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Gorilla Conferencing Offers Audio, Web and Video Conferencing at Great Rates

By Janet Cloninger / May 5, 2012 / News / Leave a Comment

This post brought to you by Gorilla Conferencing. All opinions are 100% mine. Conference calls are a great way for businesses to reduce travel costs, but sometimes you still need to be face-to-face with customers for presentations or with other employees for team collaboration. With Gorilla Conferencing services, you’ll be able to make audio or web and […]

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B&W P3 Headphones Are Built for Commuting

By Bill Henderson / May 5, 2012 / News / Audio, Video, TV, Headphones, iOS / Leave a Comment

Bowers and Wilkins are known for their very good – and very expensive – audio speakers. In recent years,they have aggressively ventured into the world of iDevices with the Zeppelin Air, P5 headphones and C5 earphones (see related links for our reviews). However, most people will never pay $300 for the P5 headphones, no matter

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IPee Address iOS App – When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go.

By Elizabeth Daugherty / May 5, 2012 / News / Apps, iOS / 9 Comments

There is nothing worse than being in downtown San Francisco (or downtown anywhere) and you can’t find a public bathroom. Forget about the small shops or stores that won’t let you use theirs or require you to buy a cookie or a latte in order to get a special code to use theirs. IPee Address

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HDTV-Support Multimedia Player from Gadget4All

By Janet Cloninger / May 4, 2012 / News / Audio, Video, TV, HDTV, multimedia / Leave a Comment

The HDTV-Support Multimedia Player from Gadget4All doesn’t connect to any online media services, but it will let you play your own media from CF, SD, MS, and XD data cards, hard drives, or flash drives with no computer and no internet connection required. It supports a variety of formats for video (in HD / PAL /

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Beoplay A3 iPad Adaptive Stereo Dock for iPad

By Janet Cloninger / May 4, 2012 / News / Audio, Video, TV, iOS, iPad / Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for a speaker dock that’s sure to cost more than your iPad, look no further than the Beoplay A3 from Bang & Olufsen. The Beoplay A3 is made of ABS plastic and aluminum; it comes with rubber collars to work with any iPad. It’s a 2.1 stereo system with three 0.5″ tweeters

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CDW Teaches You How to Protect Against the Seven Identified Threats to Your Company’s Data

By Janet Cloninger / May 4, 2012 / News / 1 Comment

This post brought to you by CDW. All opinions are 100% mine. Your company’s computer and networking infrastructure contains not only information vital to your business and its financial health, it also contains personal and financial information about your employes and customers, too. Protecting all this information is impossible when you haven’t identified all the

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Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio – Harness the Sun

By Ian Lim / May 4, 2012 / News / iOS, iPad, iPad case, iPad keyboard case / 3 Comments

The Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio not only protects both the front and back of your new iPad or iPad 2 but also gives you a solar-powered Bluetooth keyboard. It’s powered by light, even low-light and lamp light. Based on an average usage of 2 hours a day, when fully charged the keyboard is reported to last

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May the 4th Be With You! Free Pit Droids for iOS!

By Andy Jacobs / May 4, 2012 / News / Apps, iOS, Star Wars / Leave a Comment

May the 4th Be With You! A happy Star Wars Day, I wish you! To celebrate this Star Wars Day, Star Wars Pit Droids is free to download this weekend from the iTunes App Store. A fun little game it is. And for free—try it, you should. Enjoy it, you just might! Hmm, yes!

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Simple, Elegant HAND Stylus is Loaded with Subtle Features

By Andy Jacobs / May 3, 2012 / News / Android, iOS, Styluses, Tablets, Ultra Portables / Leave a Comment

With all the touchscreen devices being introduced, it seems like every day a new stylus appears. Well, here’s another. The HAND Stylus is a new Kickstarter project that boasts the “world’s smallest tip, a mere 4mm in diameter, plus a host of other features that set it apart from all other styluses.” With the knurled

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Plug Battery Charger for Apple Devices

By Janet Cloninger / May 3, 2012 / News / Batteries and Chargers, iOS / 1 Comment

The Plug Battery Charger from MollaSpace is the most whimsical external battery I’ve seen. The exterior looks like a typical US-style wall plug, but there’s an 800mAh lithium-ion battery inside to keep your Apple devices powered up while you’re away from a wall outlet. It delivers 5.2V-750mA. The Plug Battery Charger can charge an iPod

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iControlPad Bluetooth Gaming Controller for Smartphones and Tablets

By Janet Cloninger / May 3, 2012 / News / Android, Bluetooth, Game controllers, Gaming Gear, iOS, Tablets, Ultra Portables / Leave a Comment

Gaming on smartphones and tablets is increasingly popular, but the proliferation of stick-on joysticks would indicate that people miss the tactile feed back of a physical controller. The iControlPad goes beyond a simple stick-on joystick and adds a full controller to your smartphone. The controller has “dual analogue nubs, digital D-Pad, 6 face buttons and

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Jawbone’s BIG JAMBOX is Well, Bigger

By Bill Henderson / May 3, 2012 / News / Audio, Video, TV, Speaker / Leave a Comment

Jawbone’s Bluetooth Jambox Smartspeaker is a miracle. Hearing this tiny speaker (and also Soundmatter’s FoxL – on which the Jambox is based) for the first time will quite literally make your jaw drop. So will the price: $200. That’s a lot for a portable speaker of any size, much less one that is only six

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Cooler Master’s ARC Stand for Your Macbook Pro or iPad

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 2, 2012 / News / iOS, iPad, Laptops and Gear, Macbook, Stand / 2 Comments

The Cooler Master ARC stand helps you tidy your desktop by placing your Macbook Pro in a space-saving vertical orientation when you’re using an external display, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals. When you’re not using the ARC with your MBP, you can use it with your iPad. A smaller slot will hold the tablet in

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Satechi Announces the Divoom iBase Dock Station with Stereo Sound for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

By Janet Cloninger / May 2, 2012 / News / Apps, Audio, Video, TV, Docking speakers, iOS / 1 Comment

The new Divoom iBase Dock Station for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad from Satechi can charge your Apple iOS device. It has four full-range neodymium dynamic drivers inside to deliver high quality audio for music playback. The Divoom is round, with a 6.25″ diameter. A small vertical support near the 30-pin connector keeps your iOS

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Koss Striva Wireless Earphones

By Ian Lim / May 2, 2012 / News / Audio, Video, TV, Headphones, WiFi / 2 Comments

From Koss, the Striva offers an ultra compact WiFi earpiece solution. Using WiFi (not Bluetooth), the earpieces can be used to stream internet radio stations directly to the headphones, using the Content Access Point (CAP) stream from you smartphone, tablet or MP3 player. Or you can use them as standard headphones by plugging them into any

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Verbatim’s New Store ‘n’ Go V3 USB 3.0 Drive Transfers Data Up to 2 Times Faster Than USB

By Janet Cloninger / May 2, 2012 / News / Computer Gear, Flash Memory, Gear, Laptops and Gear, USB 3.0 / 4 Comments

If your computer has a USB 3.0 port, you’ll want a USB drive that can take advantage of the increased speed. Verbatim has just released the new Store ‘n’ Go V3 USB 3.0 Drive that’s just what you need, with “10 times faster transfer rate than earlier generation USB 2.0 ports”. Available in 8-64 GB

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LeafSnap App: Poison Ivy or Just Ivy

By Elizabeth Daugherty / May 2, 2012 / News / Apps, iOS, Nature, Plants / 9 Comments

Leafsnap is a new iOS application that is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves,

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Add a Handset to Your Smartphone with the Solo Travel

By Janet Cloninger / May 1, 2012 / News / Android, Health and fitness, iOS / 1 Comment

I don’t find cellphones or smartphones especially comfortable to hold for my marathon phone calls with my friend Leah or my husband while he’s away on a business trip. I purchased the iClooly Phonestand and use that wired handset when I’m making long calls. The Solo Travel handset from Native Union would be great for

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Forget Bluetooth Keyboards. Try a Wired Keyboard With Your iPad

By Janet Cloninger / May 1, 2012 / News / iOS, Keyboard / 3 Comments

I’ve been trying to find the perfect keyboard case for the iPad and realized that the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and a stand is actually my perfect solution for the iPad. Macally has something I hadn’t considered – a wired keyboard for the iPad. The iKEY30 Keyboard for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is a full-sized

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