Life is stressful enough without the hassles of lost or misplaced keys, phones, wallets and the like. A while back my daughter dropped a little pouch containing her college room key and student ID, and what followed was 48 hours of frenzied, frustrated searching. The cost to replace those two items would have been around …
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Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro arrived late last year and made a lot of people happy with its excellent design. Despite Taika Waititi’s Apple trash-talk at the Oscars last week, CNET’s Dan Ackerman suggested in his MacBook Pro review that “new 16-inch MacBook will make you actually like MacBook keyboards again.” But if the price has kept you at bay, here’s …
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You can never be too rich or too thin or have too much storage on your iPhone or iPad. What might have seemed like sufficient space when you bought the device can soon start to feel like not nearly enough. Suddenly there’s no more room for apps, photos, videos and the like. Fortunately, there’s an inexpensive way to expand the …
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If you’re a rideshare driver, delivery driver, or just do a lot of commuting, you might consider a dash cam to be an essential automotive accessory. The Vantrue N2 Pro is a Ferrari of dash cams — it’s got dual front and rear cameras that each shoot 1,920×1,080-pixel video, a night vision mode with infrared illumination and even sensors that …
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There’s a lot to love in the latest Dell XPS 13. In fact, one of the few complaints that we’ve had in recent hands-on reviews was the placement of the webcam, which was below the screen, meaning it essentially shot video right up your nose — not a flattering look. But the 2019 XPS 13 puts the camera where it …
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Samsung has a new set of true wireless earbuds that looks a lot like its old set of true wireless earbuds. But the Galaxy Buds Plus, launched Tuesday alongside the company’s new trio of Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones, have some improvements on the inside that are designed to boost performance significantly. Alas, while they feature the same …
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Most power banks require a cord. A few have a Qi wireless charging pad that allow you to dispense with the cord, but then you have lay both the power bank and your phone on a flat surface. You can’t easily use the latter while using the former. That’s why I’m pretty fired up about this item, which appears to …
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A few months back, JBL unleashed a torrent of great speaker deals — most of which sold out quickly. Here’s one that just cropped up again, though I expect a similarly speedy sellout. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the JBL Link 20 portable wireless voice-activated speaker is $59.99. It lists for $229.95, though it appears to be …
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Update 2/11/20: Shortly after I published this post, a few things happened. First, the code stopped working. Then it appeared the product was sold out. Then I learned that the deal wasn’t actually supposed to go live until Feb. 13. In the interim, however, I discovered two functional issues with the product: The earbuds don’t always power on when you …
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If the Polaroid Mint had existed a dozen years ago, the formerly iconic camera company might not have suffered through a pair of bankruptcies — this is the hybrid Polaroid film and digital camera I really wanted in 2007. But it’s here now, and it’s pretty awesome. The Mint is like the Polaroid Instamatic of old, an instant camera. It …
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