Want more storage on your MacBook or PC laptop, but don’t want to deal with an ungainly flash drive sticking out of a USB port? Try this on for size. On sale for $29 (more than half off its $62 list price), the 128GB Lexar JumpDrive USB 3.0 flash drive is so...
Snapshots from your iOS camera roll aren’t the only types of files you can attach to e-mail messages on your iPhone or iPad. Indeed, you can attach almost anything to an iOS Mail message, from an MP3 to a ZIP file. The trick? Using a cloud storage service like...
Need a backup drive big enough to store all the files on your Mac or PC? A two-terrabyte drive will probably do the trick, but they’ll typically set you back about $90 or more. Looking for more of a bargain? Give this $77 drive from Seagate a try. Update...
Delivering “wide-open sound that is great for movies and surprisingly good with music” (so says CNET), the YAS-106 sound bar by Yamaha makes for one of the easiest ways to upgrade the sound in your living room. Just three feet wide and on sale for $180...
You won’t find CD or DVD drives on MacBooks anymore, but every once in awhile you’ll wish you had one. Take, for example, when my doctor handed me a CD-ROM crammed with X-rays of my broken finger, and the only way I could view the files was on my...
How many times have you had to look all over for your password to sign in to your Google account? Too many times, I’m guessing. Particularly if you’ve got lots of Google apps on your iPhone or Android device. Luckily, there’s a much easier way to...
If you’ve been circling the idea of a portable Bluetooth speaker but haven’t quite pulled the trigger, here’s a cheap way to get your feet wet. About the size of a coffee cup, this stylish Bluetooth speaker by TaoTronics wirelessly streams music...
No matter how often I replace the AA batteries in the Magic Keyboard for my iMac, it always seems to be running out of juice. In fact, I’m getting a “low battery” warning on it right now. If you’ve had enough of changing keyboard batteries,...
Nope, you don’t have to go to the trouble of launching a program like, say, Photos or Preview just to take a peek at an image file, nor must you open Microsoft Word (ugh) to flip through a Word file. Instead, you can take a quick look at just about any file on...
So, you know the modem that the cable company gave you for home Internet access? Well, they didn’t really give it to you—they’re renting it to you, and you’re getting charged for it each month. In fact, you could be spending up to $10 a month to rent...
