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Are you a Blackberry owner with iPhone envy? Don’t worry, you can get the best of both worlds – Keep your Blackberry keyboard, but get the look and feel of the iPhone with the FREE bPhone for BlackBerry theme. It reskins all your Blackberry icons with iPhone icons and even replaces the hourglass with the OS X spinning beach ball. You can install the bPhone theme here if you are …
If you’re an active Social Media user, then you’ve probably asked yourself at one point, “When should I post this update?” Although most people like to post updates right away, sometimes it makes more sense to wait. Why? Posting content at specific times helps you maximize exposure and optimizes the impact of your messaging. For example, posting …
Most people keep their phones on them at all times (including when you're drinking), which is why the iPega Alcohol Breathalyzer is so genius. This portable breathalyzer plugs right into the bottom of your iOS device (iPhone, iPod, iPad) and displays your 2 digit BAC (blood alcohol content) on the LCD screen.
Hate the cord clutter required to charge your iPhone, camera, iPad and the rest of your gadgets? Kikkerland has an interesting solution… plant them! This clever Grass Lawn Charging Station looks like a planter, but it has a hollow base to hide all your cables and power adapters. Simply run a standard extension cable into …
Fifteen years ago, you saw Blockbuster overpower your local video store (for me it was Video Station and Doorstep Video) for VHS tapes. Five years ago, you might have been asking if you should get your DVDs from Netflix or Blockbuster. Now, as we enter into the “watch TV through Internet” phase, you have a …
If you’re an active social media user, then you’ve probably at least heard of Klout by now. If not, Klout is an influence metric service that uses a variety of secret algorithms to determine your influence and reach in the socialsphere around specific topics. This information is combined into a single number between 1-100. This …
If you’ve owned more than one computer during your lifetime, then chances are you have a few “orphan” hard drives lying around (hopefully in static proof bags). Whether you’ve upgraded or replaced your current computer’s hard drive or just removed your hard drive before throwing out your old computer, these extra hard drives start to …
We look at five advantages to joining up and using MySpace music.
'Game For Cats' is an iOS iPad app that features graphics and interactivity that has cats everywhere going wild.
Music fans on social media react to the sad news of Whitney Houston's death.
Was Santa Claus or Hanukkah Harry stingy? A ton of awesome iPad and iPhone accessories hit the market right before the holidays. Here are the top 10 gifts you wish you got as holiday gifts.
The GoPano Micro is an attachment lens for the iPhone that enables you to create 360-degree panoramic videos.
Want to create a little mass destruction with your iPhone? The Action Movie FX app allows to to create Hollywood quality special effects like a car crash and missile attacks in a few seconds. The app is part of the creative promotion for J.J. Abrams' film, Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol starring Tom Cruise.
From wall mounts and kitchen stands to a blood pressure monitor, here are some awesome iPad accessories that will help you increase your productivity.
The Looxcie camera is a wearable video camera for iPhone and Android that lets you share your life as you live it. So use your hands for your life, not for your phone.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE the iPhone game Zombie Gunship. Seriously, it was a major obsession with a few of us for a while. How can you not love killing zombies from an AC-Gunship?
Happy Green Week! That's right, all this week you're probably going to see a lot of green related TV programming, advertising, tweets, news and... even check-ins? Wait, green check-ins? Yep, apparently so. The folks at NBC's Green Is Universal just released a Foursquare powered mobile app called GreenSquare for iPhone and Android.
