Tag Archives: Apple MacBook Laptop Gear

Black Friday Giveaway Winners Announced

We had some great accessories to give away beginning last Friday. We figured it was a great way to mark the formal start to the holiday shopping season. Below you will find the prizes we had to give away, links to read the reviews or buy them directly and, of course, the winners. All winners [...]

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Black Friday Giveaway #3

It’s Black Friday and that means you can save some cash on things you want for yourself or to give to family and friends. Discounts are good but you know what is better? FREE! And we’re giving away some awesome stuff today absolutely free. All you need to do is enter. This item has a value [...]

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Black Friday Giveaway #1

It’s Black Friday and that means you can save some cash on things you want for yourself or to give to family and friends. Discounts are good but you know what is better? FREE! And we’re giving away some awesome stuff today absolutely free. All you need to do is enter. This item has a value [...]

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Crimson Screen Protectors for MacBook Air

For me, one of the tricky things when buying a new device these days is, how do I protect it?  Honestly, I love the size and feel of my iPhone when it’s “naked”, but there are a couple of problems with it:  it’s durn slippery and prone to be dropped, and it’s unprotected.  But I [...]

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GD Quickie: Protect Your Private Parts with LapGuard

Ah life… so many things to worry about these days. Nuclear proliferation, the economy, global warming (errr climate change), earthquakes, how Duke Basketball will do this year and now this… laptop sterility. Yes, in addition to worrying about whether or not your cellphone is giving you a brain tumor you now need to worry about [...]

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Twelve South PlugBug QuickLook

We brought word of Twelve South‘s new PlugBug Mac/iPad accessory the other day. Within seconds of learning about the new product Judie and I had both ordered one. It is a great traveling companion if you have a Mac and an iPad or iPhone, so it seemed like a no-brainer. It is! Mine just came [...]

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Twelve South PlugBug iPad/iPhone Travel Charger- a Simple but Brilliant Apple Accessory

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas. That’s how Twelve South’s new PlugBug strikes me. The accessory lets you use one plug to charge both your Mac and your iPad. “Simple”, “fast” and “clean” are the words that came to mind when I got the announcement a few minutes ago. Deciding to order one [...]

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Twelve South’s BassJump 2 Pumps Up the Bass!

The folks at Twelve South always have a way of surprising us. They make awesome leather cases like the BookBook for iPad or iPhone but they also make an amazing iPad stand called the Compass. (I use mine all the time.) Now they have something even more outside the box- the BassJump 2 speaker. The [...]

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Gear Diary at 5 Giveaway: It’s In the Bag Winners Announced!!!

We’ve got winners! Three awesome laptop bags, lightly used review samples, were up for grabs and today we are announcing who is getting them. But before we get to that here’s a bit of a reminder. We’ve got two other contest currently running. There’s the “Gear Diary at 5: You CAN Get There from Here, [...]

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The Beyzacases MacBook Air 11″ Zero Series Case Review

Please allow me to gush for a moment, because it is not something I’m usually inclined to do … I truly enjoy using my little 11″ MacBook Air; it is the computer that I grab when I don’t want to be tied to a desk. I use it on the couch, I use it outside [...]

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Acme Made Announces New Clyde St. Messenger Bag

Judie and I are both huge fans of Acme Made’s products. We’ve reviewed their Clutch, their Skinny Sleeve, their Slick Case for iPad and their awesome Courier laptop bag. We got word today of a brand new style, the Cylde St. Messenger, and it looks great too. Here’s Acme Made’s description of it: The Clyde [...]

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Macbook Air Gear Review: ACME Made Skinny Sleeve Stretch Shell

If you have one of the sexy 2010 or 2011 MacBook Airs, then it makes absolutely no sense to cover that svelte beauty in a big fat laptop case. ACME Made has got perhaps one of the thinnest and most minimalistic sleeves that I have seen, so whether you prefer to carry your Air in [...]

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Review: AViiQ Portable Charging Station

The promise of converged devices like the iPhone was, among other things, the ability to travel light. Instead of needing to bring a phone, an address book, a music player, a note pad, a camera, etc., smartphones promised to replace all of that and be the only thing you needed to bring with you. Funny [...]

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New PDAir MacBook Air Case Releases

So, you have a nice, new MacBook Air 13″.  Mmm, shiny!  Nice!  And wouldn’t it be a bummer if it got scratches all over that nice, shiny casing?  Well, heck yes it would!  So maybe what you want to do is pick yourself up a case for it, yeah/  And as I’ve told you a [...]

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Now Shipping: AViiQ Portable Charging Station

I’ve been working hard to streamline the tech I use. I now I only use a laptop (although I have to admit to using a docking system at home) and am trying hard to keep the cords and peripherals I use in check. With so many gadgets available it is just TOO EASY for things [...]

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PlayStation Vita Game System Review – Part I

Gamers gain a more robust mobile console experience with the PlayStation Vita versions using Wi-Fi/3G or Wi-Fi only online capabilities plus a rear touchpad, two analog sticks and a sharp OLED display.

BANG! Your Lights Are Out

Back in the days when I was on the look out for the “perfect tablet” (in other words, before I [...]

RIP Eugene Polley, Inventor of the TV Remote at 96

Image courtesy of Wikipedia I remember reading an article about 25 years or so ago! on how everything wired was [...]

Get a Droid RAZR 16GB 4G LTE Plus $25 Apps Plus $40 Credit Plus Double Data

AmazonWireless had the 16 GB Droid RAZR for just $0.01 with new two year contract. Thatnis pretty amazing considering the [...]

Windows XP’s “Bliss” Background: A Blissful Happenstance

Most people who have been using PCs in the past decade or so have doubtless seen this image, the default [...]

Google Music Pre-Summer One-Day $2.99 Album Sale!

Google Music is having a cool one-day ‘pre-summer’ sale with a bunch of albums for $2.99, including Daft Punk, Smashing [...]