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Fish to be tied with the Fish Bone knotless gear tie

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Are you a paracord junkie? Do you like to use paracord for any and all situations possible? Do you find after knotting paracord, it is next to impossible to get unknotted? Well folks, knot no more with the Fish Bone Knotless Gear Tie, a KickStarter project by Brent Garcia. The Fish Bone is a small […]

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The Wedge stand also keeps your screen clean

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The Wedge from ToddyGear is a multipurpose gadget.  It’s a microfiber screen cleaner – plush on one side to clean your screen and silky on the other side to polish the screen.  It even has a antimicrobial agent to prevent growth of mold and mildew.  This little beanbag can also serve as a stand for

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SpareOnePlus adds new features to the world’s only cellphone powered by a single AA battery

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Last January, we told you about the SpareOne cellphone (see related links) that runs on a single AA battery and provides up to 10 hours talk time and 15 years standby time.  This year, the SpareOnePlus phone launches with even more features.  The Plus model adds “include a location-based service which identifies the exact location

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Firmware 5.3.3 released

Amazon today released a new firmware for their Kindle Paperwhite.  Firmware 5.3.3 can either be downloaded and manually installed or you can wait for it to come over the air if you have your Wi-fi enabled on your Paperwhite.  There’s actually no change log on the web and it’s a full OS update (rather than an

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May the beverage be with you

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Julie has reviewed the Tervis water bottle (see related links), and I have a lot of Tervis tumblers in various shapes and sizes.  They work great to keep your beverage hot or cold and prevent rings on your furniture from condensation.  Tervis has just announced a line of Star Wars designs that should please the

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Snag a copy of “Windows 8: 50 Questions and Answers You Need to Make a Decision (Normally $9.95)”

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The Windows 8: 50 Questions and Answers You Need to Make a Decision eBook, normally sells for $9.95, but it is available for free from now until Tuesday, January 22nd at midnight. With this latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 8 has introduced significant changes that are focused on enhancing user experience and supporting mobile devices/tablets.

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ON-EARZ wants you to listen with the legends

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 2012 became a year for celebrity-endorsed headphones and based on what ON-EARZ is releasing, 2013 will continue that trend. ON-EARZ is a European company known for its trendy design and marketing of headphones and other accessories. They have used the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show to announce their entry into the US market with the “Listen with

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Add thundering sound to your iPad with the Belkin Thunderstorm

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The Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theater case adds a new dimension of sound to the anemic speakers of the iPad 2 and iPad 3rd generation.  Belkin‘s new case adds quite a bit of bulk and weight to the iPad, but it also adds a full-range speaker system and a powerful sound processor designed by Audifi to

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Take your videos to the next level with the ArcSoft ShowBiz Windows 8 movie maker app

This post brought to you by Arcsoft. All opinions are 100% mine. Are you tired of your “amateur” videos?  You record your vacation memories, your child’s birthday party, or even a wedding, and it all looks somehow unfinished.  Even the grandparents are bored watching their grandkid’s star turn in the school play.  With the new ShowBiz

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Let’s get fit with the Amiigo fitness bracelet

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In keeping with my fascination with wearable fitness devices, I bring you the Amiigo fitness bracelet, which is a project currently in the funding stage on the indiegogo website. Unlike other wearable fitness wrist devices (the Nike FuelBand and Fitbit Flex), the Amiigo is a two piece fitness device; one piece  you wear on your

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Stellé Audio Clutch Bluetooth speakers for women

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This Stellé speaker adds a fashionable touch not usually seen in portable Bluetooth speakers.  Inside the Stellé Audio Clutch is a stereo pair of “proprietary (1.5”) acoustic drivers” that will connect to any Bluetooth-enabled device (range of up to 50 feet).  If you’d rather, you can connect your device to the speakers via USB or 3.5mm audio

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Perfect your appearance after the photo is taken with the Perfect365 app

This post brought to you by Arcsoft. All opinions are 100% mine. I imagine that people find themselves the subject of a lot of candid photos nowadays, because it seems everyone has a smartphone with a camera.  You no longer have to worry that you don’t look your best in candid portrait shots, because the free

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Griffin Twenty turns any speakers into AirPlay speakers

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There are new AirPlay speakers on the market weekly, but what do you do if you have nice speakers you’d like to continue to use?  With the Twenty AirPlay Digital Amplifier for AirPort Express from Griffin, you can turn any non-amplified speakers into AirPlay speakers.  The Twenty is a 2.1 channel Class D stereo amplifier

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Scosche delivers sound in a waterproof boomBOTTLE

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The portable boomBOTTLE speaker from Scosche, just introduced at CES, is a waterproof speaker that measures 2.85″ in diameter and 8.2″ long and can fit in a cupholder or the bottle cage on a bicycle.  It wirelessly connects to any smartphone or tablet capable of connecting with a Bluetooth 4.0 device with A2DP, AVRCP, HFP profiles;

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The folding bicycle helmet by Overade

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Note:  This product is actively seeking funding on a European crowd-funding site called Ulule. Bicycle helmets are a necessity for safety but a pain when you’re not actually riding your bike. When not being worn, Overade’s folding helmet folds to reduce the volume of the helmet to a third of the original size for easy storage off the

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Need a versatile iPad case and mounting system? Take a look at RokLock v3

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There are a lot of iPad cases, stands and mounts on the market today, but a company called Rokform has come out with an iPad case that allows users to combine all three. The RokLock v3 iPad case has an integrated mounting point on the case, and you can choose from several optional accessories, like

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