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Give Your Eyes a Break: Have Your News Read to You Using This App

Ok, I’ll admit it. I use Audible.com for the majority of the books I “read”. (Is it still called reading if I’m listening to it? Deep thoughts…) Maybe it’s the fact I can multitask while doing it (“…raised by technology, and majors in efficiency.”), the fact that it’s more convenient […]

The Best Weather App …That’s Not an App

Huddled inside a makeshift tent with thirty or so people (who, unlike myself, are just coming in from riding bicycles for 45 miles in the icy rain dreading the next 30 miles they still had to go), one’s words tend to be heard, whether you intend them to be or

Motorola Droid Turbo Unboxing (Video)

New phone, new box to unbox. The Motorola Droid Turbo was just released today and I managed to grab one real quick so I can see if it’s all it’s cracked up to be. Before we get into all of that, though, let’s do a quick unboxing and spec walkthrough.

Android 5.0 “Lollipop” Walkthrough (Video)

Google’s taking a crack at some fancy UI design. In their latest update, Android 5.0 aka Lollipop, Google’s done a fair bit of tweaking to the UI, animations, and the like (along with some optimizations for performance as usual) and it’s not going unnoticed. Most people seem to be having

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Unboxing (Video)

My Samsung Galaxy Note 4 arrived today, and as is the proper protocol on the internet for when a new gadget arrives apparently, let’s do an unboxing. Some of the key features/specs of the device and what it comes with are: Super AMOLED 5.7″ QHD display 2.7 Ghz Quad-core processor

Moto 360 Unboxing (Video)

Finally got my Moto 360 and figured I should stick with the tradition of YouTube and do an unboxing of it for anyone curious as to what comes in the box and what initial impact the device has when you first hold it in your hand. Here’s a quick video

iPhone 6 Unboxing (Video)

Better late than never. Figured there are a lot of people out there who didn’t get an iPhone 6 still (or are waiting for it to arrive from their pre-order) so thought it might be good to do an unboxing for them. Is it all you dreamed it would be

Android Wear Walkthrough (Video)

While I have the LG G Watch for a limited time, I figured it might be a good time to do a walkthrough of Android Wear for anyone still wondering, “what the heck does it do?”. Without further ado, here’s what the heck it does…

Oppo Find 7 Unboxing (Video)

Recently, I got an Oppo Find 7a to play with and with it, did an unboxing and then showed you how to root it. Now, it’s its big brother’s turn for an unboxing: the Oppo Find 7. There are a lot of similarities between these two devices. Both have the same sensors,

OnePlus One Unboxing

Today I have the OnePlus One finally in my hands and, as always, that means it’s time to do an unboxing. OnePlus, like it’s apparently affiliated company Oppo, have been in the press quite a bit lately. Sometimes for not so good reasons, and sometimes for good ones (like the

Oppo ColorOS Walkthrough (Video)

Every Android manufacturer adds their own UI skin on top of Android as a way to differentiate themselves from other manufacturers also running Android. Oppo, the new Chinese manufacturer getting a decent amount of publicity lately, is no different. Their UI is called ColorOS and it’s, um, different. I figured I’d

Motorola Moto E Unboxing (Video)

Motorola’s new budget friendly device, the Moto E, is getting a ton of praise from around the web for it’s extremely low price tag coupled with “better than expected” performance, styling, and pretty much all other aspects of it. I plan to do a full video review ASAP, but in

HTC One M8 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 (Video)

Looking at these two devices on a spec sheet is a bit like seeing double. Same chipset with a very similar processor speed, same GPU, same screen resolution with a similar screen size, same microSD expandability, similar battery capacities etc. So one can understand why it’s a big question as to

Oppo Find 7a Unboxing (Video)

Oppo, a Chinese electronics manufacturer is getting a lot of press lately. If you haven’t heard, the reason for this press is their two new flagship devices, the Oppo Find 7 and the Oppo Find 7a. The former is the real show stopper with it’s super high Quad HD 5.5″ display

Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Video)

Regardless of this or any other review, for the most part, Samsung will sell a lot of the Galaxy S5’s (and, indeed, already have). With the previous Galaxy S4 and even the Galaxy Note 3 device, Samsung has made themselves pretty comfortable in the world of Android manufacturers claiming the