The Red Ferret Journal

Eco Friendly May 23, 2013

Fairphone – an Android smartphone that aims to deliver social value first

The stories circulating recently about working conditions in some Far Eastern factories have made a fair number of people start to question their role as consumers. For one thing it doesn’t feel right that we can buy something cheap only because someone else far away suffers. The Fairtrade movement, which started to help African farmers improve their living standards while still supplying Western supermarkets with produce, has now found an equivalent in the consumer electronics space.

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Awesome May 23, 2013

Could Ingress And Glass Become Google’s Next Killer Product?

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been playing a game called Ingress, developed by Google and currently being played in closed invite-only beta across the world. The game, which draws heavily on a kind of Matrix meets StarCraft science fiction styling, melds augmented reality with smartphones, computers and the kind of backstory that only a Hollywood scriptwriter could dream up.

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hmm..interesting May 23, 2013

Wordlock Stor-More hides your keys in the last place you’d expect

When you have a friend coming over to watch the house for the weekend, you need to make sure they have a key to get in. While you don’t want to leave it under the mat, there’s not many other places that will make for a good hiding spot. If you want to make sure your keys are safe, why not store them in the last place anyone would look?

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Gadgets May 23, 2013

Delorme inReach Two-Way Sattelite Communicator – Can you hear me now?

Have you ever reached a spot where your cellphone service wasn’t very strong? It’s not really a big deal, seeing as you don’t necessarily have to send that text message for another 10 minutes, but what would you do if you were in need of serious help? There are a variety of situations a phone that could always send out an SOS message could be useful, but especially so if you are out in the wilderness with no one with…

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Gadgets May 23, 2013

Umbrella Pole Patio Heater – Have it made in the shade

During the day, sitting in the shade can help you cool off as it gives you a little protection from the sun. The darker it gets though, sitting there gets to be a bit chilly, which leads you to moving to a new spot, or needing a jacket. Wouldn’t it be nice if sitting under an umbrella was pleasant at all hours of the day?

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cool tech May 22, 2013

TrekDesk Treadmill Desk – get fit while you work with just a gentle stroll

There’s no doubt that all this sitting around in front of computers all day can be bad for your health. Even if you discount the stories about increased health vulnerabilities, there’s the fact that being stationary all day plays havoc with the waistline and can quickly lead to serious weight gain and worse.

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Bookmark This! May 22, 2013

Email It In – email your files directly to Dropbox, Google Drive or Skydrive for quick and easy storage

If you regularly store or archive files to an online service like Dropbox as part of your day to day activities, then you’ll know that it’s not the most elegant system in the world. You need to either keep the service running permanently on your computer, or go through all that tedious login stuff.

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Bookmark This! May 22, 2013

How I Double My Browser Productivity With Just 13 Free Browser Extensions [Freeware]

Last week I explained How I double my PC productivity with only 65MB of free software, so this week I’ll continue sharing some more productivity tips using browser extensions. I normally use Firefox and Chrome for 95% of my work. The rest of 5% is split between Opera and Internet Explorer.

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How I Double My Browser Productivity With Just 13 Free Browser Extensions [Freeware]

13 Comments May 21, 2013

THL W100 – is this Quad Core, Jelly Bean phone at just $169 worth buying? Yep. [Review]

High end smartphones are all well and good, but not everyone has $700+ to drop on a mobile, even if it’s got more processing power than the space shuttle. For those on a budget the choice is limited when it comes to top spec handsets, unless you’re prepared to compromise in some way.