Chip Chick

Technology and Gadgets

from a girl's perspective
August 2011
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Plant Buddies are Endangered Plants That Dangle From Your Keys

Do you have a green thumb? Would you like to care for an endangered plant? Well Fascinations ( the same folks behind the USB Aquarium not so long ago) has just debuted their…

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Time To Talk App from Vonage Review

Recently, Vonage released its entry into the discount international calling game. The Time to Talk app values simplicity over all else – many have likened it to a pay phone system, and that’s…

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iRestore Grows Your Hair, Guarantees You’ll Look Like a Douchebag Using It

Forget Rogaine, real geeks use iRestore to grow their hair. What is iRestore you ask? iRestore is the world’s first hands-free home use laser hair therapy treatment that is designed to combat hair…

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Windows Phone 7 App of the Week: One App to Rule Them All, One App to Find Them – WP7 App Discovery

If you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of apps out there now. Like, a lot. Finding the right apps for your phone is a tall order these days. WP7 App Discovery is…

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iPad App of the Week: Stream Cable TV Straight to Your iPad 2 With HDHomeRun

Well, that statement comes with a couple asterisks. If you already have Silicondust’s HDHomeRun Prime – a cable TV tuner for computers – you can use Elgato’s HDHomeRun App in tandem with that…

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Android App of the Week: All the Press You Can Handle Packed Into PressReader

Yeah, pretty much every newspaper has their own app out now. But, how many actually present their news in app form looking like an actual newspaper? If you have a craving for an…

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BlackBerry App of the Week: BlackBerry News Gets an Upgrade for the PlayBook

In June, BlackBerry turned out an iteration of BlackBerry News for its new tablet line, the PlayBook. That app is getting a little upgrade now, mostly with small utility changes. Portrait mode is…

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iPhone App of the Week: Honk If You Don’t Like Parking Tickets

I guess there really is an app for everything. If you’re one of the unlucky many who always seems to get hammered by parking tickets, you might want to take a look at…

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Incase Debuts 2nd Wave of Andy Warhol iPhone and MacBook Air Cases

Incase is so proud of their Andy Warhol  line of accessories and cases, that they have gone ahead and debuted a second wave of designs for the Incase for Andy Warhol Collection. This…

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Hot Deal: Dell E2211H 21.5″ LED Monitor for $139

The Dell E2211H 21.5-inch 1080p LED-backlit LCD Monitor is on sale today for just $139.00 with a $50 off coupon code. The monitor features a full HD 1080P resolution, 250nit brightness, a 1000:1…

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Summer Geek Reading for your Kindle (or Reader/Nook/Tablet)

There’s nothing quite like taking some downtime on your summer holidays to happily catch up on those New York Time bestsellers lists and immerse yourself in fantasy worlds of indescribable adventure and mind…

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BestBuy Offers Free Samsung Galaxy Tab with Every Samsung TV Purchase

There has never been a better time to buy a TV, because Best Buy is now running an exclusive promotion where customers will get a free Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with the purchase…

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Hot Deal: 21.5″ Dell ST2220L LED Monitor + 100 Gift Card for $199

The 21.5″ Dell ST2220L 1080p HDMI LED-backlit LCD Monitor is on sale today for $199.99 and it comes with a free $100 Dell gift Card! The Dell ST2220L features a full HD 1920…

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Cardboard Radio is Good for the Environment and Your Ears

Are you socially conscious when it comes to sound? Probably not, but thankfully Christopher McNicholl is – and he has designed the Cardboard Radio for Suck UK. This environmentally friendly radio is super…

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LivingSocial and GoldRun Want you to Get Adventurous

  Do you like scavenger hunts? Well have we got a good one for you. LivingSocial will present a series of scavenger hunts in three West Coast cities throughout August. Folks in Los…

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Skullcandy Fix In-Ear Headphones Review

Hate earbuds that fall out of your ears? Skullcandy has a Fix for this, literally. The new SkullCandy Fix In-Ear headphones use a patent-pending ear bud design engineered to stay snugly in the…

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World’s Most Beautiful Magazine Debuts in 3D for the iPad and Android Tablets

World’s Most Beautiful (WMB) Magazine debuted this week. What makes this magazine stand out from the pack? Well it could have something to do with the fact that from the front to the…

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Hot Deal: Dell Inspiron 15R Core i3 Laptop for $499

The Dell Inspiron 15R-2nd Gen “Sandy Bridge” Laptop with switchable lids is on sale today for just $499 for the Core i3 model and $599 for the Core i5 model with Blu-Ray. The…

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iWrench is Ready to Get its Grips on the iPhone 4

First there was the iPlunge iPhone stand that works by just plunging the back of your iPhone. Now there is the iWrench which looks like a plumbers wrench. I’m starting to see a…

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The Rolling Stone Pinball Machine Will Have You Moving Like Jagger

Kinect is fun and so is the Wii but nothing beats the traditional pinball machine. The pinball machine has withstood the test of time, year over year, and it just gets better like…

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 Hits T-Mobile Today, 4G On-board

Just as we anticipated, T-Mobile has announced that they are getting the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone, and this also happens to be their first 4G BlackBerry. This is great news for BlackBerry…

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