From the archive

July 2013

Day One: A Journal for the 21st Century

Day One is a journal for the digital age. I decided several months ago to start keeping a daily journal. Many people were recommending Day One on the Mac and iOs but I resisted, thinking the price was too high. It is $9.99 for the Mac app and $4.99 for the iOs version. I tried a couple of free journals

New Nexus 7 Review!

I was very excited to get my hands on the new Nexus 7. Straight out of the box I knew this was a different animal. First and foremost it is as light as a feather compared to the prior model. Frankly I was shocked at how much lighter it is compared to the first model. The second thing I noticed

Chromecast Outlook & Review

There have been a lot of sites already talking about the function of the Chromecast, I would like to focus on how it is going to be used, and the impact it is having in my living room. I introduced Chromecast to my family on Saturday, my wife was wanting to watch a series of short YouTube videos on the

Diamond Wireless Range Extender WR300NSI Review

Over the past couple of years I have had mixed results with Wireless Range Extenders. In many cases I have become very frustrated as the performance has been bad, or they simply refused to hook up to the existing network. In receiving The Diamond Multimedia Wireless Range Extender, I really did not know what to expect. What shocked me the

Duracell PowerMat Review

Wireless charging has come a long way in the past couple of years, the first year we saw Wireless charging at CES a number of years ago we did not know how long it would take for the technology to become mainstream. When Duracell jumped into the Wireless charging space we knew the product had come of age. Duracell introduced

GNC-2013-07-29 #878 Storm is Coming

We give away a Chromecast, and on the next show we give away two great prizes listen to win. I have a storm bearing down on me here, lots of wind and rain should be fun. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews

Facebook Hashtags Lack Engagement

Facebook added hashtags as a new feature a little more than a month ago. How is that working out for them? Not quite as well as they hoped it would. Somehow, this does not surprise me. It seems that the idea was that adding hashtags would allow Facebook users to add some context to their posts. It would also allow