Dec 04
Holy mother of all things long overdue. After years of subjecting us to fumbling and rotating cables blindly behind devices around the world, the powers that (US) be have decided to make a Universal Serial Bus plug that is reversible.
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Nov 26
It recently came to light that the NSA snooped on the communications of Google and Yahoo users without ever breaking into a data center. Now, the New York Times is reporting, it appears that could be because it penetrated fiber optic cables.
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Nov 05
Boosting the battery life on a mobile device is easy; they just need to get a lot thicker. But since none of us are willing to give up our svelte smartphones or tablets, we’ve bought into a life that involves bringing charging cables wherever we go. A hassle that’s now slightly less annoying with these ultra-thin USB cables that can easily slip into the slimmest of pockets.
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Oct 02
Playing up the ultra-thin design of modern electronics, this beautiful cypress wood dock, known simply as the Kinodai, features four pre-cut slots, making it seem as though your devices are embedded in the wood like an ax head in a tree stump.
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Sep 19
How Tidy Are You Cables?
Posted in: Today's Chili
I’ve come to the realization that I’m not a man capable of keeping cables tidy: invariably, behind any stationary gadget in my home there’s a rat’s nest of cabling gathering dust.
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Sep 16
With connections for microUSB, Apple’s old Dock Connector, and its new Lightning option, the CrossLink cable by Id America can sync or charge pretty much any modern smartphone or tablet you can get your hands on. And if the Crosslink’s flat cable anti-tangle design isn’t enough, it’s also available in six different colors that will perfectly complement your iPhone 5C, and it will set you back just $18. We’ll take ten, please. [id America via The Awesomer]
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Sep 12
The makers of the ChargeCard
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Sep 09
There’s rarely a time when your smartphone couldn’t use a bit of a charge. And to save you from always having to carry a cable in your back pocket, South Korea’s LAB.C has cooked up an iPhone 5 case with a short, flexible Lightning adapter on the back.
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Aug 24
Maybe it’s a drawer. Maybe it’s a shoebox, or a garbage bag, or a writhing, almost-sentient beast that is going to strangle you one of these days. But somewhere, you’re bound to have a hideous mess of cords and wires stashed away. The question is: which one of us has the worst?
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Aug 22
Yesterday, Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison
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