When the Une Bobine made its Kickstarter debut about a year ago, I had the same reaction as a lot of people: What the heck does “Une Bobine” mean? One look at the product and I definitely wanted to find out. Alas, I’ve forgotten too much of my high-school French (sorry, Mrs. Herman), but Google …
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True story: Attracted by the sounds of Star Wars, my kids wandered over to where I was playing a game on my iPad. “What’s that?” they asked. “Star Wars Pinball,” I said. “What’s pinball?” they replied. I told them pinball was a game people used to play at the arcade, before video games came along. They said, “Whats an arcade?” …
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Last September, CNET’s Matt Elliott told you about SnipSnap, a rather ingenious iOS app that turns printed coupons into mobile ones. It’s been a long wait, but SnipSnap has finally made its way to Android. And if you shop for anything, anywhere, ever, that should come as very good news. SnipSnap is like a digital coupon wallet: instead of schlepping …
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It’s the age-old question, age being relative in this case: Can a tablet take the place of a laptop? Maybe yes, maybe no. But without an honest-to-goodness keyboard, the answer is a definite no. The new ClamCase Pro joins the ranks of iPad keyboard/case combos like the Belkin YourType Folio + Keyboard, CruxCase Crux360, and Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover. In …
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The iPhone 5: thing of beauty, right? It’s slim and pocket-friendly and just a marvel of engineering, yes? Gravity: 24-7, right? Strikes without warning, yes? That’s why you’ll never catch me carrying a phone without a case, even if it means hiding some of its beauty and lessening its pocket-friendliness. The question is, which case? You’ve got a million options, …
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I rely pretty heavily on the iOS Reminders app — not because it’s especially good (it’s not), but because it works with Siri. I love being able to dictate tasks (“Remind me to call Bob at 3 o’clock,” for example) while I’m driving or otherwise hands-occupied. That’s a key reason I’ve stuck with Reminders, even when there are so many …
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Everyone knows the dangers of drinking and driving. An unfortunate few choose to ignore them, often with tragic results. A good friend recently lost his nephew to a drunk driver. A member of my temple congregation lost his wife and children to a drunk driver. That same temple later lost its rabbi to a drunk driver. Shall I go on? …
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My guess is the whole Harlem Shake craze is just about winding down its 15 minutes of fame. 14:51…14:52…14:53… But wait! While there’s still a shred of interest left, you’ve got time to make your own videos. Free Android app Harlem Shake Creator Lite and iOS app Harlem Shake Creator HD (both from the same developer) make it ridiculously easy. …
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It’s an awesome time to own an iDevice. You can get unlimited movie and TV streaming from Netflix, unlimited music from the likes of Rdio and Spotify, and even unlimited magazines from Next Issue (for iPads, anyway). Great news for comic-book fans: Now you can get unlimited comics as well. Marvel Unlimited, previously a Web-only service, just debuted for iOS. …
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It’s hard to get excited about weather apps. Sure, every so often you see something original like Fahrenheit, the first app to show the outdoor temperature as an icon badge, or Dark Sky, which predicts the weather for the hour ahead. Mostly, however, they’re variations on a theme: weather forecasts, weather radar, weather video, and on and on. If you’re …
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