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From $376.95 From Snugs Earphones, snugs.com Features Bluetooth 4.2, sweatproof Liquipel Nano Technology, power pack storage (500mAh) True wireless headphones differentiate themselves from ‘regular’ wireless ones due to their total lack of wires. As

From $89.99 From Kingston, kingston.com Needs iOS 9 or later, Lightning port This USB drive is available in capacities up to 128GB, and sports a Lightning connector at one end and USB 3.1 at the other. It acts as storage expansion, allowing you to co

If you want to apply a static IP address to your Mac, select your connection method in System Preferences > Network, click Advanced, choose ‘Using DHCP with manual address’ and assign one that isn’t already in use. HOW DOES DATA travel from one part

ONCE UPON A time, you plugged your Mac in to a modem and that was your internet connection sorted. These days, your network consists of more than just a few computers and perhaps a printer; now there are your mobile devices, smart TVs, HomePod, Apple

YOUR NETWORK CAN be neatly divided into two zones: inside and outside. The outside refers to the wider internet, delivered to your home through your phone or cable connection, while the inside is where all your networked devices reside — whether they

Every iOS device comes with several built-in Apple apps, but that doesn’t mean that these are necessarily the best options on offer. Some of the third-party alternatives available on the App Store are definitely worth checking out and may be more sui

With a free update to MacFamilyTree 8.3, six built-in styles make it easy to change your Timeline’s look. $59.99 From Synium Software GmbH, syniumsoftware.com Needs OS X 10.10 or later When it comes to Mac genealogy solutions, nobody does it better t

YOU MIGHT THINK that to get any serious typing done on an iPhone or iPad you need to use an external keyboard. While it’s true that you can do that — over Bluetooth, using a Smart Keyboard, or using Apple’s Lightning to USB adapter — if you learn the

Abe’s ability to interact with the environment is his single greatest weapon, especially early on in the game. $7.99 From Oddworld Inhabitants Inc, oddworld.com Made for iPhone, iPad Needs iOS 8.0 or later An iOS port of the PlayStation 4 update of t

$49.99 From Supermegaultragroovy, supermegaultragroovy.com Needs macOS X 10.11 or later Performing other people’s music is one of life’s joys whether you’re doing it to learn how to play an instrument, or singing I Will Survive in a karaoke bar. Work

LINKSYS’ VELOP is, as far as we’re concerned, the top home mesh network on the market today — it’s no wonder Apple has started selling it through its own storefront. The individual nodes are elegant and don’t take up too much surface space, the setup

Find out how many devices are connected to your network, whether over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, with an app like Who’s On My WiFi. JUST HOW SECURE is your network? At the very least you should be protecting the Wi-Fi side of things with WPA2-PSK encryption.

$149.99 From Lifeprint, lifeprintphotos.com Needs iOS 9.0 or later The Lifeprint concept is an intriguing one. Rather than just wirelessly print photos from your iPhone, Lifeprint enables you to bring them to life. To do that, choose a live photo, vi

philips.com $TBC If you want the ultimate productivity setup, Philips has you covered here. This giant display has an ultra-ultra-wide design, with a ratio of 32:9. That means it’s twice as wide as a standard 16:9 widescreen monitor, and comes in at

After the winter, your garden is probably feeling a little under the weather, so it’ll take some extra care and attention to restore it to its former glory. A good starting point for any smart garden is a soil sensor that can measure details such as

YOUR TRACKPAD RECOGNIZES far more gestures than Apple provides access to in System Preferences’ Trackpad pane. But BetterTouchTool can unleash the full power of the Multi-Touch surface. The app enables you to choose from additional gestures and assig

From $329 From Apple, apple.com Features 9.7-inch, 2048x1536-pixel Retina display, A10 Fusion chip with M10 coprocessor, 32GB or 128GB storage, Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi + mobile connectivity Last year, Apple introduced its most affordable 9.7-inch iPad to

Free (IAPs) From ZurApps Research Inc., zurapps.com Needs OS X 10.12 or later Apple Maps has come a long way when it comes to providing accurate turn-by-turn directions — but only for a single destination at a time. Map out a road trip with multiple

APPLE IS A hardware company, right? Well, sure, but after buying MacBooks or iPhones, customers continue to spend money with Apple, making its Services business its next-biggest revenue stream after the iPhone. There’s admittedly quite a gap — in App

$199 From Pawbo, pawbo.com Features 720p video, laser dot, mic Needs iOS 8.0 or later Some things exist, and do exactly what they’re supposed to do, but make you question the very nature of technological advancement. Take the Pawbo+, a combination we

ON 6 JUNE 2005, Steve Jobs announced to the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that the Mac was abandoning the PowerPC processor line that Apple had been manufacturing in partnership with IBM and switching to the rival Intel chips used in Windows

THERE’S NO question about it: mesh networks are hot right now. It’s not just marketing hype — though their manufacturers no doubt love that they can charge a little more for home networking hardware. It’s a real change in the way networking operates

$179 From Moleskine, moleskine.com Needs iOS 8.1 or later When is a pen not a pen? When it’s a Pen+. This is a pen which sees what you’re writing, and where you’re writing it, and beams it to your iPhone as you scribble. The Pen+ Ellipse is Moleskine