Call me old-fashioned, but I still like newspapers. Not the papers themselves, mind you, and all their environmental unfriendliness (paper, ink, landfill, etc.), but the layout and design. The big headlines and splashy photos. Even the ads. Newspaper apps may serve you the same news, but they just aren’t the same. That’s one reason I …
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Late last year I sung the praises of cash-rebate sites, which pay you back for making online purchases you were going to make anyway. SwagBucks gives you prizes for doing stuff you already do, like searching the Web, playing games, taking polls, and watching videos. It may sound a little scammy, but the site’s legit: in the past couple years …
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You’ve snapped a bunch of cool vacation/party/family photos on your Android phone; now you want to show them off on your TV. If you have a Roku box and three extra bucks, you’re good to go. Juice for Roku turns your Android device into a media server for your Roku box, wirelessly beaming photos and music to your TV. It …
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The SwingHolder is an iPad stand designed to keep your tablet at eye level, whether you’re lying in bed, sitting on the couch, cooking in the kitchen, or even standing on a stage. The applications here are fairly endless. You could position your iPad in front of a treadmill or elliptical exerciser, making it easy to watch TV shows or …
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Early in 2011, when the Optoma Neo-i iPhone/iPod projector made its debut, the price tag was a stiff $450. Today only, and while supplies last, Woot has the Optoma Neo-i projector for $219.99, plus $5 for shipping. Unlike much of what Woot peddles, this Neo is new, not refurbished. The Neo-i combines an iPhone/iPod speaker dock with a 50-ANSI-lumens pico …
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Earlier this month I took the Republic Wireless smartphone and service for a test-drive. Quick refresher: You pay $199 for an LG Optimus S (a small but sweet Android 2.3 phone), then $19 per month for “unlimited” voice, texting, and data. Why the quotation marks? Republic tweaked the Optimus to use Wi-Fi whenever possible for calls and data, thereby keeping …
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Roku boxes are all the rage right now, offering cheap and easy streaming of services like HBO Go, Hulu Plus, and Netflix. Of course, another box means another remote, and Roku’s clickers are so small they can easily vanish into the couch cushions, never to be seen again. (Well, unless you look.) Here’s a handy alternative: Roku for iOS, which …
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First came OneNote, then SkyDrive. Now, Microsoft is jumping into the iOS games market with Kinectimals, a mobile version of the popular Kinect console title. “Game” might not be the right word. Kinectimals simulates adopting and playing with a tiger cub (your choice of five breeds at the beginning, with five more you can unlock). Target audience: 3-year-olds. OK, slightly …
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Last month, Android tablet owners were treated to a Netflix interface overhaul, one designed to help users “more easily discover the content they want to watch.” Now it’s the iPad’s turn: just-released Netflix 2.0 brings a refreshed interface to Apple’s tablet. The update is available now, and it’s a required download: you can no longer run the previous version of …
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Why did Batman cross his legs? Because he had to go to the bat-room. I know, I know. But that joke kills in a room full of 7-year-olds. Speaking of Batman (you knew I had a reason for the potty humor), there’s good news for fans of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, two of the top-rated console games of 2009 …
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