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Technology has come a long way in the last two decades but, sadly, battery technology has barely kept pace. We use the same electrochemical principles that Allesandro Volta used when he invented the voltaic pile in the 1800’s. We have found better materials and have improved on the design to squeeze every available electron from […]
RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme 23000mAh portable external battery charger review Read More
You love Android and I love Android, but there always seems to be some “feature” that will drive me crazy until I can find a way to make it work the way that I want it to work instead of the way that Android wants it to work. Problem: Notification icons on the left side
Quick tips: How to hide notification icons in the Android status bar Read More
I was at work the other day (Cummins, Inc), when someone walked up to my desk to ask for some help with his laptop. As I was talking to him, he happened to notice the Nexus 7 in the Zagg Auto-fit keyboard case next to me on my desk. He asked me which laptop it was
Julie’s gadget diary – Nexus 7 powered car mods Read More
If your child has his or her own Android phone or tablet, you might want to set some limits on exactly when they can access the apps on the device. Using the DinnerTime parental controls app, you can set times during which the child cannot use any app on the tablet. There’s a Dinner Time
Control your child’s access to games and apps on their device from your device Read More
After months of rumors, Amazon finally announced their new phone, the Fire. The Fire is the first phone to be designed to give you instant access to the music, books, movies, games, etc., offered by Amazon. It also has Dynamic Perspective, which uses a “custom-designed sensor system that responds to the way you hold, view, and
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Active styluses are a relatively new category of capacitive styluses for tablets and smartphones. These styluses have fine point tips like a normal pen or pencil and are also powered by batteries. The newest active stylus that I have had the opportunity to test is the Apex fine point rechargeable active stylus from LYNKtec. This active
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Last fall, we told you about the Oyster ebook lending service that gave you unlimited access to ebooks on your iOS devices. At the time, they had 100,000 books in their lending library. Now, they have more than 500,000 titles available. They’ve made a lot of improvements in their reading app, too, with new typography,
Most of our appliances communicate with us now, so it was only a matter of time before our dinnerware did too. The Vessyl, created by a company called Mark One, is a 13 ounce cup that contains sensors which can determine the type of drink (including sodas, alcohol, smoothies, tea, coffee, etc.) as well as
“The Vessyl with the pestle has the brew that is true…” Read More
If you have ever been to a party where they say to BYOB – bring your own beer, then you’ll understand the concept of the Cammy IP camera cloud viewing app that requires you to BYOC – bring your own camera. As a diehard fan of Dropcam cameras, I was intrigued by Cammy for one important
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Despite knowing better, I rarely check the tire pressure in my vehicles. I rely on the TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) in my newer car to let me know when I’m below a certain level, but in the case of my 2005 vehicle and motorcycles, I don’t worry about it until they go flat. Probably
Papago GoSafe TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring System review Read More
When using your cell phone to take selfies, you are limited by the length of your arm. That limits the number of people you’re able to include in a photo, and you may find it hard to trigger the camera when you’ve got your arm stretched out to the limit. With Brando’s Quick Selfie Pole
Make taking selfies easier with Brando’s Quick Selfie Pole with Shutter Button Read More
Small tablets like the Google Nexus 7 are light weight companions suited perfectly for all sorts of mobile tasks which make them great alternatives to a regular laptop. Onscreen touch keyboards get the job done, but sometimes you just want a physical keyboard to make it easier and faster to edit documents and write emails. For those times, you need
ZAGG Auto-fit Bluetooth Keyboard for 7 inch tablets review Read More
I’ve had my LG Nexus 4 ever since Google did a flash sale last year. Since then, I’ve been itching to try a new phone. I recently had the chance to try a phone called the thl T200 – a true octa-core 1080p 6 inch unlocked smartphone. Let’s check it out and see how it
thl T200 True Octa-Core 6-inch Android unlocked smartphone review Read More
Earlier this week my friend and occasional Gadgeteer reviewer Bill Ray upgraded his Samsung Galaxy S3 to a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S5. I was surprised by a few of the features that Bill discovered after only using the phone for a couple of days. They are features that I don’t recall noticing when I
Quick tips for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Read More
I like pens. Beats the heck out of carving pictograms into rock. You know, take a harder rock and scrape it against the softer rock. The process is tedious but the results do last a long time. Pens make it a lot easier and, as everyone knows, they are mightier than swords. If only Ned
Acme Studio 7FP pen review Read More
I am a mild-mannered chemistry teacher most of the year but for two weeks out of every year I visit the Great Plains in search of the most intense weather Mother Nature can throw at us. I have been bringing a Kestrel 4000 weather meter with me to measure the temperature, dewpoint and wind speed
WeatherFlow Wind Meter review Read More
If you find that the battery in your shiny new HTC One M8 Android smartphone won’t get you through a long day of tweeting, texting and selfie snapping and you don’t have a convenient way to charge nearby, consider the Brando Power Jacket. The Power Jacket is a two-piece case that protects the back and sides
Keep your HTC One M8 warm and juiced with this Power Jacket from Brando Read More
High blood pressure (hypertension) can be a silent killer that sneaks up on you with a POW! One minute you feel fine and then next minute you’ve had a stroke, a heart attack or kidney failure. To prevent these problems, it’s best to be proactive and check your blood pressure on a regular basis. But how
Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor review Read More
Back in the day, the most important feature of any mobile phone was its buttons. Now that we have touch screens, physical buttons have all but disappeared. If you are like me and wish your phone had a real buttons that you could press to do tasks like send a quick text, call a specific contact,
Add 3 programmable hardware buttons to your Android phone Read More
I enjoy playing games on my Android smartphones and tablets, but I tend to stick with puzzle games like Words with Friends instead of action games that require onscreen controls. I find onscreen gaming controls to be hard to use because they provide no tactile feedback. We’ve reviewed joysticks that stick on top of the screen
ipega 7-inch Quad Core HD Android Gaming Tablet review Read More