Air Curve Window Mount iPhone’s natural megaphone

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There is quite an abundance of gadgets that allow you to use your iPhone hands-free in your car while driving, but most of them would require some sort of power, whether AC or battery, to operate. Griffin Technology has come up with the gadget for your iPhone (4/4S) that allows you to accomplish this task plus amplify the sound, without any electrical power or even cables.

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Review: SATECHI Camera Holder & QuikPod Mobile

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Propping up your camera or video recorder properly can often act as the ultimate test of patience.  You seem to be forever at the mercy of the tripod itself and the surface it’s sitting on. You always need to make sure you’re centred and have adjusted each of the tripod’s legs until it’s just right. Sometimes the table wobbles or the tripod slips on the surface and you’re frustrated even before you’ve started shooting.

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When Zuckerberg grills everyone listens

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With the price of Facebook shares dropping to about 50% of their issue price, Mark Zuckerberg and company is likely no longer the darling of Wall Street but regardless, people are certainly still willing not only to hear what he has to say, but also about what’s on his barbecue.

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iRig MIC Cast enhances your iOS audio recording

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iOS devices have decent little built-in microphones but of course, they have their limitations. So IK Multimedia decided to come up with the iRig Mic Cast, an ultra-compact microphone, that’s designed, with no pun intended, to take the recording capability on your iDevice to the next level.

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Review: Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

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After all the buzz and announcements regarding Apple’s Mountain Lion, or OS X 10.8 the OS X’s 9th major release and the over 200 new features it would bring, I couldn’t wait to take it for a test drive. I quickly recalled the events of a year ago during the last major release, Mac OS X Lion. It was then l made the unfortunate choice of sitting and watching the screen anxiously as the new OS downloaded and proceeded to install. So this time, acknowledging the comprehensive update of Apple’s latest cat, which weighs in at a hefty 4.05GB, I decided I would do it a little differently.

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NBC to stream 2012 Olympics closing ceremony live online

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Probably much to everyone’s surprise, some of you will be able to watch the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics streamed live over the Internet. According to a post on Mashable, the chairman of NBC Sports acknowledged that their less than spectacular handling of the opening ceremonies led to the change of heart.

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NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars

While many of us have been glued to our entertainment devices – iPads, iPhone and televisions watching the London 2012 Summer Olympics, something a little more out of this world happened early Monday morning August 6th. If you’re curious, you’re partially right because after an extremely intense descent, NASA’s rover interestingly named Curiosity, landed safely on Mars.

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Free Beta Test Drive: FotoMagico 4 app for Mac

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If you like to quickly and easily create slideshow presentations that are sleek and professional and not simply a series of pictures strung together with a little music added to the background then here’s a little offer you can’t refuse.

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Mountain Lion downloads surpass 3 million in 4 days

EDMONTON, AB, Aug. 1, 2012/ Troy Media/ – Apple’s record of breaking records continues. In just four days, Apple says, the number of downloads of its latest operating system – Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) has exceeded three million copies.  READ FULL STORY AT TROYMEDIA