When 68-year-old Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger performed the song “Tea Party” with guitarist Jeff Beck on the Saturday Night Live season finale last night, apparently some NBC affiliates didn’t like it. Jagger told the audience that he wrote the number himself — which is about the current presidential candidates. He then broke out some [...]
I love it when someone takes an item that we all use everyday and reinvents it to make it more convenient. For example, when was the last time you thought to yourself that you love the design of the everyday ordinary keychain split ring? Probably never… More likely, you swear under your breath every time [...]
Samsung has announced a new RAM technology which will make phones with 2GB RAM a reality very soon, as early as 2013. While there are already a few smartphones out there with that amount of memory, Samsung’s new design has it all on just one chip, which is the way most manufacturers prefer it. This [...]
We love multi-functional accessories here at Popgadget, like The Rechargeable iPhone Speaker Amplifier Case last month. Wow that was one clever case. However, sometimes clever cases are a little too bulky, which is why we like the IdoStand concept from Allan Ospina. At first glance it’s a basic phone case, but it also has two [...]
The ColorTouch from Venstar looks like the ultimate gadgeteer’s thermostat. First of all, it is compatible with Apple iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Mac and PC devices, which allows you to easily change settings remotely. Who knew that the ability to customize your home thermostat was important to people. It must be because the ColorTouch has interchangeable [...]
When I buy a new camera one of the first things I do is affix a GGS glass screen protector over the LCD screen. I did this even on my prosumer digital SLR despite its scratch resistant glass screen. The reason why is that while they may be scratch resistant, they also feature anti-reflective coatings [...]
An experimental new device called Diabetes Insulin Guidance System (DIGS) from Hygieia, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) is being developed to automate insulin dosage titration in patients with type I and type II diabetes, based on measurements of blood glucose and analysis of patterns in the obtained data. The company hopes one day to provide patients [...]
Camscanner allows your Android or iOS smartphone to function as a document scanner. And while there are other competing apps from the few I’ve tried it’s clear that Camscanner is the pack leader. This app is better than the rest because it is intuitive and produces great results. It includes a virtual bubble-level shown on [...]
I have been trying out another stylus with my iPad. This one is the BoxWave EverTouch Capacitive stylus with a new type of tip that I’ve not seen before called FiberMesh. Is the BoxWave EverTouch stylus just another clone of the Targus stylus or is it a step up? Let’s take a look. Note: Click [...]