Category: gadgetry
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Will Smith Departing Tested
Will Smith (one half of the awesome duo behind Tested.com, not the actor): About six years ago, I pitched my idea for Tested to the folks at Whiskey Media. My pitch was simple, let’s make a technology site that’s about having fun with technology instead of showing people how snarky and cool we could be.…
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Logitech k400r Wireless Touch Keyboard Review
Lets get this out of the way up front, wireless keyboards with built-in pointing devices are almost universally awful. I say “almost’ but what I mean is, I’ve never found a combo wireless keyboard/trackpad that is any good but they must exist somewhere, right? Maybe the Logitech k400r will be one of those good few…
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Valve’s VR Headset Announcement
HTC and Valve announced the HTC Vive today, a headset similar to the Oculus Rift. The differences are in the head tracking, a slight increase to resolution compared to the Oculus Rift DK2, and a custom game controller. Similar to the VR room demo Valve had at Steam Dev Days, the HTC Vive will have tracking…
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Pebble Time
I love watches and although previously I didn’t think the features were compelling enough for an iOS user, the only smartwatch I would have gotten was the Pebble. Their first device, the Pebble Watch, struck me as fun and playful. Their follow-up, the Pebble Steel, looked kind of terrible with a huge logo on the…
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Slickwraps Vivid Purple Glow Wrap for iPhone 5 Review
Obviously, the Slickwraps Vivid Purple Glow Wrap for iPhone 5 isn’t a case. It’s basically just a series of stickers you apply to your iPhone to make it look different. Any protection the stickers might offer is coincidental. It looks pretty neat, right? Application is fairly straightforward, everything you need is provided including a screen…