Month: April 2014

Last fall, I reviewed Flexibits’ Fantastical 2 for iPhone, a nice upgrade to my favorite calendar app for iOS. But as good as Fantastical 2 was, it was still missing one thing: an iPad version. That didn’t stop me from using Fantastical on my iPad. Despite a glut of iPad-friendly calendar […] Read the original…

Thanks to Fantastical 2 for iPad I can now rapidly enter and find appointments and events on all my Apple devices, all the time. Flexibits’ hyper-efficient, natural-language parsing calendar app first shipped for the Mac in May of 2011. Fantastical for iPhone landed in November of 2012. Now it’s April […] Read the original post…

Staples offers the Logitech M317 Wireless Optical Mouse in Blue Topography, model no. 910-002990, or Pink Splash, model no. 910-002992, for $9.49. Plus, Staples Rewards members qualify for free shipping. (Not a member? Click here to sign up for free.) That’s a buck under our mention from last summer and […] Read the original post…

A possible price mistake, Buy.com via Best Buy offers the Panasonic 85″ 1080p Professional Touchscreen Plasma Monitor, model no. TH-85PB1U, for $3,105.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $17,058. It features a native resolution of 1920×1080 (1080p), Ethernet, remote pointer kit, one HDMI input, […] Read the original post…

Soon after the Nest Learning Thermostat launched in the U.S., demand began to rise in the U.K. for the now Google-owned company to bring the rather expensive product across the Atlantic. And today Nest has officially launched in the UK and is ready for order, with prices starting at £179.      Read the original post…

Globo tells you the time in multiple cities with a design that surpasses Apple’s clock with flying colors. Read the original post by Leah Yamshon

Spotify has just released a major update for its iOS app. Spotify v1.0.0 features an all-new user interface with a darker theme, refreshed topography and rounded iconography. Continue reading → Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

In a blog post in February, BlackBerry CEO and Executive Chair John Chen said that T-Mobile had emailed an offer targeting BlackBerry users on its network asking them to switch their BlackBerry devices to a competitor’s smartphone. Read the original post by Prince George Citizen

The UK has put in place some of the strictest drug driving laws on the planet in an effort to get drug-impaired drivers off the roads. Read the original post by Gizmag

Once you’ve decided on a format and focus for your podcast, it’s time to get down to some nitty-gritty: Figuring out how you’re going to capture the audio. That means choosing a microphone (and maybe other hardware) and recording software. It means figuring out a recording workflow. And, if you’re […] Read the original post…

Many audiophiles will tell you that high-resolution audio delivers a superior sound. But is the quality worth the extra cost of stocking your music library with high-resolution recordings? Read the original post by Ian Paul

Ending today, Newegg offers the Toshiba 1TB Serial ATA 6Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive, model no. DT01ACA100, for $64.99. Coupon code “EMCYTZT58935″ cuts it to $54.99. With free shipping, that’s $5 under our May mention of it with pickup and tied as the lowest total price we’ve seen. (It’s a […] Read the original post…

Apple updated its iWork suite on all three platforms (iOS, Mac, and iCloud) yesterday, with improvements to almost every aspect of every app, from editing in Pages to creating charts in Numbers and delivering presentations in Keynote. All three apps will purportedly be more compatible with Microsoft Office (which, coincidentally, finally […] Read the original…

Ending today, Newegg offers the Toshiba 1TB Canvio Slim II Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive in Black, model no. HDTD210XK3E1, for $69.99. Coupon code “EMCYTZT58934″ cuts it to $59.99. With free shipping, that’s tied with our mention from December and the lowest total price we could find today by […] Read the original post…

Today, the Spotify team announced a revamped interface, which has begun rolling out across various platforms. The new UI for the social music streaming service will hit iOS, the desktop and web today, with other platforms following suit in the near future. Say hello to the dark side of music […] Read the original post…