How can you best preserve your photographs, in the age of digital photography? Like most people, I have a system for family photos. I take photos on my iPhone and when other people send them to me, I save them to my camera roll. That way, they all go to my Photo Stream, usually viewed more »

If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve probably noticed this year that there’s a lot more controversy involving umpires than normal. The men in blue have been missing a whole lot of calls, even obvious ones, and the expanded instant replay may have something to do with that. Here’s one clue why. Craig Calcaterra of NBC more »

The Maryland-based accessory manufacturer TESSCO operates the Ventev line of mobile device accessory products, which were introduced at International CES in January and recently arrived on the market. This expansive line, spanning many functions and even more colors, serve some valuable purposes: They provide expansive functions, and they look good while doing so. The line more »

Ever reach into your pocket at the end of a long flight to turn on your phone, when you realize it was on all along? You’re not alone. A study released Thursday found that 30 percent of U.S. airplane passengers have accidentally left a personal electronic device while on a plane. According to the “Portable more »

Ever wonder how you will go about preserving and enjoying your digital images long into the future, while also keeping them safe from hard drive crashes? I new ebook looks at that dilemma, and provides some solutions to make those pictures last.  ”From Fleeting to Forever: Enjoying & Preserving Your Digital Photos and Videos” is more »

When it comes to Airplay-enabled speakers, this sleek, compact and portable entry from SDI Technologies’ iHome brand is one of the best I’ve tried. As it supports Apple’s patented AirPlay wireless streaming, the iW3, which follows iHome’s previous iW1 and iW2, has the advantage of not falling into either the pre- or post-Lightning connector paradigm, more »

Google, as you may have noticed, discontinues stuff all the time. But when it does, my life is usually minimally affected. Remember Google Wave, which was supposed to revolutionize communications? I couldn’t tell you to this day exactly what that was or what it was supposed to do, and I just sort of shrugged when more »

The Favi SmartStick is another alternative to Smart TV and competitor of Apple TV and Roku, using a small dongle to give non-smart TVs access to online video and the web. The SmartStick isn’t the most perfect solution, but it represents a low-cost alternative to a costly smart TV. It’s available in 4- and 8GB more »

The  i-Connex Combi, an iPad case and keyboard from British accessory maker Freedom Input, is one of the better entrants of a limited genre. Announced earlier this year and available now, the multi-part product includes a Bluetooth keyboard and a hardshell smart case with a detachable front cover. It’s meant to allow the user to, more »

Accessory maker Dockem recently released a new iPad mounting solution called the Koala iPad and Tablet Wall Mount. Tiny as it may be, the product is a versatile way to find new places to put your iPad. Meant to work with any of any of the three iPad models released to date, the Koala mounting more »

Want to be able to shave with minimal fuss, with a razor powered by your computer? Here comes the ShaveTech, a USB-powered portable electric shaver that’s barely the size of a smartphone, and can power up straight from your computer’s USB port. Available in sleek black and white colors, ShaveTech probably isn’t powerful enough to more »

Metra’s Home Theater Group and its Audio Solutions brand recently unveiled a unique audio mounting product, known simply as The Audio Mount (model number VAM3-1A). The product, which was demoed at CEA Line Shows in New York in June, is being marketed by the company as an alternative to a sound bar. The product is more »