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Angry Birds T-shirt

Angry Birds – Now with T-shirts

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Angry Birds T-shirtWow, this Angry Birds thing is unbelievably for real. First the game, the variations, t-shirts and even an upcoming movie (?!). Pictured is just one of 3 Tees that Nerdy Shirts sells. They’re currently on sale too.

Yeah, this isn’t really a gadget, but you gotta admit, AB is just one of those memes we can’t escape right now!

Buy now!
Price: $21.56
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

PhotoCollect - Free Web-based photo sharing and collection

PhotoCollect Offers Free Collection and Sharing of Photos From Multiple People

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PhotoCollect - Free Web-based photo sharing and collectionDespite what seems like a glut of photo sharing services on the Web, there’s still room for one more. Recently, we featured Yogile whose slant is to gather photos from multiple people from an event in one spot. PhotoCollect is a similar idea.

PhotoCollect offers the ability to invite your friends via Facebook or e-mail, while you the administrator of the shared album can set up different permissions for the album. You can tag people in photos and even share videos.

PhotoCollect is free with unlimited storage for up to 3 albums, while a premium account costs #35/year (thank you cheap cloud storage!).

WRAP-A-NAP - head pillow, blindfold & earmuff IN ONE

Wrap-a-Nap – Head Pillow, Blindfold and Ear Muffs in One

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WRAP-A-NAP - head pillow, blindfold & earmuff IN ONEWe should really have a “No Batteries Needed” category of ‘gadgets’ because we love featuring stuff that aren’t electronics, but they’re kinda gadget-y (yes I made up that word) and are definitely cool and many times very practical.

Take this fleece travel pillow that also doubles as a blindfold and ear muffs. Called the Wrap-a-Nap (nice), you wrap it around your eyes and ears, velcro close it and lay your head down. Not sure how much noise it shuts out, but I’m sure it blocks out most of the light.
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Wired Magazine iPad App

Wired Magazine’s iPad App Issues are now Free

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Wired Magazine iPad AppGood news! Wired’s iPad app just got free! Well, technically, the issues going forward are free. The older issues (April 2011 and older) still run about $3.99 each.

These issues are not small though – May’s issue is 380MB, so don’t forget to delete when you’re done with them. You’ll also know why your syncing with iTunes is taking so long.

But on the bright side, you get a full multimedia experience for a magazine, from the opening video to even interactive ads. It’s quite obvious that this took work, time and money above and beyond what it takes to put together a print zine, so hopefully their gamble to make it free pays off. I certainly hope so.

Egobook Facebook Profile book

EgoBook – Create a Book Based On Your Facebook Profile

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Egobook Facebook Profile bookRemember Social Artworks that lets you create a poster of your Facebook friends mugshots? Well, EgoBook is a similar idea, except they create a book — yes an actual book — of status updates, published pictures, messages and comments from your Facebook profile.

Probably the neatest feature is that your friend’s profile picture is the one that they had at the time they made the comment, wall post, etc. Pricing depends on the number of pages that book runs and runs from $30-$45 on average.

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iPhone tax Apps

Top iPhone Apps to Help You with Your Taxes

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iPhone tax AppsHooray, tax time is here again! I know you are thrilled, I can see it in your face. Before you fall off your seat in excitement, let me help you out with some tips that might make this tax season just a bit easier than last year.

With the constant influx of new portable computing and network-connected devices, doing your taxes no longer consists of just taking your information to your accountant and having them fill out your 1040 form with a pencil. Doing your taxes is now more technology-assisted than ever with the majority of people choosing to e-file their taxes through programs like Turbo Tax, TaxAct, H&R Block amongst many other online sources.

But even tax filing has spread to smartphones and tablets that are growing rapidly. For example, there are more than a few iPhone/iPod touch/iPad (iOS) apps that can make filing your taxes quicker and more convenient. I know, this is probably not a big surprise since there are apps for everything from calculating tips to performing voodoo ceremonies. Nonetheless, here is an overview of the best apps that will make filing your taxes a breeze:

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WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic WebCam

Top 5 Robots for the Home under $2500

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WowWee Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic WebCamHousehold chores—they’re a drag. Unfortunately they have to be done. According to some statistics, 85 percent of women and 67 percent of men spend 2.6 hours and 2 hours respectively each day tidying up the house, cooking and mowing the lawn.

But these daily housework activities don’t have to consume your life. With the help of home robots, you can use those ‘extra’ hours in your day doing more enjoyable things and/or relaxing. We found 5 robots for the home under $2500 (most under $1000) that can help you out.

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Energizer Inductive Charger Only Requires Near Contact

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Energizer has released their inductive-charging alternative to the Powermat – they call it the Energizer IC2B-US Qi-Enabled 3 Position Inductive Charger. We’ll call it the Energizer Inductive Charger for short.

The gizmo is compatible with all devices that use Qi technologies for charging. At the moment this appears to consist of covers for the iPhone 3G/3GS/4 and Blackberry Curve 8900 but Energizer have announced the Inductive Charging mat as a forward-looking product so we should see more accessories available with it too.

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star trek pizza cutter

7 Kitchen Gadgets Geeks Will Love

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Calling all cooking geeks! The time has come to put those handheld devices and laptops aside and get cooking. Even if you’ve never cooked a meal in your life it doesn’t mean you can’t have fun trying with these 7 unique kitchen gadgets inspired by all the things geeks love.

star trek pizza cutter

Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701 Pizza Cutter

What geek doesn’t love a slice of pizza every now and then? With its authentic Star Trek Enterprise design and chrome plated finish, this pizza cutter will help geeks everywhere slice it up in style. Serve it up Scotty!
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