Most of us have alarms to make us feel protected in our house, our cars, and we have seen or heard them in public places, such as a mall or store. What about the times that you are walking in a new area that is unfamiliar? Or have a child that is walking to and […]
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I don’t have a 9-5 job. I work from home, and I don’t have to carry a huge gear bag with me everywhere I go. In the past, I’ve used just a Dooney & Bourke Multi-Function wallet to carry my ID, a couple of cards, and my phone as my go-to-lunch wallet. I recently decided
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If you love LEGO and also have an iPad or an iPhone 5, The Daily Brick is offering 2 fun kits that will allow you to build a charging dock entirely out of real LEGO bricks. They sent me both kits, which I built quickly and relatively easily. Let’s see how they turned out. SHARE ON
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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
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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
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The Manhattan Flyte Wireless Headset is a versatile Bluetooth/wired headset that aims to cover all the bases for your music and voice needs. All of this capability is provided in a “flip-up” ear-piece design to allow for more compact transportation, to boot. The tradeoff here is going to be the weight/size of the headset. Since
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mophie‘s new juice pack for the HTC One has a 2500mAh rechargeable battery that can double your battery life. The case measures 2.88″ X 6.06″ X 0.67″ and adds 5.05 ounces to the weight of your phone. You’ll be able to use the backup battery to recharge your phone with the flip of a switch on
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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
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I’m a gearhead (or petrolhead, depending on your region). I’m also an iPhone owner. When id America produced the Gasket V8 case that combines the love for both, I had to take a look. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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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
Most cases for tech gear have a certain “look”. Whether it’s made of fabric or leather, you can usually tell at a glance that the bag or case contains tech gear inside. That’s fine, if you don’t mind having a bag that advertises “expensive gear in here!” If you prefer to camouflage your gear a
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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
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I love watching video and listening to podcasts and books on my iPad. It’s so much more portable and useful than my MacBooks have been over the years (which is to say it doesn’t have a hinge and require me to figure out what to do with that keyboard while watching!) The constant drawback to
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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
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Two months have passed since my first article outlining all the gear I carry with me each day, so it’s time to see which items I’ve dropped and the new gear that I have added. SHARE ON TwitterFacebookPin It
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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
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Not often do manufacturers design a laptop bag with one specific brand or even model in mind. I am not talking about a form-fitted case or sleeve, but an actual bag created and/or named to hold a certain device. But the folks at WaterField Designs have done just that; the HardCase is aimed specifically at Apple’s 13″
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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