Thursday, March 28, 2024

Software

NYNE Edge review: Portable, bike-ready, and more than enough sound

As the weather continues to get nicer by the week, many of us find ourselves outside for various reasons. Be it for some basic yard work, poolside chilling, family time at the park, or something else, there’s plenty of reason to get out and in the world. I love nothing more than to spend a

LogMeOnce: Safe, fast, and secure password management (Review)

Overview For some, password managers are an essential part of life. For others, they’re quite unnecessary. Personally, prior to doing this post, I was in the second camp. Why would I want to give my passwords to some company I had never heard of and then shell out money for a glorified password journal? That

Wallhub – Tempting Wallpapers (Review) (Updated)

(Update) The developer has since patched the app to fix the problems. Review has been updated to reflect this. Overview Wallhub is a wallpaper archive app with a search and filter option for finding the perfect image for your device.. Developer: Mindsparkk Cost: Free ($4 premium version) Highlights Material design Puzzle game for added fun Has

Jumpy Ninja: Through a fine line between simple and incomplete (Review)

Remember when Flappy Bird’s popularity exploded? You saw people playing instead of working. You saw people trying to improve their high scores instead of paying attention to class. You saw reporters talking about it instead of broadcasting actual news. It was everywhere. If mobile games weren’t simple enough, Flappy Bird demonstrated developers that a game

The Turcom HR-903 Acoustoshock Bluetooth speaker is built like a tank and has sound quality to match (review)

Wireless speakers are a dime a dozen these days. They’re so commonplace that you can buy speaker at every major retailer, and you can even find them at places like the airport. In general most speakers are pretty much the same, but occasionally we come across different types of speakers that cross into other categories

Apps for saving and sharing your files (Roundup)

A couple weeks ago I spoke about setting up a Box account to get yourself 10GB of free cloud storage. To that point, we thought it would be a good idea to bring you a list of 5 great options for free cloud storage for your mobile and desktop needs. All of the apps below

EasyAcc Quick Charge 3.0 20,000mAh Power Bank review [with discount code!]

EasyAcc is a quality mobile accessory manufacturer of things like external batteries, chargers, cases, and headphones. Recently, I got a chance to review one of its sweet power banks with a huge 20,000mAh capacity and rugged build. One of my complaints on it was that it was not Quick Charge capable – a feature that

Join by joaoapps: Best thing since Pushbullet (Review)

Overview When Pushbullet went paid, everyone freaked out. Every well-known tech site scrambled to get something along the lines of “Best alternatives to Pushbullet” on their page. Some people just went ahead and paid like it was no big deal. Long story short, the only reason I still have Pushbullet on my device now is

Newton Drop Dash!: Watch out for that… Bird (Review)

Developer: AshCorp Category: Games  Price: Free w/ads How to Play In Newton Drop Dash!, you are an apple trying to get to the bottom and hit Newton on the head so he can discover gravity. There are three lanes, and one or more will be open for you to move through. Alternatively, one or two

[App Review] Polarr Photo Editor: We’ve come a long way

In April 2015, when I used to write for a website called TechDissected, I discovered a web app on Chrome OS called Polarr. I needed a tool on my Chromebook that could actually compare to professional tools like Photoshop and Lightroom. To be blunt, about 95% of photo editing apps on Chrome OS are a

Sony sells most of its media editing tools

Sony's quest to get rid of unnecessary businesses continues. The electronics giant has sold off the "majority" of its creative

Mortal Skies 3: Excruciating difficulty on top of a fun game (Review)

Overview Mortal Skies 3: World War 1 puts you in the seat of your own aircraft, with only one goal in mind: to destroy all your enemies while avoiding your own death. Developer Erwin Jansen also added several elements to make the gameplay more fun and varied, such as power-ups, different types of ships and

Microsoft’s news bot finds stories based on your interests

Bots are all the rage these days, and to help you keep pace with news stories that interest you, Microsoft

Roundup: LG G5 cases from MobileFun

It’s great that as soon as a new smartphone drops, there’s already a sea of cases to choose from. But with that said, narrowing down the perfect case can take some effort. There are so many styles, colors, and sizes (depending on the extent of protection). Sometimes promo pics don’t tell the whole story, so

Ultimate Ears UE900s in-ear headphone review: Solid universal from a “Pro” brand

Ultimate Ears is probably more recognized by its successful UE Boom line of Bluetooth speakers. But the company actually started out in the niche market of high-end custom in-ear monitors (IEMs). That fortunately still continues today. While the main Ultimate Ears webpage headlines its speaker devices, you’ll be able to find a portal to the manufacturer’s

AUKEY’s 5-port Type C and Quick Charge 3.0 charging block is the most advanced charger you can get today (review)

In the last couple of years we have seen advancements in charging specs and hardware. Generally faster charging speeds and reversible plugs are a good thing, but for most of us this change is a pain in the rear. USB type C brings us a fully reversible plug which is very nice to have, but