Swiping through the home screens on your iOS device is fun and effortless. With a swipe of the finger to the left and the right the pages responsively slide back and forth. Well, there’s another way to navigate those pages on your device and it works on iPad, iPod touch and iPhone. Simply tap directly to the […]
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Appy Gamer- a gamers app for the gaming world
Wether you’re a hardcore or casual gamer Appy Gamer has something to offer. This iOS and Android app displays a feed in a tile like UI (or Home Screen) and a variety of sources can be added and organized. The top portion of the app is static and displays the Top Stories, Photos, News, […]
Use a PS3 controller for smartphone gaming
University student Ryan French has created a very unique and marketable product. Using his experience with CAD, programing and 3D modeling Ryan spawned, GameKlip. The device simply clips onto a PS3 controller and an Android smart phone. Instead of using Bluetooth the phone connects to the controller using a USB OTG (On The Go) […]
Add Bluetooth streaming to a stock car stereo
update: with the release of the iPhone 5 this method works great since there are no accessories on the market to connect to car stereos. Adding Bluetooth to a stock car stereo can be easier than one might think. It can also get a bit expensive depending on which route you want to go. There are plenty […]
Add widgets to Notification Center without a Jailbreak for iOS
If you have apps that are used frequently and you would like to access them rather quickly. Speed U is a great way to unobtrusively add this functionality to your iOS device. Usually jailbreaking your device is necessary to get a feature like this. SBSettings is a popular tweak for this purpose and while it allows for a wider range of functionality, again […]
Boom – Global Delight updates for Mountain Lion
Global Delight recently updated their Audio enhancing software to be compatible with Mountain Lion for Mac. If you haven’t checked out Boom yet, you should. It enhances the stock Macbook speakers along with any other speakers you may have connected to your Mac. Boom allows for multiple pre-sets or profiles to be saved for different […]
A shocking new iPhone case – Yellow Jacket for iPhone
There are so many peripheral devices and accessories on the market for the iPhone it’s hard to keep track but this device or accessory is a little different. Designed with personal protection in mind the Yellow Jacket iPhone 4/4s case doubles as a stun gun. A 650,000 volt stun gun capable of taking down a […]
Search Google with your handwriting- for mobile devices
Because typing is so…yesterday! Yes Google updated their mobile search engine so it can recognize writing on the screen to do a search. It works pretty well too! All that you need to do is start writing on the screen and your text will be recognized and converted to text in the search bar. This […]
Set a longer more secure Passcode – on iOS
If you don’t already use a passcode for your iDevice and your concerned about keeping your information private you should enable it from the settings app. There are a number of reasons to set a passcode for your phone but if you want a more secure code, you can enable one easily. This can be […]
O.R.B. Bluetooth headset Ring
Hybra Advanced Technology a product development company based in Traverse City, Michigan have a new product on the horizon. This cutting edge product can be worn on your person and combines fashion, style and technology in one small package. Imagine feeling a vibration alert, on your finger! and as you look down at a your O.R.B […]
Decrease Macbook Pro boot time
I recently upgraded my SSD (Solid State Drive) from a 60GB to a 120GB. For reference I am using a OCZ Vertex 3 and I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo running Lion with 8GB of RAM so having too little RAM is not an issue. I only use the SSD for […]
Add more storage to a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro
About a month ago a new start-up came to Kickstarter. This product is aimed to increase to storage capacity of a Macbook Air but will also work on all Macbook Pros models as well Mid 2010 and later that have an SD card slot. Inserting a Micro SD card into the Nifty Minidrive and then […]
Muze – your new music app
If you take a moment to reflect on the iPod and how far it has come and its main purpose you can’t deny it’s popularity, but there is one thing that was left to be desired. The interface and how you controlled your music. Apple didn’t really change it much. Remember the click wheel and […]
Use the Playstation Six Axis controller with Linux
Linux could very well be the underdog of all operating systems. The popularity and ever-growing use of this OS is spawning more and more these days. Here is one handy application that can be used on the Linux platform. Developer FalkTX created QtSixA (GUI), which is an interface that uses sixad (C++ backend code) […]
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