By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
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9 months ago
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Spotlight Deals
Earlier this year I reviewed the
Soundmatters FoxL v2, a compact portable speaker that produced bigger sound than I'd thought possible from such a diminutive device.
I like the
Jawbone Jambox a little better, even though it's not the audio-quality champ of the two. This wireless speaker/speakerphone connects to any gizmo that supports the A2DP Bluetooth protocol--meaning most phones, laptops, and tablets--and provides a huge improvement over the wimpy speakers built into most such devices.
By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
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3 days ago
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Stuff We Like
There's never been a better time to ditch your landline.
If you're already paying for cable or DSL Internet service, you've
got everything you need to kiss your local and long-distance
telephone companies goodbye.
Well, almost everything: The missing ingredient is a voice-over-IP
adapter, which sounds complicated but isn't. It's a little box that
sits between your existing phone (or cordless phone system) and
your router and provides full-featured home phone service. For
pennies.
You've probably heard of one such product: the MagicJack, an
infomercial staple. A few months back, I reviewed its successor,
the
MagicJack Plus.
Today let's talk about its latest competitor, the
NetTalk Duo
WiFi.
By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
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2 weeks ago
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Product Review
Unless you've figured out how to clone yourself, you can't be in
two places at once. But you can keep an eye on, say, the baby's
room, the babysitter, an elderly parent who's living on their own,
an empty house, and so on -- even when you're not there.
All you need is a Webcam that feeds live video to your smartphone
or tablet.
The
Stem Innovation iZon Remote Room Monitor is one such
Webcam, and it costs far less than competing products. Ah, but is
it any good?
Yes and no.The concept behind the iZon is excellent, the price
quite reasonable. It's the execution that falls a bit short, though
not so far that you should rule out buying one.
Small, white, and cylindrical, the iZon stands about four inches
high on its curved, magnetic base. That base makes it easy to
position the camera, and can even be hung upside-down.
