On March 5th, Apple announced the download of their 25 billionth app from the App store. Evolving over about 4 years, the App store has more than 550,000 apps on offer in 123 countries to more than 315 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. The 25 billionth app downloaded ? Where’s My Water? downloaded by Chunli […]
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I’ve been wearing Tevas for many years now (in fact one pair I’ve literally been wearing for many years), and nothing beats them for comfort and practicality in the outdoors. Mark Thatcher, inventor of the Teva sports sandal has just release the Sazzi footwear range. Based on the footwear worn by the Anasazi , ancestors
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Sena makes a full line of iPad 2 cases – the two reviewed here are a “basic sleeve” design, the Ultraslim (Smartcover), and a more substantial “box” design, the Kutu. Both claim to work with an Apple smart cover in place, but in actual use only the Kutu really delivers on that promise. Both cases
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Brando is offering the iDroid, the latest entry in the MIDbot series. This robot has 9 motors that allow it to move body parts, box, launch missiles, and even walk in a “humanoid walking model.” Instead of a remote controller, you download a free app to your iOS or Android device and connect to iDroid
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Scholastic Books have released reading app and ebookstore for children. The Storia app is available for Windows and for iPad, and it comes with five free ebooks and access to the Scholastic ebook store. Books have been carefully curated into age-appropriate groups, so you’ll know what’s right for your child. Storia has a built-in dictionary
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Got a Mac with the new Thunderbolt port? Then Elgato’s Thunderbolt Solid State Drive is the perfect accessory to plug into it. This portable port-powered solid state drive goes at speeds of 270 MB/s. That transfer rate is blazingly fast compared to the slow 35 MB/s that USB 2.0 gives or the 80 MB/s that
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Japanese designer Patrick Sung offers a solution to packing all those oddly shaped parcels. Using square or rectangular boxes means using lots of packing and stuffing, but Sung’s Universal Packaging System or UPACKS uses recyclable corrugated cardboard with triangle perforations, making it easy to wrap your package while still maintaining structural integrity. Not sure if it’s
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Julie asked the Gadgeteer Kid and me if we would like to do a joint review of the Nintendo 3DS portable gaming system. As many of you may know, the 3DS is Nintendo‘s latest and greatest handheld gaming device. Not being a video game player at all, I agreed with a bit of hesitation hoping
Julie reviewed the leather Muzetto bag some time ago; now WaterField Designs have updated the line with the Muzetto Outback in five sizes. The Outback version is made of waxed canvas that’s going to develop more character as the bag is used. Waxed canvas was originally developed for water-proofing sailing garments, and it brings a
This post brought to you by Scotts®. All opinions are 100% mine. Winter takes a toll on your landscaping. My own front yard is brown, patchy, and weedy. I love a beautiful lawn, but doing all the maintenance necessary to make it lush and green is messy work. Even if you have a spreader, you
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The SlimScan SS100 from PlanOn is a receipt scanner that’s small enough to fit in a credit card slot in your wallet. This 300 dpi, 24-bit color scanner is only 2.0″ X 3.1″ X 0.12″, and it can scan JPG images 2.75″ wide X up to 36″ long. It’s great for scanning business receipts for
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Winner of the Popular Science Best of Toy Fair 2102, TheO Ball from Physical Apps encases your smartphone in a large foam ball, and special apps allows players to have an entertaining movement-based experience, all while protecting your phone, the players and their surroundings. Current games are Bowling, Hot Potato and Interrogo a “socially interactive game”, and the games
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So you read our previous review of the LandAirSea SilverCloud GPS real-time tracking unit (see related posts at the bottom of this review), and you want something SMALLER and easier without the hassle of recharging batteries? Say hello to the Live Trac EZ from LiveViewGPS. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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In her article about journaling, Julie has mentioned Rhodia notebooks. Their iconic orange and black covers are undoubtedly familiar to many, especially those of us who love school and office supplies. In addition to their bound notebooks, Rhodia also offers spiral-bound notebooks and pads of paper. The Rhodia Clic Bloc Mouse Pad / Note Pad
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At our house, a mission to complete Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars on the Wii has been undertaken by my son and me, with assistance from my daughter (Mom’s not so into it). As you might imagine, this tends to drain a lot of Wii controller batteries. Rather than waste a small fortune
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Ok gadgeteers, it’s official, the new iPad was announced today by Apple. And that’s exactly what they are calling it too. The “new iPad”. Not the iPad 2S, iPad 3 or the iPad HD. Just the new iPad. Oh well, it’s just a name right? It’s the features that matter… Hardware Features: 4G LTE for
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The Billet Dock is another Kickstarter project. The Billet Dock, from Tracmac Engineering, is machined from a single piece of aerospace-grade aluminum, and it will be available in a glass bead-blasted finish (like Apple’s MacBook Pros) or anodized red, black, pink, or a limited-edition lime green. It will be available as an iPhone dock, an
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It seems more and more gadgets, although they may have a wall wart, are ultimately USB-chargeable. Replace a normal AC wall socket with the USB Outlet Quattro from CurrentWerks, and you’ll be able to charge up to four USB devices at once without using those wall warts. With the Quattro, you have four standard USB
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Let’s be real here, OK? iTunes has never been a great program where sound quality is concerned. Steve Jobs famously said that music was in Apple’s DNA. That may be, but I wouldn’t call Apple an audiophile company. Despite that, I use iTunes every day mainly because it’s just so darned easy, plus it does
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The All-In-One Laser Level (BDL100AV) from Black & Decker makes it easier than ever to hang pictures, paintings, shelves, or mirrors. It can also be used to space any items evenly apart on a variety of surfaces. Let’s give it a closer look. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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