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The SquiggleFish iPad app combines drawing on paper and iPad apps to entertain your child. Your child draws and colors a fish on a piece of plain paper, then uses the iPad’s camera to scan it in to the SquiggleFish app. The app then animates the fish, making it seem to come to life. It’s […]
Your child is an animator with the SquiggleFish app for iPad Read More
Kensington has announced a full line of accessories for the Samsung Galaxy S4, including 2 Aluminium Finish Cases and 2 Gel Cases. The red and blue cases that you see above are their new Aluminium Finish Cases. They feature a polycarbonate hardshell with a stylish aluminium finish that resists smudges. These cases keep your SGS4
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One of the perks of a charcoal grill is the charred taste that comes from the searing heat of the coals. The most annoying part of a charcoal grill is waiting for the coals to heat up. With the BBQ Dragon, your wait time is reduced to a mere ten minutes. The BBQ Dragon clips
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WaterField Designs wants to help you keep your brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 protected and scratch-free with their 3 new custom sized case-wallet hybrids. They can be used as a slim, on-the-go wallet that holds your phone plus cash and cards. Hint Wallet—For on the go. See and operate your S4 through the Hint window. A
WaterField Designs unveils 3 new Samsung Galaxy S4 cases Read More
With Mother’s Day only one week away, here are some sites to check out if your mom happens to enjoy gadgets and tech. Hammacher Schlemmer – Check out their Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2013 with free shipping on $99+ with code: HSFREE. Hurry, offer ends soon! ThinkGeek – No thinking is required because they’ve done
Mother’s Day shopping ideas for your gadget lovin momma Read More
Tokyoflash Japan has two new watches that reuse a couple of old face designs. The design change lies with the cases and bands. The Kisai Stencil watch (top) has a blue, red, or mirror LCD face with a maple wood case and white leather band or a sandalwood face and black leather band. The Kisai
Tokyoflash wooden watches Read More
Do you still carry around a dedicated point and shoot camera, or are you one of the many people who now use their mobile device as their every day camera? If you answered yes to that question and your mobile device happens to be the Samsung Galaxy Note II, you might be interested in the
Turtleback has launched the TurtleShell for Samsung Galaxy Note II Read More
You don’t have a smart TV, but you have a lot of videos on your hard disk or videos online that you’d like to watch on a bigger screen. If you plug a PLAiR dongle into an HDMI port on your TV, you’ll be able to beam content wirelessly to your TV. You’ll need to
Beam videos from your phone, tablet, or computer to your HDTV with PLAiR Read More
Remember in the old days when you had to walk barefoot 5 miles to school in the winter and all you had to protect your smartphone’s display was a junky flimsy plastic screen protector with bubbles under it? Those days are gone forever my friends. Today people are moving to glass screen protectors, which are
Protect your mobile device’s display with glass Read More
I know there will be some folks out there who, like me, still remember when leisure suits were cool, disco was the rage, and Pan Am ruled the air. And like me, we long for the simpler times when flying was a pleasant adventure and not a mundane task. Those days may never be back,
Relive that golden age of air travel with the Pan Am 70’s Original Vintage-Style Tote Bag Read More
You have the latest generation of the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch. You also have a collection of expensive 30-pin speakers, docks, or other accessories that you want to continue using. You can use a Lightning adapter to make the old accessory compatible with the new iOS device, but there’s still one big
PhotoFast Lightning Mount lets you safely use your old 30-pin accessories Read More
Until now, it has seemed like the iPhone was the only smartphone with metal cases and rails available from different makers. That’s changed with the Metallo Designer cases from V-Moda, who has been known for their headphones and amps. The Metallo cases have been designed to be used as a standalone case or to work with
V-Moda Metallo Designer cases – Armor for the Samsung Galaxy S3 Read More
You can now use your computer’s camera to read and enter an iTunes gift card code. This only works on Apple computers, and it’s not available (yet?) on iOS devices. You just log into your iTunes account on your Mac, select the Redeem option, and you’ll see the redemption page shown above. It only works
Apple makes it easier to redeem iTunes gift cards Read More
Now you can safely enjoy breakfast in bed while reading the newspaper on your iPad. The Kikkerland iPad iBed Stand looks like a lapdesk with a padded bottom, but it has a slot that acts as an iPad stand. You can use the rest of the desk to hold your Sunday breakfast, papers, or even
iPad iBed stand let’s you enjoy breakfast in bed with your tablet Read More
The sCharger-12 USB Solar Charger from SunTactics isn’t like most solar chargers on the market. It uses “mono-crystalline solar cells, the most efficient solar cell technology of the 21st century” instead of the plastic panels and weak solar cells used in other chargers. It doesn’t charge up a battery, because those will quickly die after
Charge two devices at once with the sCharger-12 solar charger Read More
The YP-9304 CREE 5-Mode White Diving Flashlight will laugh at any rainstorm you find yourself in, because this flashlight has been designed to operate up to 40 meters underwater! It has a black anodized aluminum body, one XM-L cool-white emitter, and produces 500 lumens. Operating modes are high, medium, low, slow strobe, and SOS. A
Here’s an LED flashlight that you can use underwater Read More
I love to be away from the world at times. Whether I am at the beach, up in the mountains, or just hanging outside, I always have my phone with me. The thought of being ‘green’ and being able to keep my devices charged when I am out on the go made me take interest
Charge your devices without an outlet with a Folding USB Solar Cell Read More
Do you own a camera? Do you use a sling-style shoulder strap to carry that camera instead of an old-fashioned neck strap? Are you tired of screwing on and off the attachment loop to mount your camera to a tripod? The Fusion Plate camera accessory Kickstarter project may just be your solution. It’s a dual-purpose camera
The Fusion Plate – two camera accessories in one package Read More
In my recent How to prevent your child from making in-app purchases on your iPad article, I mentioned that Apple should make it possible to restrict access to only certain apps for kids. Little did I know that there was already a way to lock a user into only a single app. Combine this feature with blocking
Here’s the Kid Mode for iOS devices that I mentioned earlier Read More
The Raffinato Color-Block bags come in three sizes to meet your EDC needs. Like all bags from Levenger, they are made of beautiful leather. These are made of softly-textured, full-grain Italian leather in shades of sienna, dune, and caramel; the interior is lined in faille. The Raffinato Color-Block Satchel (top, left; click for a larger view) is 16″ W
Raffinato Color-Block bags carry your tech gear in style Read More