Category: Product Reviews

Boy do I feel like a kid on Christmas right now. I just got my hands on a new iPad mini and I am impressed. I was never big on the iPad when I worked in retail. I could see why people liked the iPad, but it really just wasn’t for me. The iPad mini,…

My dog Ziggy is my favorite subject to photograph and one of the best tips I can give for pet photography is to get the camera down to your subjects level. It gives your dog a chance to look directly into the camera instead of always looking up at you. I must admit that my…

It has been just over a week since Apple released iOS6, which has given me some time to play around with the new features. So far, I really love the changes, but I have heard the scuttlebutt about the new Maps app. For those of you that haven’t heard or haven’t experienced it yet, the…

Cheerio, chaps! For all of you who look forward to the Olympic Games every two years, and perhaps more specifically, the Summer Olympics, this year’s games are being held in jolly old England— London, to be exact. (For those who couldn’t care less about them, it’s probably good not to pay attention to any media…

Why pay $30 for an Apple USB Power Adapter for your iPhone? This is a question I’ve asked myself a few times, but in the end, I still dropped the cash for the Apple-branded charger for my iPhone. Considering it’s something that I know will last me a while, and that the Apple name means…

If your dad ever offered the advice “a penny saved is a penny earned” then these free apps will be right up his alley. Pampers Hello Baby Pregnancy Calendar This one is for all the fathers-to-be out there. This app has a three dimensional rendering of the baby as it appears each week. It also…

Jim Kelly from Wired.com’s GeekDad blog conducted a “truck-test” of the Hammerhead Capo case, which means he purposefully ran over the case—with an iPad inside—to see the results. Check out his full article here, and take a look at his video below! Amazing stuff…nary a scratch on the case, and the iPad is completely protected.

A few weeks ago, Adobe announced a beta release of their up-and-coming version of Photoshop CS6. This comes as little surprise to most since Adobe is constantly coming out with something new; however, I have been looking into some of the new features in depth with this latest release, and I am impressed. To start,…

My mind is in Spring Cleaning mode right now (maybe because this weather is ridiculously unseasonable?). In between scrubbing the wet paw prints from my entryway due to an early onset of the dreaded Mud Season, I figured I’d do an audit of all of the apps on my Mac to find the ones I’d…

Rocks, concrete, dirt, snow, even rain aren’t things we think of when we think iPad 2. Or at least they didn’t used to be: enter the Survivor line of military spec cases from Griffin that protect iPhone 4/4S, iPod touch (4G) and iPad 2. The question I had was, “How durable are these cases?” The…