Ok, where do I start? Buying cards are annoying; they’re expensive; by the time you think to do it there are never any good ones left; they never sound like something you’d actually say….or feel; should I keep going? I’ll spare you, but if you’re a person, especially a dude, buying cards is annoying in every sense of the word. And as if you actually ever wanted to here “There’s an app for that!” ever [...]
Us Mac people wear our pride on our sleeves (read: snobbery), and now you can wear it on your walls. The Mac Shortcuts Royal Poster is a beautiful and simplistic piece of wall art that immortalizes your most favorite of all of your not-so-worthless knowledge. The Macsterpiece measures 8.5 X 11, and is perfect for any room in your office, home, or parent’s home. Get yours here. for $20. [Source]
It turns out that Siri has a pretty good memory – Apple’s virtual assistant remembers everything that you ask of her for two whole years. Here’s how it works: for the first six months, the questions that you ask of Siri are associated with you – over which time the information is used to better personalize your Siri experience. After that the information is dissociated from the user and stored for another 18 months. Security-wise [...]
Pelican has been making some of the best tough gear cases on the market for a good long time, so when we heard about their new ProGear™ CE1180 Vault Series iPhone Case, our expectations were high – we were not disappointed. The Pelican ProGear™ CE1180 Vault Series iPhone Case looks like it is going to take tough cases in an interesting new direction. Most similar products use a simple soft-shell/hard-shell hybrid construction: it is super-easy [...]
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For all of the conveniences that it offers, there are aspects to the iPhone that Apple has simply not thought through – case in point: email attachment handling. I made the switch from Android to iOS a little over six months ago and half of the fun has been figuring out how to do things that I took for granted on my old phone. You would think that downloading and resending an attachment would be [...]
iPads are pretty great pieces of technology, but without the help of external speakers the sound quality isn’t exactly top-notch. That’s where the SoundBender comes in. This simple piece of plastic fits on your iPad magnetically to increase the sound output, and enhance the overall sound quality produced by the device, by literally bending it towards you. It comes in a variety of colors, won’t scratch or damage your iPad, is easy to put on and remove, and [...]
If you are looking away to add an AirPlay receiver to your home audio setup without shelling out $100 for an Apple TV or AirPort express then you might want to take a look at what Jordan Burgess has done with a $25 Raspberry Pi. The Cambridge engineering student successfully converted a Raspberry Pi into an AirPlay receiver using open source software and a USB WiFi adapter. The total cost was about $48, but that [...]
MagSafe Power Adapter At risk of sounding overly negative, the only way that the 85W MagSafe Power Adapter could be any worse… is if it gave people cancer. I’m sitting at home typing on my iMac waiting for the courier to come and deliver a new 85W MagSafe adapter – because my last one tried to kill me in my sleep. I was sleeping on a futon on the floor of my study, as I [...]
ClearPlex iPhone 5 Screen Protector I know, I know, the iPhone 5 screen is made from Gorilla Glass and it is designed to take a beating – but you know what? I am clumsy and I tend to drop things and having a solid screen protector gives me the confidence to treat my phone as roughly as I desire. So when I saw a video of a ClearPlex protected iPhone emerging unscathed after being shot [...]
We’ve all seen those wacky decals that help to decorate or personalize that illuminated Apple logo, but this one is, at least in my humble opinion- the coolest. His Airness, Mr. Michael Jeffrey Jordan, defied the laws of gravity and changed the universe’s standards of basketball greatness forever. Here we see his famous dunk from the (correct me if I’m wrong) 1985 Slam Dunk Contest, complete with his two badass gold chains. That little apple [...]
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Last night, I accepted delivery of four 1-meter-long knock-off Lightning USB cables from an Amazon Japan seller for the price of a single Apple cable. There seem to be a few different models circulating, and from what I understand, the quality varies – but I wanted something to sit around in a desk drawer at work on standby for any time that I need a charge – quality and longevity are not important. As long [...]
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I must admit, every time the iPhone “sells out” a cynical part of me thinks, “yeah right.” It is good business for Apple to run out of product, it buys them a lot of free press that they would not get if they had a steady stream of iPhones going into customers’ hands. “The iPhone is Selling Like Hotcakes” is one news story. “iPhone 5 Sold Out” and “New Shipment of iPhone 5s Delivered” is [...]
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