Category: Peripherals
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Apple Can’t Corner the Smart Home Market, Even if HomeKit is Great
Reading Time: 2 minutes CMSWire has a post up titled Do We Really Want Apple to Corner the Smart Home Market? which essentialy argues that the existence of HomeKit, Apple’s new “new framework for communicating with and controlling connected devices in a user’s home” will allow it to exert control over the home automation hardware…
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Filing a Claim to Recover Part of the DRAM Settlement
Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in the late 1990s and the first few years of the 2000s, I bought thousands of dollars of desktop computers, printers, servers, and handheld electronics. So I am one of the people who should be able to claim a share of the settlement in the DRAM Antitrust Litigation. If…
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Back on the Road with the Polar S625X
Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier today I tweeted that I had found my Polar S625x and I was able to get it working with the speed and cadence sensors that are installed on my Trek 1500 before I rode it this morning. This heart rate monitor is my favorite of all the models I’ve ever…
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iPhone Headphones and Heavy Exercise Don’t Mix
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been wanting to talk about my experience with iPhone headphones and exercise for some time. In my opinion iPhone headphones manufactured by Apple are consumables. I have never had a set last for more than 4 months. They get so much use from me that the rubber holding the earbuds…
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BlueLounge SpaceStation Organizes Cables for Laptop Users
Reading Time: < 1 minute The BlueLounge SpaceStation is a desk organizer for laptop users that acts as a USB hub for all peripheral devices. BlueLounge SpaceStation [ Photo courtesy of the manufacturer. ] The photo I’ve chosen shows the bottom of the SpaceStation. The rubber feet set the SpaceStation 5mm above the surface of the desk.…
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Gadget Links: Web 2.0 Overload Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutes How to link Twitter to Facebook – A Twitter Tutorial on AJVayerchuck.com: A concise explanation of how to install the Twitter app within Facebook and allow it to update your Facebook status. Clutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby on 43Folders: “…you might be able to guess where my head…
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“iPhone Fully Loaded” is a Must Have Book for iPhone and iPod Touch Users
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first book I bought to try to get new ideas on how I could better leverage my iPhone as a multimedia Swiss Army Knife was iPhone Fully Loaded by Andy Ihnatko. I have been really impressed by this book because it has some really excellent tips and techniques that go…
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Gadget Links: Still No New MacBook Pro Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutes Apple introduces Aperture 2.0 on MacNN: “Apple on Tuesday released Aperture 2.0, a major revision of the company’s professional photo editing and management application. The upgrade brings in a new, sleeker user interface that allows users to flip between Browser and Viewer modes with a single key press and a heads-up…