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Do you own a smartphone? There’s a 50/50 chance that you do. Over 1/2 of the 7 billion people on Earth now own a Google, Apple (iPhone), RIM (Blackberry), Microsoft or Symbian smartphone. That’s bad news for computer manufacturers who haven’t expanded into the mobile market. Many people, especially in the United States, are choosing to …
Looking for a really unique gift for your boss or CEO? How about the Swinging Sticks Kinetic Energy Sculpture as seen in the movie "Iron Man 2"?
Add one more item in orbit for NASA to track. Astronaut Sunita Williams accidentally dropped her special camera during a 7-hour spacewalk. Too bad there's no lost and found in outer space.
Got an issue with your neighbors but don't want to physically confront them? Try changing the name of your WiFi network name to send them a message. Here are some funny WiFi names.
In a last-ditch effort to stay relevant, TiVo announced a new DVR, called the TiVo Roamio, that can stream both live TV and your recorded TiVo videos.
One of the things that makes a car wash great, is when they have spray guns and water cannons for customers to hose down their own cars. They just make watching your car get washed so much fun.
Steinberger's minimalist headless guitars were designed and originally manufactured by Ned Steinberger. Due to extremely high demand in the 1980s, Ned Steinberger had to sell Steinberger guitars to Gibson in 1987.
We ordered some Apple Lightning cable adapters and were completely surprised by Apple's shipping strategy and how they were shipped.
Poor NBC. They’ve fallen from Warren Littlefield‘s “Must See TV” era to Must Flee TV. Viewers have been avoiding NBC’s primetime lineup like Kryptonite. Every year NBC’s rating have gotten worse, but last month, NBC sunk to a new all time low… they were beaten by the Spanish language station, Univision. Regular MethodShop.com contributor Frank Radice, spent 17-years …
Need to turn your iPad mini into a phone? Here are a few apps you can use not to mention bluetooth devices to make your call more private.
Why has watching TV turned into an Olympic sport of remote hand-offs, app juggling and extension cord jumping? By the time I figure out the correct remote, toggle to the appropriate source and figure out which device and platform I need to be on, the precious time I took to veg out has escaped. No …
Interview with NBC's Salil Dalvi at CES about the future of live mobile TV.
Thanks to Apple's new "Do Not Disturb" feature for the iPhone 5, you can now dream about the Williams Sisters and not be disturbed.
It doesn’t happen a lot, but on occasion, your iPad will freeze. Either an app will lock up, or your iPad will stop responding and just leave you stuck on a black screen. Don’t get alarmed just yet. Chances are your iPad just needs a restart. When your iPad freezes, here’s how to reset it: …
From the perspective of a law school student, I wanted to take a look at the new Instagram policy change for myself.
Feel guilty when you have to leave your cat at home by themselves all day? Not with the FroliCat Laser Cat Toy. Seriously, this is one of the best cat toys ever.
So you are going "over the river and through the woods" to Grandmother's house for the holidays? Here are some gadgets that can make your holiday travel experience more enjoyable.
