Our connected world is awesome for helping us to keep contact with people all over the globe. Talk to your friends in drastically different time zones instantly with no trouble with any number of apps and services. As cool as that is, having a pen pal feels a bit different and the Slowly app wants to recapture that feeling.
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Android Messages – get your texts on the computer
Trying to break away from your smartphone but you miss that sweet, sweet texting? With Android Messages you can send texts from your main computer right over the internet. Which is pretty handy if you need to talk to people but don’t want to be stuck on your phone I guess.
Read MoreHieroglyphs to Unicode – write like an Egyptian
We all love our emojis, they’re just part of how we communicate now but in the future we may be able to go back to the original emoji, the hieroglyph. Egyptologists and digital linguistics are working together bring the expansive pictorial language online.
Read MoreThe Lovebox – send love notes electronically with this gadget
Not every invention has a wide range of uses but sometimes they’re really sweet. Sometimes we just need a unique way to say, “I love you.” The Lovebox is a way to send digital love letters in a special package to that special someone.
Read MoreLight Phone – unplug from your smartphone with this lighter version
Phone addiction is one of the hot topics that is popping up in the news cycle today. Can’t be away from your smartphone? That’s phone addiction (maybe). The Light Phone 2 is the simple 4G phone that combats all the things that keep us glued to our tiny screens.
Read Moreilli – a pocket translator perfect for travel
Communicating during travel can be difficult if you don’t speak the language of the country you’re in. There are apps but these are sometimes difficult to work with, especially if wi-fi isn’t that great where you happen to be at. The illi is a true pocket translator for your travel needs.
Read MoreDrivemocion LED Car Sign – a new way to tell other drivers how you feel
Everyone thinks that they’re the best drivers and generally everyone, no matter where you’re from, has the same set of nonverbal communication to let other drivers (and pedestrians) know exactly what you’re trying to say. The Drivemocion LED Car Sign lets you expand your vocabulary with faces and short phrases.
Read MoreLokLok – share directly from your lock screen [Freeware]
Sharing doodles and drawings over mobile devices is nothing new. There are plenty of apps that let you do that without any problem. However, you generally have to unlock your phone to use them. LokLok lets you share doodles and notes without even unlocking your phone.
Read MoreDrawAttention – turn the back of your laptop into something useful
You can add a lot to your tech to expand its use. Hardware, software, etc. can all make your equipment work harder, but have you ever considered making your laptop lid a part of your productivity process? The DrawAttention is a whiteboard decal that turns the dead space on the back of your notebook computer screen into something rather useful.
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