For those who live in America, and are old enough to remember, there was a chewing gum commercial featuring the Doublemint Twins – for everyone else you can see the video here. Right, now that the DoubleMint Gum jingle is stuck in your head (Double your pleasure with DoubleMint Gum…) we can move onto the review.
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Paul – your friendly video buddy makes sure you get your fill of mobile fun [Freeware]
You know how you were wishing that it was easier to find video content you enjoyed, and how you would really prefer if it downloaded onto your phone or tablet in the background automatically when you were WiFi connected rather than on your 3G mobile plan?
Read MoreSpOre True Illuminated Doorbell – Be our guest!
What is the first thing a house guest is going to see when the come to your front door? The doorbell! While they’re not the most exciting things on the planet, there’s no reason you shouldn’t have an interesting one. You can choose to have an plain ole door ringer, or one that will make them question what they’re getting themselves into by visiting.
Read MoreUSB Utility Charge Tool – the Swiss Army Knife for nerds
It’s an interesting balancing act to see which device is going to die first during the day. While you want to keep everything juiced up and on, you only have so many outlets, and no one wants to carry a random assortment of adapters in their bag. They always get jostled or sink to the bottom, which is why it would be much easier if they were all in one place.
Read MoreMusicRocker Cube Sound Chair will let you literally feel the beat
Some of us enjoy music as separate entity from ourselves. We listen, enjoy, and feel it in the sense that it moves us emotionally. Others prefer to have music cranked up so loud that the bass is their new heartbeat, and they’ll hear ringing for the next week.
Read MoreHD Video Sunglasses – capture your world on video for just $50
Everyone may be talking about the new Google Glass technology and how it will revolutionize the world, but you can start to play around with lifelogging with video for much less than they’re going to charge for their toy.
Read MoreWestern Digital Ultra Slim WD Blue – do these incredibly thin hard drives suggest we’re about to get terabyte tablets?
Western Digital has just announced the first of a range of Ultra Slim WD Blue 2.5 inch hard drives, which at 5mm in size are about half the thickness of an average smartphone. Now pushing aside for the moment the astounding engineering involved in getting a 5400 rpm spinning platter, motor and all the electronics into such an incredibly skinny form factor, the fact that the company is offering an initial capacity of 500GB suggests that it won’t be long…
Read MoreBrowsing History View – all your web viewing from multiple browsers in one neat box [Freeware]
If you’re like most people, you will run at least two web browsers on your computer, if not more, just to give yourself some flexibility with the different sites out there. We use Chrome and Firefox mostly, and switch between them to check different site features, or access content at different speeds and with different browsing functions and plugins.
Read MoreShloosl – duplicate your house keys with your phone
There’s something weird about house keys. We can’t live without them and yet they’re a real pain to manage most of the time. They always have to go missing just as we’re heading out the door, handing them over to a friend is a real hassle (all that twisting and tugging at the keyring) and let’s not even talk about losing them on the bus.
Read MoreLogitech H820e Wireless Headset is as close to freedom you’ll get at work
We dredge through our mornings, coffee in hand, to get in the car to drive to our least favorite place: work. From the moment you sit down, you plug in and stay that way for hours. Those of you who have to use a headset know what a pain it is to get wrapped up in wires from wheeling around your space while taking a call.
Read MoreFabricSkin Keyboard Folio is an iPad smartcase with integrated keyboard
It’s nice to have a Bluetooth keyboard for your tablet so you don’t have to peck at the screen. Tactile feedback is pleasant for taking notes and writing out ideas, but you don’t want it all the time. There are tons of cases out there that have a built-in keyboard, but they are oftentimes a tad bulky, so even when you’re not using them, they make your tablet awkward to hold.
Read MoreGriffin Crayola Light Marker – now coloring gets a serious face lift
When I was a kid, the only thing you needed to worry about with coloring was staying in the lines, and trying not to eat the crayons. In our modern world, kids don’t need to worry about not having enough of their favorite color or making a mark you can’t erase because it’s all moving to a digital platform. Looks like Crayola has jumped on the hi-tech train, as they’ve created a coloring experience where kids don’t even need to…
Read MoreSmartphone Sheaths – rain, rain, go away!
You’re about to walk into a downpour, and you know that try as you may, your phone is quite likely going to get wet. Even at the very heart of your bag, a rainy day might be victorious no matter what you do. While a regular case may protect your smartphone from bumps and jolts, you might need to find a different case for keeping it dry.
Read MoreSmart PJ’s will have kids clamoring to go to bed
Getting children to go to bed is one of the hardest and most annoying tasks ever. They find all sorts of inane excuses to keep from going to sleep, but the prospect of a bed time story is sometimes enticing enough to get them to surrender. However, there’s still the job of getting them ready for bed.
Read MoreRessence Type 3 Wristwatch – look ma, no hands!
How can you have a watch that looks as though it has hands, but doesn’t? Of course the go-to response is a digital display, but there are other, more complex ways out there, such as light refraction. If course, if you’re looking for an unusual watch, be prepared for an unusually high price tag.
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