Misc

For under twenty pounds, this next product uses German technology to add speaker output to a computer.

Mobile power is something in demand, did you charge your phone last night and even if you did will it last all day? Here is one solution that may get you out of a hole while out and about a charge station charge point, or you could just buy it all keep it with you, it has both iOS and Android connections built in.

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While banks expect us to trust them, does this trust extend to their security arrangements when payments are concerned.

It is that time of year again when I need to make the trip from my Sound London base to the area Sherlock Holmes called home.

Offering to look after your mobile phone when it is being charged is a purple dragon.

This is a pen that allows you to make almost anything in 3D. The illustration on the side of the box can be made in a few minutes others will take a lot longer and maybe even require some artistic talent to create but the basic process is simple.

While not a familiar brand to me, the Kurbis is a German speaker system.

Do you know where you are going or what you are planning to do? I only ask because somebody else might be privy to this information.

Getting more clothes into a small space is made easier by the next product.

Is the use of a computer mouse causing pain, then the following might help.

First one of the smallest at less than 10cm tall which has either a looping light or a light always on inside the rabbit. Second one of the largest Pokémon items and certainly for the older child which has induction charging for your iPhone and also USB for those of us without ‘i’ devices.

Scammers are directing their efforts at the Mac community

A new name to me and without a visit to the Amazon Christmas event it would have probably stayed that way. This is a portable USB lead that has USB or USB ‘C’ on one end a coiled lead to fit into a small carry case and three different ends to make sure it has a fitment to suit whatever you need to charge, so wherever there is power so do you.

Helping draw up a shopping list of toys is a top ten of offerings from Hamleys.

This is ideal for a first alarm clock for a child; it can also act as a night light. Dependent on the child’s age it can be powered by ‘AAA’ batteries or USB. It also has a built in sensor so you can even check the room’s temperature.

With its carry and charging facilities, this next product might suit your ear bud needs.

This is clock but it has no numerals and no hands, so before you shout ‘who has nicked the hands’ it never had any. This is a magnetic clock and ideal for the executive desk as it’s a clever piece of kit and certainly something that requires good light either natural or powered as this just works day after day with no external connections.

If you work on a laptop and suffer from back problems, this product may help to ease the strain

Turn your child into a dinosaur loving music fan.

When considering the purchase of a set of ear buds, Currys/PC World can offer a product with its own neck band.

Offering to look after YOUR money, criminals continue to increase their activities.

I am sure that at some time or other you must have encountered a situation where your mobile device emits a warning to reduce the volume output level. This next product could help in this respect.

The Allroundo from German company Vonmählen is a USB charging cable kit that is pocketable and offers a useful way of connecting one’s Apple or Android phone or tablet to an appropriate power source.

As notebooks get smaller something had to go, the easiest to lose was the optical drive, other things were harder possibly the Ethernet connection and then the flood gates opened as some devices have just a single USB ‘C’ and sometimes little else.

Do you need encouragement to tidy up a work area?

Amazon started life as a book seller, now it sells EBook readers.

While most will think of Brando as the King of anything USB this is a slightly different offering as it actually takes power from your phone for those occasions when the end of the day is a long way away but your beard needs some attention to make you look as though it is still 9AM.

When computer problems arise, do you ask others for help? If so who do you ask?

The latest version of this ‘gadget’ for Windows is now available. I sometimes get into trouble for calling an item a gadget but when people say our product is not a gadget I say fine, please define ‘gadget’ and while they are thinking I add, a tool to make a task easier? Very few people disagree with my definition and this certainly makes some Windows tasks easier. They also do a MAC version but as I do not have a MAC I can only tell you about the Windows items.