All posts by Andy McCaskey

KBCovers: Secret Weapon for Creative Types

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The Need for Speed

Mousing around is one of the not-so-secret productivity killers, stealing time from creative types around the world. Keyboard shortcuts allow you to keep your fingers in motion – but unless you excel in the game “Missing MatchUps” with your kids, it’s hard to remember hundreds of combinations. And they are all standard patterns, except when they aren’t – like between every applications that you need to use on your project.

KBCovers offers a full range of apps. In both US and European keyboards, for video and photo editing, the covers are made of ultra thin silicone, and offer full color coding to help you learn and remember the shortcuts for your daily use.

Interview by Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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Feedair: Information Notification from a Smartphone App

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It’s a new way to stay in touch.

Feedair provides a non-intrusive alphanumeric display, and apps that can pull in your unread gmail,Google weather, CNN News, or other messages. You program the feed by selecting one of the visual widgets in the iOS or Android apps. It aggregates your social feeds from services including Twitter and Facebook, and displays them all in one place.

 

The product was announced at CES, and is scheduled to ship in March, 2012.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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DigiLink Software: Smartphone Video on your Flatscreen with Biggifi

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BiggiFi Enabled Set Top Box for Android

Games and media that you have enjoyed on the small screen can now be enjoyed on the big screen, if the device has software from

The software includes three dimensional gestures that allow you to zoom in and out, sensing the accelerometer in the smart phone. Single player and multiplayer can be supported. The game does not have to be rebuilt and a smart-TV is not required.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews and David Lee from Netcast Studios for the TechPodcast Network.

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ClarityOne: Fighting EM Fields Deliver Great Sound

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Six Patents -12 Years of R&D

In any speaker system, the last thing that you need is something that introduces distortion into the system at just the instant that you want the purest sound into your ears. Traditional systems attempt to compensate for poor match between amplifier and speaker with crossover networks or active processing. ClarityOne Audio’s new system insures that the harmonics that give music its richness come through the system The net result is a set of earbuds that produce pure, clean,undistorted sound from your phone, mp3, iPod and audio book so you hear everything other earphones leave behind.

Interview by Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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Breffo: Spidey’s Mobile Secret

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The “AnyWhere” Mounting System

Breffo returns with a new improved version of the 2011 CES Innovation Award winning “SpiderPodium” mounting system for mobile devices that looks like a nightmare sized spider. In real life, it’s a practical and novel way to attached tablet or smartphone to almost any structure – vertical, horizontal or in between.

With a one year warranty, tested to 100 flex cycles or more, the Breffo offers the flexibility to attach your device to bike handlebars, treadmills, camera tripods, tree branches or anything the spider limbs can wind around.

Interview by Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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Aviiq: Portable Laptop Stand and Accessories

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Light and Compact

A closeup look at just the sort of accessories that a road warrior needs to keep his computing on track and his bag light. Aviiq On The Go presents a group of clever ideas to minimize bulk and weight, yet provide needed capabilities on the road. The folding laptop stand is warranted for three years, and in testing has exceeded 50,000 folding cycles.

The Portable Charging Station reduces the clutter of long cables in the bag, and enables you to maintain the full range of devices while mobile.

Interview by Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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GreenSmart: Green Bags for Business Travel, Students and Home

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    Avoid the “new car smell” around your laptop, backpack, ..  or wine.

Tom Larsen of Greensmart talks about products that use consumer waste as replacement for Neoprene in all sorts of products. Greensmart’s primary mission is to use recycled materials to make computer and travel bags for all sorts of applications. That means that in addition to being the responsible thing to do recycle-wise, you can avoid the unpleasant effects of “out-gassing” that occur with all new plastic products.

Interview by Courtney Wallin and Andy McCaskey of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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iGrip: Get Your Hold On Most Any Smartphone or GPS

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Universal or Custom

The iGrip Universal holders are designed to work with a wide rand of devices – ipods to full size smartphones, with or without a case.  If you are looking to protect a specific device like Blackberry, Apple or HTC Smartphone, you will want to checkout the PerfektFit Holders .

Cell phone hands-free legislation now in many States!

Over the last decade thirteen different states have implemented some type of hands-free legislation. Plus, iGrip has a selection of automobile GPS units such as TomTom, Magellen, Garmin and other popular units.

Interview by Courtney Wallin of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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iDevices – The iShower

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iDevices – Getting Clean With Music

The iShower from iDevices is a small but clear speaker that receives music transmitted from your mobile device from up to two hundred feet away. It work with any blue tooth enabled device and while the stand can be attached onto you shower wall the speaker can be detached and travel with you to the beach or the garage. The iShower can be paired with up to five devices so that you do not have to connect your phone with the device every time you want to listen to music.

 

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDRNews for the TechPodcast Network.

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Qooq: A French Chef Cooking Companion

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3500 Recipes and 100 Chefs

Qooq is a source of inspiration for experienced and novice chefs. There are 250 technique tutorials on every aspect of the techniques of cooking, and then 3500 interactive recipes that allow you to adjust quantities, create shopping lists, view utensils required and provide access to specific video clips for the recipe’s preparation. Plus there are 500 wine pages, and 450 pages of ingredient variants.

Interview by Andy Smith of SDRNews and Geocaching World for the TechPodcast Network.

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