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Findables: iPhone cases with an identity

by Steven Sande (Oct 17th, 2013)

There's something new in the crowded iPhone case market: cases with an identity. Findables has a line of iPhone cases that include a small, unique QR code that can be tied -- through a free iPhone app -- to your social network accounts. That same code can even help others return a lost iPhone to ...

Weekly Mac App: CopyClip is a no-frills clipboard manager

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 15th, 2013)

I'm still on the search for the ultimate clipboard manager. Namely, one that tracks your clipboard content and serves as a temporary repository for longer-form text that you need to save for a short period of time. In my search, I stumbled upon CopyClip from Fiplab, a no-frills app that'll log the ...

Belkin YourType Wireless Keypad: Review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Oct 15th, 2013)

Yesterday I reviewed Belkin's new Express Dock for iPad, a well-designed aluminum charging and sync dock that works with Lightning connector devices. Today, my attention has been captured a useful accessory for any Bluetooth-equipped Mac -- the Belkin YourType Wireless Keypad (US$59.99). As I ...

Belkin Express Dock for iPad: Review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Oct 14th, 2013)

Belkin continues to roll out an impressive array of Apple accessories, with the new US$59.99 Express Dock for iPad (and any other device with a Lightning connector) being the latest in a series of new products. The Express Dock comes with a 4-foot USB cable and is primarily designed for use with ...

Share Anytime is a clever collaborative whiteboard app for iPad

by Mel Martin (Oct 14th, 2013)

There are a lot of whiteboard- and document-sharing solutions on both the Mac and iOS platforms. MetaMoji Corporation is debuting Share Anytime, a free app that allows teams to see documents, drawings and photos in real time and mark them up interactively. MetaMoji also offers Note Anytime, which ...

Daily iPad App: Rockpack allows you to bundle up your favorite videos into shareable playlists

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 14th, 2013)

Rockpack is a social video-curation app that allows you to create and share a bucket list of your favorite online videos. The lists are called "packs" and are shared with your friends and the larger Rockpack community. It's a visually striking app that makes excellent use of video thumbnails and ...

Daily iPhone app: Gym Genius lets you create and track your custom workouts

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 14th, 2013)

One important feature of a workout app is ease of use. You are not going to set up and log your exercise progress if the app is difficult to use. It's in this area that Gym Genius shines. Within 10 minutes of installing the app, I had set up three workouts and was ready to get started with my ...

Daily iPhone App: Recur! takes the to-do list and turns it around

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 11th, 2013)

Recur! The Reverse To-Do List is a list-maker app that turns things around by keeping track of the things you've done instead of the things you need to do. Created by the developer behind CARROT, Recur! lets you create a to-do list for the things that you've done. You can track anything from ...

Daily iPad App: Costume Quest lets you be a kid again

by Mike Wehner (Oct 10th, 2013)

We may have to wait until early next year for the highly anticipated (an robustly funded) new title from Double Fine Productions, but to help hold us over, the company has released one of its most charming previous games for iOS devices. Costume Quest lets you play as one of a pair of young twins ...

LaCie wants to put a Porsche key in your pocket

by Steven Sande (Oct 10th, 2013)

OK, so that headline was bit ... link-baitish. But the real news is that storage accessory manufacturer LaCie and Porsche Design have teamed up to create a keychain flash drive that is both speedy and stylish. The LaCie Porsche Design USB Key (starting at US$29.99) is available starting today, and ...

Daily iPhone App: Fotor HDR brings some new tricks to iPhone photography

by Mel Martin (Oct 9th, 2013)

Fotor HDR is a new iPhone app for those of you who like to take high dynamic range (HDR) photos. The US$1.99 app adds some very sophisticated processing options after you take the multiple images required for an HDR image. The main feature Fotor HDR offers is preset styles. Rather than simply ...

Daily iPhone App: Knot reminds you of tasks and gives your memory a workout

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 8th, 2013)

The iPhone is usually the item you have at hand when you need to make a quick note, and Knot takes advantage of this by making it as easy as possible to leave yourself a reminder -- tying the proverbial piece of string around your finger. Knot goes a step further from basic reminders by utilizing ...

Review: Easy-Macro Cameraphone Lens

by Ilene Hoffman (Oct 7th, 2013)

There are a number of macro lenses made for the iPhone and most of them work really well. The problem is that many of them require that you either use a special case that the lens screws into or you have to use some other kind of contraption to secure the lens to your iPhone. A macro lens gives ...

TechCrunch reviews 2013 iMac

by Steven Sande (Oct 7th, 2013)

Apple doesn't love us enough to send us devices for review, nor can we afford to purchase one of every new Mac that hits the market. Fortunately, our sister site TechCrunch was able to take a close look at the 2013 iMac and did a short-but-sweet review of the top features of Apple's all-in-one ...

Take control of your DSLR with the Triggertrap Mobile Dongle and app

by Steven Sande (Oct 7th, 2013)

Back in 2011, Haje Jan Kamps came up with a fascinating idea for a Kickstarter -- the Triggertrap. The idea was to create an interface that would go between a digital SLR camera (DSLR) and a smartphone, with an app on the smartphone to control activation of the shutter on your DSLR. The ...