OK, now the pressure’s really on. Your best friend is going to be giving you the literal puppy dog eyes, and you’ve got to be ready to deliver. No excuses, either — there are loads of awesome pet products, toys, and, yes, even gadgets that your pup will love playing with, at least for a […]
Fortunately, they don’t actually have everything, or I wouldn’t know what to tell you. Maybe draw them a certificate of achievement on Paint? It’d be tough sledding. But, even the most diligent techie can’t be on top of everything all the time. From the newest gadgets to the obscure goodies that even they may have […]
Holiday shopping season is getting underway, and that means you’re faced with the daunting task of figuring out what to get the inscrutable males in your life. Fortunately, you do have one head start — they want new gadgets, which is a gimme because just about everyone wants new gadgets. Tech is the ultimate safe […]
Good news! Tech shopping is more fun than it’s ever been here in 2015. Now that a sense of style has permeated a tech industry that once seemed to be averse to it, gadgets have become fashion statements without sacrificing quality thanks to designer partnerships and keen-eyed accessory makers. Of course, we’ll always be partial […]
This post brought to you by 3M. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Chip Chick. When you think about a hacker, what comes to mind? Movies are filled with sweatshirt-clad, bespectacled men and women hammering away furiously on keyboards and spouting a bunch of techno-babble that, in the case of Hollywood, probably […]
Stocking stuffers — the bonus round of the holiday season. All the big prizes have bee won, and now it’s time to get to the little things. Don’t think that means there’s any less pressure, though! The marquee gifts are nice, sure, but the stocking stuffers are the workmanlike, blue-collar gifts you’ll still be using […]
TV,
The PC stick movement is a deceptively simple one — you get a cheap, tiny PC the size of a flash drive that can turn TVs into computers, but then the hidden costs and challenges crop up. First you need to find a mouse and keyboard for the thing, then you need to worry about […]
Jonathan Adler has been quite the tech aficionado this year — first he designed some terrific Speck cases for the iPhone 6s launch, and now he’s back at it with a more permanent part of a phone. He’s designed three new back shells for the Moto X Pure Edition, and they’ll all be available for […]
To enjoy terrific digital audio, every part of the chain has to be perfect, from the music files to the speakers. Well, it’s the holidays, and while we’d never set you on the perilous path of trying to figure out the perfect music to give as a gift to another person, we can definitely point […]
When the 12″ MacBook hit, one of our biggest gripes was (and has been) the USB Type-C port — not that the new standard itself is bad, but because it was the only port on the thing! The MacBook was coming to a market bereft of good USB Type-C accessories, which made its usefulness pretty […]
If you’re a pet owner and you’re not getting your four-legged friend in on Halloween festivities, you’re missing out. Dogs are the ultimate Halloween accessories — they’re a blank, questionably willing canvas, and they’ll improve your costume by default just by being a dog in a costume. In need of some inspiration? Possibly the world’s […]
Cars,
Total smartphone integration is finally coming to Kia — the 2016 Kia Optima will be their first model with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay compatibility, making safe smartphone use in the car kinda more possible. On that note, we’re seeing a lot of new safety features, too, making for a technologically sophisticated midsize sedan at […]
After changing its mind about spinning off Nook Media into a separate company, Barnes & Noble have doubled down with a new eReader designed for anyone who has ever had an unpleasant experience with an eReader in the great outdoors. The Nook GlowLight Plus is built tough, but its performance in direct sunlight is what […]
The Apple Watch accessory market hasn’t hit its stride yet, but it might be getting there — Belkin has finally filled one big gap by introducing a dock with an integrated charging plate, giving it a cleaner, more unified look than other docks that rely on your own Apple-supplied charger. Belkin’s dock doesn’t try to […]
Beats has been pretty quiet since being acquired by Apple early last year, coming out with only refreshed Solo headphones and Powerbeats earphones they were likely working on long before the acquisition. In other words, we’ve yet to see much of Apple’s influence over their new audio brand – until now. Today, Beats is releasing the […]
If you were watching last week’s Thursday night NFL game at Giants (MetLife) Stadium, you may have noticed the headsets the coaches were wearing on the sidelines. Turns out, those are special models made just for the NFL thanks to its ongoing partnership with Bose, and they’re packing some heavy-duty tech. The Bose NFL headsets […]
At CES earlier this year, we took a look at the LaVie Z, a bit of a surprise series of notebooks from Lenovo. Made in partnership with NEC, the LaVie Z came in as the lightest laptop in the world at just 1.87lbs — naturally, we were expecting specs to suffer, but not so. The […]
The tech equivalent of a fall/winter fashion show is taking place this week at IFA 2015 in Berlin, and we’re there to get a look at the new gadgets you’ll start seeing on store shelves during the holiday season and beyond — as of this week, you officially have the green light to start working […]
Just a couple months after introducing their first 1 TB Xbox One bundle, Microsoft is already launching a new, higher-priced bundle focused on performance for the burgeoning professional gamer scene — or anyone who’s just sick of waiting so long for their games to load. The Xbox One Elite Bundle will bring a speed boost […]
Don’t call it a watch stand, call it a coaster. That is because BlueLounge’s new Kosta Apple watch stand has a small footprint and a design that is more reminiscent of a traditional cup coaster. And unlike the typical Apple Watch stands out there, your Apple Watch is able to rest inside the charging coaster […]
We’re on the downward slope of summer, and that means it’s time to start reminding kids that freedom and relaxation are fleeting — the hardest and most real of childhood lessons. Good thing for them that modern day back to school shopping is a hell of a lot more fun than it used to be. […]
