Techland’s Doug Aamoth and Chris Gayomali have found the perfect father-friendly tech products. Whether Dad loves to grill, fish or take on projects around the house, any number of these geeky goodies are sure to be a hit.
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Two Minute Video: How to Protect Your iPad While Cooking
The iPad makes a nice digital cookbook, huh? But using it around messy ingredients can get downright ugly and trying to use the touchscreen when your hands are covered in whatever it is that people who know how to cook have their hands covered in is a bad, bad idea.
If only there existed a disposable protective iPad cover made …
Two Minute Video: The Ultimate iPad Twitter Trick
Here’s how to use a Twitter bookmarklet with the iPad’s Safari web browser. It’s a cool trick that’ll let you quickly and easily tweet an interesting web page out to your followers directly from the browser—no need to try to hunt down a “Tweet This” button or mess around with copying and pasting the page’s link from the address …
Two Minute Video: Can Microsoft Put Its Skype Purchase to Work?
The big news this week: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion. That’s a decent chunk of change and it’s got some Microsoft investors worried. So how will the Redmond giant puts its most expensive purchase ever to good use? Check out the above video for some likely scenarios.
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Two Minute Video: Mother’s Day Gifts and Gadgets to Avoid
Mother’s Day gift giving can be fraught with peril, especially when it comes to the consumer electronics industry. Here’s a look at some products to avoid.
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Two Minute Video: Samsung Takes On the MacBook Air
This 13-inch Samsung Series 9 notebook I have here is a sexy slab, my friends. It tips the scales at 2.88 pounds thanks to Samsung’s use of aircraft-grade “Duralumin” which is apparently twice as strong as aluminum.
The backlit keyboard is one of the best I’ve used and the computer itself feels like it’s generally in hyperdrive—it …
Two Minute Video: Outrage! Acer Tablet Gets Priced Competitively
Well it only took a little over a year, but Android tablet makers have finally decided to compete against the iPad’s $500 starting price.
Acer is first out of the gate with its $450 Iconia Tab A500, slated for launch this Sunday, April 24th at Best Buy. It’s got a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, one gigabyte of RAM, 16 gigabytes of …
QuickView: Five Unique, Hand Tested Gadgets for Your Perusal
Each month we’ll hand test a selection of unique accessories, peripherals and other items of tech merriment to see if they’re worth your time.
Here’s the roundup for April.
Kensington PowerLift Back-Up Battery, Dock and Stand for iPhone
It’s not like iPhone accessories are exactly in short supply nowadays, but Kensington has …
Two Minute Video: Wherein I Stick Tweezers into a Wet Surge Protector
The $70 Wet Circuits 4-outlet power strip is VERY expensive for a surge protector. That being said, the company claims that this one is water resistant and you can stick tweezers into the sockets without electrocuting yourself to death. I tested those claims. Did I die? I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Two Minute Video: Acer’s Dual Screen, No Keyboard Laptop
The $1,300 Acer Iconia laptop is certainly unique. The machine features two 14-inch touchscreens instead of the tried and true screen-and-keyboard combination, while retaining the same form factor as a standard laptop.
The bottom touchscreen is home to the Acer Ring, which is activated by touching all five fingers to the glass. …
Two Minute Video: File Taxes from Your Smartphone or Tablet
Tax prep? There’s an app for that. Several, actually.
The folks at Intuit recently gave me a demo of their TurboTax apps: SnapTax for iPhone and Android lets you take a photo of your W2 form and fills in all the necessary blanks automatically, while TurboTax for iPad features everything you’d find with the web-based version of …
Two Minute Video: Top 10 Gmail Extras
“Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time.”
That’s the ominous message that greets you when you delve into the deepest, darkest corners of Gmail. Beware!
However, some of Gmail’s experimental features can and do make your e-mail …