Apple Watch first looks, Google Nexus 6, Fitbit Scale, PixelBlock email tracking and more – Weekly roundup

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Saturday night is the perfect time to catch up on all the news, reviews and articles that we posted this week on The Gadgeteer. There’s bound to be some posts that you didn’t get a chance to read earlier this week, so check out the full list after the break. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It

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Misfit announces the Misfit Minute fitness coaching app for Apple Watch

misfit minute fitness coach app apple watch

As you may have heard, the Apple Watch starts being delivered tomorrow.  As the delivery time approached, more and more apps were being announced for the Watch, and one of the latest announcements is the Misfit Minute fitness coaching app.  Yes, it’s from the makers of the Misfit trackers, so it should be a welcome

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Replace your existing bulbs with Philips LED bulbs for less than $3 per bulb

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Home Depot is offering a 2-pack of Philips 60W-equivalent Soft White A19 LED Light Bulbs for $4.97.  These bulbs use 8.5W and produce 800 lumens of 2700K light.  Philips says they use 85% less energy compared to a standard incandescent 60-Watt light bulb and cost about $1.02/year to use (assuming 3 hours of use/day at

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PixelBlock – a Gmail extension that blocks marketers from tracking when you open/read an email

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Everything we do seems to be tracked these days, even when we open our emails. According to Wired.com, “Marketers—or anyone who’s inspired to snoop—simply insert a transparent 1×1 image [pixel] into an email. When that email is opened, the image pings the server it originated from with information like the time, your location, and the

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Protect your cash, cards, and personal papers in this anti-theft wallet when you travel

travelon anti theft classic neck wallet

My husband was telling me about a co-worker who has to travel outside the country a lot on business.  This person said he was swarmed by a crowd of people, all talking at him and bumping into him in the lobby of his hotel.  When he reached into his pocket, grabbed his wallet out, and

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Turn the remote for your streaming video set-top box into a universal remote

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The TV in my bedroom has what has to be the worst remote ever created.  It seems to be underpowered, and there’s an opaque cover over the wimpy IR sender that means it sometimes takes what seems like a dozen tries to get the TV to simply turn on or off.  I need to get

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Fitbit Aria WiFi Smart Scale review

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Whether you call it the IOT (Internet of Things), being plugged in, or something else, I really enjoy using connected devices. Some people will say, who needs a thermometer that saves your readings or a fitness tracker that tells you how many steps you’ve walked each day. I say why not! I don’t have the world’s

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Now you can be Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 while riding your motorcycle

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It’s spring! Time to set aside your games of Halo and enjoy the outdoors by taking a ride on your motorcycle. But you don’t have to leave Halo behind completely – now you can be Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 while you ride around town with this Spartan motorcycle helmet from NECAonline.com. There have been other Halo

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Turn your car’s cupholder into a USB charging station

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It’s nice to have a place in your car to set your drink, but it’s even nicer to have a place to keep your phone where you can see it while it’s navigating for you or while it’s charging.  With the Cupholder Charging Station, you can convert one drink holder in the center console into

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Carry a wireless N router and a personal Cloud in the palm of your hand

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The HT-TM02 TripMate Nano Wireless N Pocket Travel Router is tiny enough, at 2.2″ X 2″ X 0.7″ and 1 ounce, to fit in a pocket or bag.  It’s a 802.11b/g/n, 2.4GHz wireless router that lets you create a personal WiFi network for your mobile devices and laptop when you travel.  You can also plug in a

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Goodwood wooden watches are Father Nature’s favorite timepiece

Goodwood wooden watches

Seems like all the rage and talk recently has been about the new Apple watch and why not, it’s new and neat, but what if you are looking for that unique classic watch, the kind that only tells time? The Goodwood wooden watch is a Kickstarter project that may be just what you are looking

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