If you’re an iOS or Mac user, your downloads and streams are going to improve in the near future — if they haven’t already. Apple has quietly switched on its own content delivery network (CDN), letting it deliver files directly instead of leaning on…
Over the past 24 hours, eBay USA was offline – and several of eBay’s international entry points have been down for the count. At the time this article is being written – right around 1:30PM CST – it would appear that eBay, or at least eBay’s USA-based shops, have returned to service. Also at this time, believe it or not, … Continue reading
T-Mobile’s recent bet on the iPhone paid off pretty well, it seems. Their recent earnings call suggests they brought in a bunch of new customers, likely enticed by their iPhone test drive. In that same earnings call, T-Mobile CEO John Legere hinted the iPhone 6 would be just as significant, even though he refused to address the device by name. … Continue reading
I have to admit I’m not the most organized gal on the planet. My wallets a mess, I have a gazillion credit cards, none of which are where they should be at any given time. I use one to pay for something, and stick it in my jacket pocket. I use another one, and it goes into my dressy handbag, only to be found 3 months after it expired. I need the cards, but I sure wish they were a little easier to keep track of.
So I’m super excited to introduce you to Coin, an amazing little gadget that is the answer to my prayers. Coin is a high tech credit card solution that allows you to load ALL your actual credit cards onto one credit card-like device. You accomplish this via your smartphone. A card reader comes with your nifty little Coin, and you just plug it in and swipe away, even taking pictures of the cards for display. Name your cards, and then you’re ready to charge away.
Say you’re at a business luncheon and want to pay with your company card, simply select it from the list, and voila! lunch is on the boss. A birthday present for mom? You might decide to select the card that gives the best reward points. Coin looks like a credit card, it swipes like a credit card, but it gives you all the cards you will ever need in one convenient location. You wouldn’t want to lose a card like that, now would you? No worries. Unlike your ordinary credit cards, your smartphone will alert you if your Coin gets left behind.
All your credit cards in one place, built in loss protection, and, having the coolest high tech credit card on the planet? Sign me up! If you’d like to learn more, or get in on pre-ordering the 55 dollar Coin, visit onlycoin.com and break out your boring old credit card one last time. Hopefully it will ship this summer.
[ Coin – ALL your Credit Cards in One copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
If you’re a musician or voice actor, then you know exactly how important it is to have a home setup with a quality microphone. You can’t really rely on listening to yourself talking or singing, as your voice always sounds different than it does to everyone else thanks to all of the reverberation in your skull. Practice aside, you also need a good mic so you can send professional-grade materials in for auditions.
If you’re on the move quite often, you can’t exactly bring your home setup with you. Of course, without all of the extra sound dampeners and being in a comfortable space, it’s already going to be a lot more difficult to do. The MiC from Apogee has been held in high regard, and can take on all sorts of situations. This is a studio quality cardioid condenser microphone that uses a PureDIGITAL connection so you’re getting top-notch sound quality.
There’s no configuration necessary, just plug in and record. This can be used with your iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Of course, quality isn’t going to come cheap, so you’re going to want to make sure you’re really going to get your worth out of this $199 device. That being said, this would be a godsend for voice-over artists or musicians who frequently have surprise deadlines. While you can’t gripe at your schedule, you can do everything possible to be prepared for whatever life may throw at you.
Available for purchase on Apogee
[ The MiC from Apogee will let you record anywhere you feel inspired copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
What would the Goddess Isis call on us to do as ISIS — the militant terrorist group — threatens to bulldoze our global cultural heritage?
Goddess. Enchantress. Instructress. Protectress. Considered the divine Mother Goddess of Ancient Egypt, Isis was the throne upon which all pharaohs sat and received their powers. Superior to all other Gods, Isis was the giver of life. She represented motherhood as well as strength, flight as well as rebirth, purity as well as mystery. She was an incarnation of the feminine aspect of the creative force of life and power. Her throne was the foundation of a civilization, as were her principles of Right, Truth, and Justice. Ancient sculptures often depicted her with outstretched wings. Others, breastfeeding her son Horus, God of War, a singular representation that was later appropriated by Christianity as Mary and the baby Jesus.
For Goddess on Earth, Crystal Johnson, an environmental strategist and founder of ISES (Integrative Sustainability & Environmental Solutions) portrayed the Goddess Isis. To accompany her portrait, Crystal wrote:
Life is a beautiful journey for our soul’s experience and expansion. By aligning with Isis energy, I find that regardless of what is happening around me, I feel a great sense of peace, clarity, guidance, protection and love. That is comforting especially while the collective consciousness of humanity is at the current level and the resultant changes are occurring on Earth.
Crimes to our sacred history are tragically being committed by a different ISIS; an acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Less than two months ago the ISIS militants invaded Nineveh, one of the oldest cities in antiquity. Nineveh contains over 1800 important archeological sites and is forever woven into history as a major center for the worship of the Assyrian Goddess Ishtar. The ISIS occupation of Nineveh poses a disastrous threat to these sacred sites “…the virtual certainty, in fact — is that irreplaceable history will be annihilated or sold into the netherworld of corrupt and cynical collectors,” wrote Christopher Dickey on July 7 in his Daily Beast article, “ISIS is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq.” Disturbing news of this rampage surfaced on July 25, when militants leveled the tomb of Jonah, a site of holy pilgrimage.
“Increase public awareness of the situation!” was the plea to come out of the July 8 panel discussion “The Implications of the Current Fighting for Iraq’s Cultural Heritage.” A vocal, critical mass of public opinion is our only hope for saving our global heritage.
In this decisive time before the imminent destruction of our common sacred sites, let us all call upon the protective guidance of Isis: the oldest of the old, mother of all mothers and The All-Seeing Eye. Let us reclaim the true name and meaning of Isis. With lightning speed, let us spread our collective wings, awaken the world to the crimes being committed and raise the roof before it’s too late.
For more information on Goddess on Earth, visit the project’s web site, Facebook or Twitter page. Buy the limited edition, artist made book here.
Just about everyone you know has some form of a music player anymore. While you could both pull up the same song and listen to it separately, we often want to watch someone’s expressions by listening to something with them completely in sync. It’s the little nuances that help us characterize what makes our friends laugh, cry, and make us wonder why we don’t think the same things are funny. While you could offer one of the two earbuds you have to them, chances are you’re going to have to deal with the waxy substance that will usually come back on it.
If you’d prefer to avoid this embarrassing earwax-covered ordeal for either you or your friend, then you might enjoy the Companion Owls Headphones Splitter. It plugs into your headphones jack, and looks like a cute pair of owls perching on your phone. Atop their heads are two jacks, in which you can plug in your own pair of ear buds. That way you only have to worry about your own ear wax!
Should sharing music and only having the ability to use one set of headphones be an annoyance you face daily, then you’ll be happy to know it can be fixed for $9.99. This will make sure you don’t yank ear buds out of your friend’s ear by accident, or vice versa. Of course, there are certainly going to be far cheaper options out there, but really it’s all about the cute owls. Just look at how happy and cozy they are!
Available for purchase on ThinkGeek
[ The Companion Owls Headphone Splitter makes listening to music together a hoot copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
It’s not everyday that HuffPost Live has the honor of hosting a precious baby kangaroo, but July 31, 2014 was one such day.
While promoting the TV series “Urban Jungle” on Thursday, National Geographic host Boone Smith stopped by the set and brought two-year-old kangaroo Ingrid with him. In true kangaroo fashion, she found hopping around all over the place preferable to standing idly by her chaperone.
Fair warning: the cuteness that ensued was off the charts.
Watch the clip above to see Ingrid run amok, and go here to see the full HuffPost Live segment with her.
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In recent weeks, parts of Switzerland have been struck by flash floods.
Some have taken the rain in stride, even weathering the elements to go out for a surf. In the Illgraben Valley, located in southwestern Switzerland, YouTube user PiperLambert captured incredible footage of flood waters breaking through the valley.
The way the water builds up momentum and drags debris is a frightening reminder of nature’s force. Hopefully this video will serve as motivation to take flash flood warnings seriously.
I think I have found the perfect weapons for the people in Sharknado 3 to use to fight off the toothy aquatic hoards. Check out these sculptures, they look like sharks with machine gun parts protruding from their bodies.
The sculptures are from artist Christopher Shulz. If these were nightmare weapons, they would shoot shark teeth rather than bullets, which would be pretty awesome.
Shulz describes his sculptures as, “3D metal sculptures combining sharks and guns that are meant to evoke a prescribed reaction from misinformation.” I’m not sure if he is going for commentary on how sharks are dangerous as guns or how guns are not dangerous or what. All I know for sure is that I want a shark gun. With a frickin’ laser beam sight.
[via Laughing Squid via Neatorama]
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