Back in 2012, I told you about a handy little $1 app for iOS called Bob’s Contact Lock Screen. Let’s say you left your iPhone at a party. If someone of good moral character found it and you keep your phone locked, how would they know it was yours and how to get it back […]
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When Cables Go Bad
This week I was really excited when my friend Melanie sent me a photo of a sad little question mark folder on the boot up screen of her mid-2012 MacBook Pro. I was excited because Steve got me the 70 piece iFixit Pro Tech toolkit for Christmas and I was itching to use it! I […]
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James Staples asked me a question on Twitter that I had trouble answering at first, but after a few days I kept coming up with more and more solutions. He asked: Do you know of any apps that can markup a photo (e.g. Step 1,2) via iOS extension like Preview or Clarify on OS X? […]
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Allison interviews Chase Sherman from Adonit about their series of Jot styluses for iPads and other tablets. Adonit offers the fine point Jot Script and Jot Pro for note taking and hand writing and the pressure sensitive Jot Touch for drawing and creative applications. The setting is the CES 2015 show room floor. Learn more […]
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Allison interviews LooptWorks CEO and Co-founder Scott Hamlin about their Bags, Cases and Sleeves made from repurposed materials. LooptWorks takes excess materials from other companies, such as shoe leather and airline seat covers, and turns them into high-end products. By recapturing excess materials Looptworks saves a significant amount of water and other natural resources. The […]
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Allison interviews Isaac Cruz from Braven about their rugged outdoor Bluetooth speakers. Their outdoor BRV-Pro speakers are stackable, have a built-in solar panel accessory for charging and can charge other devices through USB. The BRV-Pro can be mounted to your bike, kayak or other outdoor vehicle with an action sport mount. These speakers are IPX7 […]
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Allison interviews Lindsay Anthony from Octa about their unique stands and holders for tablets. Octa showed two new kits at CES including the Lynx and the Spider Monkey which both use interchangeable mounting hardware components. The Lynx clamps to flat, round, or irregular surfaces or poles to mount your tablet. The Spider Monkey has a […]
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Allison interviews the CEO and founder of 360Heros, Michael Kintner, about his company’s holders and software that supports 360° video using multiple GoPro Hero cameras. The holders are 3D printed flexible cases that support six, seven or ten GoPro Hero3/Hero4 cameras. Their 360 CamMan and 360 Video-Stitch Studio software packages manage the raw video files […]
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One of my favorite, most useful Mac Applications got a major update this week – Audio Hijack 3 from Rogue Amoeba. Now you may think that a tool like this is only useful for podcasters (and it IS amazing for podcasters) but it’s really cool for normal people too!
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Steve says this was the funniest interview I did – the rep was hilarious: Allison interviews Pete Jameson from ODG about their new 3D Smart Glasses. ODG has been designing, manufacturing and supplying advanced AR eyewear to the US government. They are now applying lessons learned to develop Smart Glasses for enterprise, business and consumer […]
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