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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kT94Ovn7tIE#!] Over the past month, I’ve been carrying around a Powerbag backpack from ful. The idea is pretty straight-forward. They put a 3000 mA battery inside a backpack complete with adapters for just about any device you’d ever want to charge. On heavy usage days, I have a mobile charge with me at all times. Instead of taking out all of my devices when I get home, I just plug in the bag....

RoboMouse HD is a new iPad strategy and tower-defense game from LongKoo Studio. It features a straightforward premise and easy-to-pickup gameplay mechanic that can be quickly learned, but takes time to master. While the strategy game genre is not lacking for entries, RoboMouse HD is a fun addition to the existing landscape that can provide hours of fun. Keep reading for our full review to find out why you should grab your own copy....

Ripper Street’s season 5 finale may have been a melancholy ending, but it was the perfect way to round out the story. Jack the Ripper is a real-life, still unidentified serial killer from 19th century London who has long fascinated filmmakers. Jack is known to have murdered at least five women - and possibly more - in 1888 and viciously mutilated their bodies. There are countless theories as to the killer’s identity, and Jack the Ripper has been the subject of movies like From Hell, Jack’s Back and even animated feature Batman: Gotham By Gaslight....

In over a decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s existence, Guardians of the Galaxy remains one of the franchise’s most unique and weirdest blockbusters. With an amazing soundtrack, ability to revive the Walkman, and full of equal parts heart and humor, Guardians of the Galaxy took the world by storm and popularized an incredibly obscure comic line. Rocket Raccoon (and Groot, the dynamic duo) quickly became a fan favorite. How do you not only bring a genetically enhanced raccoon to life, but also make millions of people fall in love with him?...

Following Spotify’s recent IPO , another Apple competitor is said to be planning a public offering. In a report this evening, Variety highlights a growing number of job listings seemingly indicating that speaker company Sonos is planning an IPO… Among the new job listings is one for a corporate controller, a new position for the company. Sonos requires that applicants for this position have “current public company experience as a controller or assistance controller....

The latest evidence of the continued trend away from music downloads toward streaming services was provided by Kobalt, a company that collects music royalties on behalf of thousands of artists, reports TechCrunch. Income from Spotify overtook that from iTunes for the first time in Q1 of this year, putting Spotify 13% ahead of iTunes. While Kobalt operates only in Europe, there is no reason to believe that the trend would be different in the U....

Shortly after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco last year, there was some level of uncertainty over the future of the lineup. But subsequent reports confirmed that the lineup was here to stay, and we’re now getting some details on the arrival of the next big Samsung flagship, otherwise known as the Galaxy Note 8. According to a new report citing a Samsung executive, the Galaxy Note 8 will break cover by the second half of August....

We tested out the ElevationDock 4 (reviewed) last fall and concluded that it lives up to the self-proclaimed title of “the best dock for iPhone.” The company released its latest offering, CordDock – a hybrid product last month, and we’ve been able to test it out for the last few weeks. Here’s how this slick offering stacks up against ElevationDock 4 and the rest of the market. After ElevationLab released its fourth generation ElevationDock for iPhone and iPad, it took the wraps off of its latest product, a clever dock and MFi Lightning cable hybrid called CordDock....

Accessing a Mac’s rear-facing ports can be a hassle, particularly when you’re using short cables. To eliminate that issue, Moshi’s original iLynx combined four USB 2.0 and two FireWire 400 ports into a triangular hub designed primarily to sit in front of an iMac. Later, a cosmetically near-identical sequel called iLynx 800 modestly updated the accessory by updating the ports to FireWire 800. With FireWire dead and USB 3.0 growing in popularity, there’s a new iLynx in town....

The iQi Mobile is an insert that enables wireless charging for the iPhone. At it’s core, it is a crowdfunded hack. It doesn’t have MFi certification and it looks like a branded DIY project. This is never going to be a mass-market accessory. There’s no need to beat around the bush — this is a geeky toy for people drawn in by the idea of wireless charging. But is it any good?...

We’ve all done it. You put your keys down, and five minutes later you have no idea where they are. You could swear you put your phone on the kitchen table last night, but it’s not there now. You put your bag under the restaurant table and then walk out without it. Doing all three in the same week might suggest the help you need is more medical than technological, but for those occasions when you do one or other of them, Proximo is designed to help....

I love music, so most of the time when I’m out and about I have headphones round my neck or in my bag. But there are times when I’m music’d out, and leave them at home – and I can then pretty much guarantee I’ll end up wishing I’d taken them with me. Whether it’s to have a lengthy phone conversation while walking down the street, or watching the funny video a friend just posted on Facebook on the train (without subjecting everyone else to the audio), headphones aren’t just about music....

While Rob Zombie is an incredible talent and gift to the horror genre, his Halloween movies have a polarizing reception in the horror community; much of this is due to his attempts to induce sympathy for Michael Myers. Zombie has been vocal about his experience working on the Halloween remakes, and has said he would never make another one. However, despite the sympathetic lean toward the franchise’s villain, there’s a lot of positives to what Zombie produced....

Then, it all went up in flames. A Bloomberg report details a number of missteps that inevitably led to the colossal mess that Samsung now faces with its recall due to exploding phones. The company has recalled all models of the Galaxy Note7 faced criticism for being inconsistent about how it’s rolled out the recall program. According to the report, Samsung smelled blood in the water with rumors that Apple’s ione 7 would be more of an incremental upgrade....

One of the tasks detested by many AD administrators is the recovery of deleted objects. Recovery efforts typically include restarting a production domain controller in Directory Services Restore Mode, getting the latest System State backup restored on the DC, and using NTDSUTIL to Authoritatively Restore the deleted objects. While that process works well, it can be very time consuming, assuming that a good backup is available. For those of you who have upgraded your infrastructure to AD 2008 R2, you are now fortunate to have access to the AD Recycle Bin....

Email apps are dime-a-dozen these days, and every single one claims it brings some incredible new tool to the table that will change the way you do email forever. Usually this just means you can attach images from Dropbox or some other otherwise unremarkable feature. Geronimo is the latest in a long line of email clients for the iPhone, but unlike many others, it actually does manage to introduce a new management paradigm to the decades-old communication platform....

Apple gave up on optical drives several years ago. Citing Blu-ray Disc licensing issues and the growing popularity of Internet streaming, the company was able to leave CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives out of new Macs without suffering any drop in sales. Today, except for a single MacBook Pro model that hasn’t been updated since 2012, Macs are physically too thin to accommodate optical drives, and that’s not going to change any time soon....

You’ve probably heard by now (unless you live under a rock) that Robert Pattinson will be playing the next Batman in 2021. While previous Batman Christian Bale and director Matt Reeves have shown undying support for Pattinson, there are still some fans on the fence. In case you still think of this actor as only the sparkly vampire, Edward Cullen, we’re here to change your mind. This versatile and brilliant man has been making waves in Hollywood ever since the Twilight franchise, but he’s definitely been a driving force the past couple of years....

Nobody saw it coming, but Rocket League became one of the most-played games worldwide. It was an exciting touch to how we usually play soccer while incorporating cars in place of players running around. Psyonix, the developers behind Rocket League, were acquired by American game giant Epic games in 2019, which excited everyone. People were excited to see what Epic games would bring, and many even speculated that Epic games might release an update that further adds a whole new design to the game....

It’s always refreshing to see iOS accessory makers doing something different and Pad & Quill leads the pack in this area. With handmade cases crafted from linen, leather, and wood, it’s hard to go wrong with this simplistically elegant spin on cases. Lately I’ve been using Pad & Quill’s Contega Linen case for iPad Air 2 and it’s changed my mind about “premium” cases. There’s something beautifully different about the craftsmanship and it’s created from materials that are designed to last, but not without a steep entry price for some…...