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Paracable Micro USB Cords Review: Cable Geeks Rejoice

November 16, 2016Melody Mooney

GeekMom Melody reviews Paracable Micro USB Cables and find them a perfect match for the family who are hard on cables and chargers.

As Portable Chargers, the ZAGG Power Amps Shine

November 15, 2016December 13, 2017Jenny Bristol

ZAGG’s quality products just keep coming. This time with the Power Amp line of portable charging devices that can charge your phone once all the way up to six times.

GeekDad Daily Deal: ShaveTech USB Travel Razor

June 7, 2016Darren Blankenship

Upgrade your shave with the ShaveTech USB Travel Razor: 36% off!

Kingston’s DataTraveler OTG MicroDuo Drives Changed My Life

December 30, 2015Mordechai Luchins2

Saying a bit of technology changed your life is a very bold claim. Yet that’s exactly what the Kingston Data Traveler Micro Duo has done. Read on to see how.

Elivebuy Power Strip Solves All Your Power Needs

October 26, 2015Mark Vorenkamp

Review of the six-port power Elivebuy strip with USB ports.

GeekDad Daily Deals: Twist Plus World Charging Station

June 23, 2015Darren Blankenship

The power to travel the world with the Twist Plus World Charging Station: 38% off today

Nomad Tools Have Great Charging Functionality in a Minimalist Package

March 17, 2015Dave Banks

Nomad Goods has some simple and minimalist solutions for keeping all your mobile devices charged and ready to go. We take a look them for a test drive and tell you how they perform.

KMI’s K-Board USB MIDI Keyboard – Great for Budding Musicians

December 6, 2014Nathan Barry

We have a play with the K-Board from KMI – a USB MIDI keyboard that hooks up to your computer or mobile device and gives you new ways to play music.

Color Cables: Glow-in-the-Dark, Device-Charging Convenience

April 2, 2014Patricia Vollmer

Color Cables are inexpensive, brightly colored, glow-in-the-dark alternatives to your factory charge-and-sync cables.

The Twig Gets an Update: Meet the Torso

January 22, 2014December 13, 2017Anton Olsen

I’ve known Jason Hilbourne for many years, and have always been impressed with his simple yet functional designs. I’ve invested in most of his Kickstarter campaigns, and enjoying all of the products I’ve received. This new campaign, the Torso, is an updated version of the Twig.

Leef USB 3 Thumb Drives

November 1, 2013Anton Olsen

Leef’s new line of drives is small and fast, but are they as fast as the USB 3 spec would have you think? The Supra 3 and Ice 3 drives claim USB 3 speeds in a small package. The Supra holds 16 GB and is small enough to leave plugged into your laptop. The slightly larger Ice offers twice the capacity. Both are inexpensive at $15 for the 16 GB and $25 for the 32 GB models.

Handcrafted Steampunk USB Drives!

June 5, 2013Kris Bordessa

Steampunk USB drives add a little bit of pizazz to any office.

Phillips Sonicare DiamondClean: An Unexpectedly High-Tech Toothbrush (Giveaway!)

November 19, 2012Ken Denmead

When one thinks of toothbrushes, one does not think “high-tech.” Even electric toothbrushes have often seemed more like gimmicks than gadgets. But apparently Phillips Sonicare takes them a bit more seriously. They sent me one of their DiamondClean electric toothbrushes …

New myCharge Power Banks: More Options for Staying Fully Charged on the Go

September 4, 2012Nicole Wakelin

If you depend on your phone and use it constantly, then you’re also constantly worrying about its charge. The latest entries in the myCharge line of power packs offer the same easy, portable power but with improved functionality and a greater variety of options.

GeekDad Review: Monster Digital’s LeMans SSD

July 22, 2012Brian McLaughlin

If you’ve been following technology news lately you know that the new rage for making laptops thinner, lighter, and more power efficient is replacing the spinning disk drive with a Solid State Drive, or SSD. SSD units have no moving …

Easily Charge Devices at Home or On the Go With Idapt

July 6, 2012Jenny Bristol

These days, most of us have several electronic devices that have specialized charging cables. Keeping track of them, and remembering to bring them when we travel, can sometimes be a challenge. One solution to this problem is to use a specialized charger that can charge multiple devices at once.

Freedom From Cords: Tenqa REMXD Bluetooth Wireless Stereo Headphones

April 15, 2012Jenny Bristol

I’ve spent my headphone-wearing life tethered to a computer or device anytime I wanted to listen to sound without disturbing others. My computer, my iPod, my iPad. Movies, music, YouTube videos. And all without a splitter to share the sound …

Review: Is Brother’s HL-3045 Color Laser Printer a Good Fit for Home Use?

March 26, 2012Brad Moon

Even though we frequently make noise about being in a paperless world, the reality is that no matter how many newspapers you subscribe to digitally, how many magazines you’ve replaced with apps or how many letters you’ve eliminated thanks to …

LEGO USB Drive

July 27, 2011GeekMom

If you’ve got a LEGO fanatic in your household as I do, you will appreciate that what looks like a simple 8-stud LEGO brick is actually a USB drive. Mind you, it’s not an actual LEGO brick (nor is it a LEGO product), but what better way to proclaim a love of all things LEGO […]

USB-Powered Soldering Iron Makes Fixing Your Computer Dangerously Easy

October 6, 2009Ken Denmead

Our favorite Italian expatriate living the geek’s life in Japan, Francesco Fondi of the Hobbymedia blog (all in Italian), sends along a gadget that might make any geeky circuit-bender excited. Yes, it’s a soldering iron that can be hooked up …