Alexa voice control fun

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Anything that the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot can do, FABRIQ can do too. FABRIQ is a standalone Bluetooth speaker that comes in three eye-catching colors. The speaker is Wifi enabled for multi-room streaming, offers 5 hours of play time per charge and has Alexa-enabled features. When you tap the mic button, you can ask

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Lifeprint turns your printed snapshots into Harry Potter-esque living prints

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Lifeprint is a small printer that is similar to the Polaroid ZIP printer that I reviewed last year. It uses Bluetooth to pair to your smartphone and the same type of ZINK thermal photo paper like the Polaroid ZIP printer. But that’s where the similarities end because the Lifeprint instant photo printer can print videos

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SCOSCHE’s new MagicMount Wall Charger gets the clutter off the counter

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The Scosche MagicMount Wall Charger is designed as a neater way to charge your mobile device in the kitchen where wall outlets are normally much higher on the wall above countertops. Instead of setting your phone on the counter where it and the attached cable can get in the way of cooking, the Scosche 12W

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If you’re an early shopper, Amazon has you covered

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I know that Halloween just ended and it’s only the beginning of November, but major retailers are already revealing their upcoming Black Friday deals. Don’t kill the messenger folks, it’s just the way it is 🙂 If you’re one of those early shopper types, you can head over to Amazon and check out their 2016

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Adventure Scents add real smells to your next live role playing game session

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I’m going to admit something right now that I’m not proud of… Ready? OK, here goes. I haven’t played a live role playing game before. That’s right, I have never played D&D games. Before you remove several points from my geek cred score, you have to remember, that I’m female and back when I was

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The minds behind the Misfit Shine create new dimensioning gadget

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Hot on the heels of Misfit’s jump into the smartwatch arena, they are now branching out with a new company called InstruMMents that has just unveiled their first product, the 01. Not exactly the most clever name I’ve heard for a first product, but the product itself does look pretty clever. The O1 is a

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