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You’re Painless Guide to Holiday Travel
Nov 9th
It’s that time of the year: it’s dark when you leave work, Starbucks rolls out the latest 600 calorie (but most delicious) holiday drink ever and you’ll be boozing more than the usual due to holiday-parties-a-plenty.
It’s also time to see book your holiday travel, and in this day in age- there IS an app (and many websites) for that. Ditch your run-o-the-mill Travelocity and check out our list of holiday travel websites and apps to make it as painless as possible. But don’t look to us for dealing with the Crazy Aunt. (Don’t worry, we all have one)
- - TripIt — Once signed up for the free service, forward travel confirmation emails to TripIt, which will automatically create a master itinerary of an upcoming trip accessible through the web or a mobile device. The itineraries even include the tidbits we seem to forget like weather updates, local maps, and directions.
- - Google Flight Search — Book that plane ticket before prices rise any further! Google’s flight search engine incorporates travel basics like price point, maximum number of connections, and preferred airline with an easy-to-use interface.
- - Hotel Tonight — If there are too many relatives in one house, scan the last-minute hotel deals in Hotel Tonight for a chic getaway at a discounted price. Every day three hotels in a city reveal their discounted rates starting at noon, and you then have until 2 a.m. to book the deal and take advantage of a peaceful room.
Check out three more apps your phone must include for this traveling season: More >
iPhone Finder by BiKN (Dead or Alive)
Nov 9th
Photo Courtesy of Bikn.com
BiKN.com (a foundational group of Treehouse Labs, LLC) has innovated a case and app package that allows you to turn your iPhone into a locatable device when misplaced, whether it is dead, muted, and/or turned-off. A price hasn’t been set on this cool little leash for your phone, but is expected to hit floors in December 2011. Definitely something to look into as the holiday season approaches.
Business Cards That Sing
Nov 9th
Photo Courtesy of richard.ritornell.at
Ritornell for Musicbox from Ritornell on Vimeo.
Katharina Hölzl designed a business card that not only makes a lasting impression with eye ogling typography and feel good paper stock, but this card really sings… literally! Simple technology mixed with some creativity takes the everyday standard into a personalized musical experience.
Source: Richard Eigner
Turn That Misfire Into A Smooth Start
Nov 1st
Photo Courtesy of CarMD.com
There comes a time when our day to day routine is interrupted by the song of “ding ding ding” that chimes from our dashboard. The check engine light is now shining brightly in your face. All of a sudden, your day goes from routine into a flustered shuffle. The question begs to be answered “Do I need to take my car in or can it wait?” CarMd has developed a little piece of mind to get you over the initial worry of when to take action and what to expect when you get to the dealer. Although a supplement to your normal vehicle maintenance routine, it will surely give you a little more insight to your ride’s current condition.
Source: CarMd.com
Happy Halloween: The Creep Factor + VIDEO OF THE DAY!
Oct 31st
This Halloween, nonchalantly bust out this 8 GB “thumb” drive to transfer files the creepiest way possible. At $40, I can hardly say it’s worth it- but then again, when else can you find a life like thumb that doubles as a USB drive? And when else can you casually creep up just about everyone? That’s a win in my book.
Buy it HERE!
CREEP FACTOR: 7
Time for a new iPhone case, you saucy devil, you.
CREEP FACTOR: 1
These iPhones are out on the streets being HARD. Who knew suburbia could be so ganstah?
CREEP FACTOR: 4
And the creepiest costume now goes to this Apple trio! Props to the iPod dude (ette?) for commitment- there will be no halloween makeouts in that costume.
CREEP FACTOR: 8
And lastly… the VIDEO OF THE DAY! These guys made an actual working iPhone that they could wear. I want to know them.
SOURCES: PC WORLD, iSMASHPHONE
Luke, Turn right at the next signal…
Oct 26th
Photo: Courtesy of starwars.tomtom.com
If you are a Star Wars Junkie then now you can harness the force every time you get behind the wheel. Tom Tom has teamed up with the iconic franchise to transform your little GPS device into a cool co-pilot in the form of 4 of your favorite characters in the series. Check out the some sound bytes and behind the scene studio recordings to make it happen here.
Source: Tom Tom
The Tool to Make You Better, Faster & Stronger
Oct 26th
Garmin pushes you to the limits with the new sexy Forerunner 910XT. With sleek curves, easy-to-read large viewing display, and seamless transitions in tracking your every move; you can’t help but to get in motion and race ready.
Source: Garmin Blog
VOD: A Celebration of Steve’s Life (Steve Jobs Memorial Service)
Oct 24th
Apple has posted the beautiful memorial service that they held to celebrate Steve Job’s life on October 19th. Love him or hate him, spend 81 minutes and celebrate the life of a man that changed your world. More than you know.
Click on the image above to be taken to Apple’s page. More >
What the tech? Let’s Get Physical with Facebook.
Oct 21st
Connections for Facebook from Obscura Digital on Vimeo.
It’s official! Facebook officially has penetrated into the physical world we live in. Obscura Digital has created a augmented reality experience via Facebook using overhead projectors, 3D cameras and… wait for it… wait for it… YOU! When you log in to this environment (for lack of better words) a radial visualization is constructed (visually on the floor around you) from your social graph data, creating your own unique “fingerprint”. Colors and lines connect you with people who share one or more of commonalities (mutual friends, interests, schools, locations, birth sign, even languages spoken!). When two or more people are within a close range from you that have common connections, a slideshow of friends and interests appear between you and them.
What The Tech?! Series (What is it?) What is, "What the Tech?!" The "What the Tech?!" Series covers technologies that makes you take a second look while uncontrollably tilting your head to the side. Similar to what a K-9 does when seeing something it doesn't quite understand. So when we spot technology that just makes us go wonder, "What the heck is that?", well that is something that deservers to be covered here.
Source: Obscura Digital
What the Tech? Is this the Technology behind the Back to the Future Hover Board?
Oct 18th
No this isn’t a urinal cake. This is just mind blowing.
It’s called Quantum Trapping. And if you ask me, it is really freaking cool! What this technology will be used for has not been stated, but I sure do hope this means we’ll all have Hover Boards, like in Back to the Future Part 3, in 2015.
What The Tech?! Series (What is it?) What is, "What the Tech?!" The "What the Tech?!" Series covers technologies that makes you take a second look while uncontrollably tilting your head to the side. Similar to what a K-9 does when seeing something it doesn't quite understand. So when we spot technology that just makes us go wonder, "What the heck is that?", well that is something that deservers to be covered here.
Source: ASTCvideos (YouTube)
