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• Stick a lens on your iPhone

  By Shaun on January 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  When lens maker ZEISS partnered with ExoLens to bring pro optics to the iPhone, mobile photographers had to make a choice between having great lenses or a protective case for the phone. Now ExoLens has solved that, at least for… Read More ›

• Does The Original iPhone Still Work?

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Recently, I got my hands on the very first iPhone … for the first time, in 2017. Yes, even though I’m a gadget geek with a tendency to early adopt, even I held off buying the original iPhone at the… Read More ›

• 250,000 Photographs from the George Eastman Museum Go Online

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The George Eastman Museum, among the oldest archives of photography in the world, recently launched an online platform that allows you to search through over 250,000 objects from its collections… More at Hyperallergic.  One of those online places you visit… Read More ›

• Your 2016 home screen

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  So, first and foremost, as you can see, not a ton has changed. This isn’t too surprising to me as we’re now almost a decade into the iPhone (and almost 9 years into third-party apps) and the ways I do… Read More ›

• Capturing the New Year with an iPhone

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  From livestreaming video to new smartphone features, 2016 brought us more ways to capture and share experiences. And when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, we’ll all likely grab our mobile devices to do just that. We’re taking a… Read More ›

• Predator 21 X Gaming Laptop: $8,999

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  You knew Acer’s wonderfully overdone Predator 21X gaming laptop was going to cost a pretty penny, but probably not this much. The PC maker has revealed launch details for its 21-inch desktop replacement, and the system will cost a mind-numbing… Read More ›

• How to stop anyone from snoring

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I guess this might help with humans, but I mainly posted it because the dog in the video is identical to mine. Cavaliers have the most expressive eyes and are so friendly it hurts. They do snore though.

• Really Bad Kickstarter!

  By Shaun on January 4, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Have just had a second email from the people below. It isn’t really something I would recommend to people. I am not even leaving the link here as I don’t even want to send people to their page… More at… Read More ›

• Prevent Apple AirPods Theft

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  For those able to acquire a set of AirPods, for the most part Apple’s wireless earbuds have surprised and delighted users for a 1.0 release. These things just work (although we haven’t experienced the battery drain issue–yet). Now, it appears… Read More ›

• Those days are gone

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Back in September, a major bug with PDF-handling that led to Fujitsu temporarily warning ScanSnap owners to cease using their scanners with Sierra. The problem was later identified as a bug in the PDFKit framework in macOS 10.12. Take Control… Read More ›