Ever since we had a multi-day power outage over the summer, I’ve been paying a lot more attention to what battery packs we’ve got in our house. The small ones we had didn’t cut the mustard, so I picked up an Anker Powercore 10000 which has been great for portable on-the-go electrons. The Anker PowerHouse 100, well, that’s a whole different deal.
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Zagg has new inputs for your iPad and iPad Air
Whenever you think of keyboards and stylus inputs for an iPad, you no doubt are much like me, and think of that in the context of the iPad Pro line. That’s not the only path to using those, as the recent iPad and iPad Air releases from Apple are ready to embrace additional input methods.
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What’s the problem with smarthome devices? Are they all stupid?
Gizmodo has an article on a hacked coffee-maker, which was hacked because it had a completely insecure method of getting updates, and when not paired with a Wi-Fi network, broadcasts its own network anyone could join. What went wrong, and how do you protect yourself against such shit?
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Amazon has a fitness band and wants to see you in your underwear
Amazon is introducing a new fitness band, Halo, and it has exploded my brain. It listens to your voice, and uses your phone’s camera to create a 3D body scan of you, in your underwear. What could possibly go wrong?
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Fight back against price gougers with this DIY Nintendo Switch
It’s not every day you see instructions to build Nintendo’s flagship console but these are weird times and this clever Howto shows us all the parts needed to build your own working Nintendo Switch.
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A solid marble Qi charger – the Eggtronic Charging Stone
The Eggtronic Charging Stone is a wireless charger puck compatible with any Qi wireless charging device – just like a million other devices out there. But this one is made from a solid block of marble. It’s heavy, substantial, stylish, and most importantly works. It now sits as a permanent fixture in my kitchen, blending in with the rest of the house
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The Escobar phone is a Samsung Galaxy Fold with a sticker on it
I thought gadget journalism was dead but thanks to Marques Brownlee I’m pleased to note it’s very much alive and well. Case in point: Brownlee has been following the saga of the Escobar Fold 2 and, when this unit finally shipped, he discovered it was just a Galaxy Fold with a sticker on it.
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Troubles with snoring? Then maybe the Smart Nora is for you
I have been made aware of the fact that yes, I do in fact snore at night. Doesn’t seem to bother me at all, but the rest of my family, well, they’re not such big fans. So, I’ve been surveying what is out there in the market, and ran across the Smart Nora device.
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How Sonos shat the bed
If you ever want to see how a company can destroy years of goodwill in a few seconds, look no further than the recent Sonos kerfuffle involving software updates. Sonos has been around since 2001 and their original gear – speakers and a clever little tablet that predated the iPad by almost a decade – was revolutionary.
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