David Cogen

David opened a cell phone store on his college campus and started TheUnlockr.com as a personal tech blog back in 2009 along side. He gets an unnatural excitement out of showing others new things about their tech that they might not have known. Reach out to him on the following social networks and say hi.

Google Home

Google Home Unboxing (Video)

Amazon probably wasn’t too happy when Google announced their competition to the Amazon Alexa, the Google Home. I happen to own and, frankly, love my Alexa so I knew I’d have to get a Google Home to test it out once it was released. Which it was, and finally arrived so […]

Emojis on Computer

How to Use Emoji on a Computer

Emojis are just a part of our language at this point –our modern-day hieroglyphics. For as kitschy as they seem, they do offer something very important to human communication that beforehand was missing from our new forms of text-based communication. People don’t just hear your words when you speak to

Jaunt One

How VR Content Is Made Will Blow Your Mind (Video)

With all the videos on the web focused on VR talking mainly about headsets, games, and just generally how to consume VR content, no one is talking about what is just as fascinating in my opinion —how it’s made. So I set out on a mission to find out not

Android 7.1

Google’s First Ever Phone, Is It Worth It? (Pixel XL Video Review)

The first phones actually designed by Google called the Pixel and Pixel XL are finally here. Unlike the Nexus devices before, these phones aren’t just guidelines by Google that were then handed off to a manufacturing partner, but rather were completely designed by Google and just brought to fruition by

Surface Book & Surface Studio

Video: The New Surface Book & Surface Studio from Microsoft’s Event

Microsoft had an event a couple of days ago and aside from launching a pretty neat update to Windows 10, some new software to help people create 3D content as well as announcing some VR headsets coming later from partners, there’s two pieces of new hardware that is sort of

Pixel XL, Really Blue

Google Pixel XL, Really Blue, Unboxing (Video)

The Google Pixel XL in really blue (it is really blue, by the way) finally arrived today. I’m excited about this phone since it, and the Pixel, are the first phones that were actually designed and made by Google. HTC manufactured them, but Google told them what to build. Should be

iPhone 5S Screen Replacement

How to Replace the Screen on the iPhone 5S (Complete Video Guide)

Part of a series of videos I’m doing on repairing your phones yourself to save you some money, today I’ve got a video on how to replace the screen on your iPhone 5S. As with any iPhone screen repair, you’ll need to get a replacement screen first, then we’ll open

Acer Predator 17X Gaming Laptop Giveaway! (Video)

Remember that Acer 17X crazy gaming laptop I reviewed a while back? Well, Acer, in their infinite kindness and wisdom, has generously decided to give it away to you guys instead of asking for it back (like most review devices). It’s nuts, it’s a $3000 laptop with a desktop graphics

iPhone Contacts Synced

How to Sync Facebook Contact Photos to the iPhone (Video)

Maybe it’s OCD but I can’t stand looking at the messaging app on my iPhone and seeing letters where people’s faces should be. Android, at least at some point, always had the ability to sync my Facebook contact photos with my phone contacts and frankly, it annoys me that both

Cat S60 in Desert

One of the Most Rugged Phones You Can Buy (Video)

When a company that is known for making bulldozers and things that make the Earth shake decides to make a phone, it’s no wonder it ends up being one of the most rugged phones you can buy. Seeing the Cat S60 in person, there is no doubt that this phone is

Made by Google

Everything You Need to Know from the Google Event

Welp. Google wants to be the hardware manufacturer of it’s own stuff now and today they announced a small plethora of devices that they have created. In addition to the new hardware, they also showed off Google Assistant a little more, their new AI that they are saying is why

Home Button to Unlock

How to Disable the Home Button Press to Unlock in iOS 10

After years of us having to swipe to unlock, Apple finally nixed it. Instead users have to click their home button to get the screen to unlock. Now, while this did give Apple extra real estate on the lock screen for things like widgets, to some, the change is just too

Portrait Mode on iPhone 7 Plus

How to Get Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus Right Now (Video)

When Apple unveiled the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, there was a neat camera trick that the 7 Plus could do thanks to it’s dual camera setup called Portrait Mode. Essentially, this feature allows you to create a more bokeh look with a crisp in focus subject and a