The chart above gives a quick visual to who is getting raped on expensive cell phone plans (US & Canada) and who has it good (Hong Kong & India). The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative did a detailed study to show the total cost of phone use including data,…
As you may know by now, I am a bit of a cootie-phobe, and I tend to like all things that kill cooties. With that said, one of the most germy things that we carry around, and really don't think about as germy, is our cellphone. We press our cell…
This is a pretty simple but smart/sneaky iPhone application for taking spy photos. The application, Camera Camouflage, starts taking photos while activated by your voice. It can also be set to ring and begin secretly taking photos as well while you pretend to be on a call.
Iomega has just come out with a new external SSD drive that runs off of the USB 3.0 standard. The drive is only 1.8-inches and comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes. The casing is metal and can handle drops from up to ten feet. The best part is the…
Whenever I see a senior citizen cruising around in their mobility scooter I feel a bit sad. They struggle to go over 5-mph, not because of lack of tech, but because the manufacturers are most likely scared of getting sued. If I was in the final quarter of my life,…
I like the idea of radar detectors that have good range and notification of red light or speed cameras. What I don't like about radar detectors is the cord you have to plug in to your cigarette lighter. Yes, there are versions that are wireless (but the batteries don't last…
For about $400 you can choose one of several colors of a very decent micro component stereo system, the Yamaha MCR-140. The MCR-140 has FM Radio, remote control, detachable speakers, a CD Player, USB input, 3.5mm inputs, and an iPod dock with wireless transmitter so you can control your iPod/iPhone…
We wrote about the Focus Designs SBU (Self Balancing Unicycle) in 2008, over two years later and they now have SBU V2.0. The 2.0 version of the self balancing unicycle looks like a truly "ready for market" product. Yours for about $1500 here. Read on for full details.
In college I survived on a healthy diet of McDonalds and Taco Bell, basically went to whichever had the best promotions running. I was poor. Now that I am out of college, still poor, I try and avoid McDonalds, to much talk of GMO, weird food processing, and stuff like…
More Mac news, looks like Apple is going to show off some new hardware and software specifically about the Mac, not the iPhone for a change. The event is mainly for the press types and will start at 10AM (Pacific) on October 20th. We will post any exciting bits here,