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Plantronics Gamescom 780 gaming Headphones Review

I had the pleasure of testing out the Gamescom 780 headphones while at CES 2012 and they immediately amazed me. The fact that they had a pair of headphones there that isolated the sound around me at CES really amazed me. The size of these 780 headphones are not that bad, what I thought when [...]

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Pixelmator updated for Sandboxing

Apple has set June 1 as the deadline when the apps that are submitted to the Mac App Store should support the Sandboxing. One of the first to support this is excellent Pixelmator yesterday updated with support for just sandboxing and got some stability improvements. … [Read More...]

Glassboard now in version 2

  Glassboard has now released version 2 of their application, which comes in both Android and iOS flavors. They have made it easier, faster and better looking.  To get into a board you have to be invited to one. The app has no commercials and nothing is sent to Facebook or Twitter.   Check it out at Glassboard Blog. … [Read More...]

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WD announces the availability of its next generation My Passport® line of portable hard drives in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities in Europe.

WD announces the availability of its next generation My Passport® line of portable hard drives in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities in Europe. Now available in five popular colours, white, black, silver, blue, and red, with a range of capacities, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB and previously announced 2TB, the new sleeker My Passport portable drives offer digital consumers an appealing array of storage … [Read More...]

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Day 9 of 30 days with Windows Phone: driving with Skydrive

One of the features that I have really come to appreciate with Windows Phone is Skydrive, as Master Student at the University of Gothenburg I am heavily addicted to Office on my desktop and laptop. When I discovered that you can sync your documents to your Skydrive thanks to their Windows application and then open it up on your phone for editing they had me sold.  Just that reason sold on me … [Read More...]

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Synology DS1512+ review

For the last few weeks I have been playing with the Synology DS1512+. The first unit that they sent me but the second one that they sent me was more of a wow factor about it.  The DiskStation DS1512 is a network-attached storage (NAS) that is designed to provide shared storage for a small business or workgroup. It can do much more, however, such as built in mail server and web server … [Read More...]

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Microsoft Touch Mouse review

I have for the last few weeks had the pleasure of using the Microsoft Touch Mouse. One thing that is worth to note about this mouse is that it is specifically designed for Windows 7. If you are a Mac user there are better alternatives out there for you. After testing it with Windows XP I could say that that it is somewhat supported. Though the only supported scrolling is center … [Read More...]

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Day 8 of 30 days with Windows Phone: should I stay or should I go?

I have really been enjoying my experience with Windows Phone and Nokia.  As I am on day 8 of 30 days with Windows Phone I have been starting to think shall I make Windows Phone my main OS? Without Nokia I am not 100 % certain that I could say that my experience would have been that good as I feel it is right now. One of my favorite applications is Nokia Transit, it shows the different routes that … [Read More...]

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Xperia S Android 4.0 ICS update coming “late May/early June”

Apparently the ICS update for the Xperia S is set to hit the market in late May/early june. Hopefully this means that we are going to get Ice Cream sandwich for our Xperia S in just over three weeks. “Xperia S is planned to get ICS somewhere around late May/early June. That’s what’s been said and that’s still what we’re sticking to,” said Markus from Xperia support. Via Talk … [Read More...]

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Photoshop Touch updated with psd export

Adobe Photoshop for iPad Touch 2 and the new iPhone has been updated to version 1.2. Maximum resolution of images is the height of 1600 × 1600 to 2048 × 2048 but this must be enabled in the settings. The app now automatically synchronizes with the Creative Cloud and has four new effects called Watercolor Paint, HDR Look, Soft Light, and Soft Skin that has been added.Perhaps the biggest news … [Read More...]

Google Play extends carrier billing

Google has announced that they have extended carrier billing for mobile devices.  Even though it is not that long of list you would have wanted them to hit more countries as of now. I want to see them come with carrier billing for Play Store here in Sweden.  Another option that people seem to want is gift cards and coupons that can be used for purchases.   List of carriers that … [Read More...]

G5′s Mother’s Day Sale – Get Supermarket Mania andSupermarket Mania 2 (iOS, Mac, Google Play) at 50% off

G5 Entertainment has announced a mothers day sale where you can get Supermarket Mania and Supermarket Mania 2 for iOS, Mac and Google Play for 50 % off.     G5's Mother's Day Sale – Get Supermarket Mania andSupermarket Mania 2 (iOS, Mac, Google Play) at 50% off San Francisco, California – May 11, 2012 – In celebration of Mother's Day, G5 Entertainment is putting its two best, … [Read More...]

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Nokias ‘Dare to Live Campaign’ arrives in Scotland

Nokias 'Dare to Live' campaign has arrived in Scotland now. If a person wins they get to pocket £20 but if they loose they get to be a part of one of the daring activities. When the contest was in the UK the challenge was a frightening tightrope walking, but Scottish losers of the Dare to Live challenge in Glasgow get to take part in a bungee launch. Source: Facebook (Nokia) … [Read More...]

Day 6 of 30 days with Windows Phone: Hanging out with Office

One of the applications that I have been enjoying using on Windows Phone is the Office hub application.  As a first years Master Student at the IT Management program I am dependent on the combination of Office and Skydrive.  When I discovered that you can open up documents that are stored on my Skydrive directly from the Office Hub they had me hooked.   When I edit the … [Read More...]

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Day 5 of 30 days with Windows Phone: checking out the weather

One of the apps that I always look for when I get a new smartphone is a new weather application and when browsing through the Windows Phone Marketplace I found an application called Weatherflow that so far has worked perfectly.  With relatives around the world one of the things that I am enjoying with Weatherflow is that it allows you to easily slide between different cities. ¨   If … [Read More...]

Day 4 of 30 days with Windows Phone: Viber comes to Windows Phone

  One of the applications that I have been enjoying using that just came to the Windows Phone Marketplace today is Viber. Currently voice calls is not yet supported in it since it is in beta form but according to Viber it is coming in a future update.   I have compared it to WhatsApp and so far the experience has been a lot better. It can search your contacts for friends that are … [Read More...]

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Nokia announces new range of applications coming to the Lumia series of devices

  Nokia announced a new set of applications coming exclusive to the Nokia Lumia series of devices. They published a full Nokia press release here in which shows the application that are coming.   Exclusive to Nokia Lumia We have the following software titles that are exclusive just to Nokia Lumia for a period of time: PGA Tour app - 12 month exclusive, launching June 2012 … [Read More...]

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Twitpic releases an application for iPhone

  TwitPic has released an iPhone application for iPhone that's currently available in the iTunes App Store for free. You can also add your own effect to pictures that you want to share. Quickly and seamlessly share your photos and videos with all of your Twitter followers Edit your photos with beautiful filters and easy to use enhancement tools Browse your Twitter photo … [Read More...]

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Windows Phone day 3 of 30 days: Accessing your NAS while on the go

I am a big of  using a NAS while on the go. In fact I have a DS1512, that I download files to and back up my laptop and my three desktops to.  Five hard drive slots with three TB hard drives is nothing but awesome..  Naturally the first thing that I thought about was how do I access this application from my Lumia 800? The solution is Synoload.  It is often that I am on my phone and want to … [Read More...]

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Nokia 808 Pureview camera quality

Nokia has already released images showing what Pure View 808 can do. But this clipis really something special. It may not reveal much more about Pure View 808'sfeatures that we did not already know, but the graphics are very impressive. According to Nokia, the images in the clip to be completely unedited. To take advantage of photomontage in the best way, we … [Read More...]

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Plantronics Gamescom 780 gaming Headphones Review

I had the pleasure of testing out the Gamescom 780 headphones while at CES 2012 and they immediately amazed me. The fact that they had a pair of headphones there that isolated the sound around me at CES really amazed me. The size of these 780 headphones are not that bad, what I thought when I first looked at these headphones was that vow these are some big headphones but when i started using … [Read More...]