Drinklip Portable Cupholder – Desk Extender for Coffee Addicts

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012

We’re all fully aware of the dangers of having liquids around computers and, I suspect, most of us have found out the hard way – but where are you supposed to put your coffee? This awesome Drinklip Cupholder from ThinkGeek neatly solved the problem by creating a cupholder you clip to your desk. It takes cups up to 3.25″ in diameter and retails for a very reasonable $19.99.

Bowden & Sheffield – Evolved iPad Cases

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Not long after you get back from the Apple store with your new iPad, you realise that the case you bought for your funky tablet is about as much use as a banker in a charity shop. These groovy cases are an ideal second (considered) choice of case. They come complete with a magnetic closure system, an ultra-soft lining that protects and cleans your screen at the same time and are made from the same milled aircraft-grade aluminium as the Macbook Pro. Price starts at a very reasonable $50 for the Palmer cases (leather) or $100 for the Sheffield. Details over at KickStarter.

Scanbox – Perfect Accessory for your Camera Scanner App

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Camera scanner apps for smartphones are awesome. They enable you to use the camera on your smartphone to scan documents into memory for later retrieval. You can use them for anything from business cards to restaurant menus. The problem is that the software depends a lot on your ability to hold the phone straight and steady. If you haven’t got very strong arms, then Scanbox, a KickStarter project, may be what you’re looking for. It’s a neat box that positions your phone exactly the right distance from the document you want to scan.

Karma – Mine Data From Your Friends Facebook Pages to Pick Gifts

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012

We’ve all been there. Your friend’s birthday’s coming up and you’re comatose from clicking through pages on Amazon and you still have no idea what to get them. Karma is an app that not only reminds you about an upcoming event, such as a birthday, but enables you to send them a gift quickly and leave the specifics (colour, flavour, style etc) up to the recipient.

Podkicker – Awesome Podcast Downloader for Android

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012

If you’re a regular podcast listener then you’ll know that curating your favourite shows on Android is not a pleasant task. Podkicker is a streamlined downloader and player that can handle RSS feeds, Google Listen/Reader import and a searchable database of over 100,000 podcasts. It’s free and available in the Google Play store now.

Tasskr – Simple Browser Based Task Management

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012

If you’re looking for a simple task/project management system and you’re not inclined to use one of the 4.2billion to-do apps in the Apple and Google app stores, then Tasskr should suit you. It’s a simple web app that enables you to enter projects and tasks and sub-tasks within those projects. It has a full range of keyboard shortcuts for swift navigation and is free.

Codepoint – Taming Unicode Characters for Mac

Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012

Unicode is the standard used for encoding and handling of text expressed in writing systems and it currently supports over 110,000 character types. However getting to the more esoteric Unicode symbols has never been easy – you can either use a built-in character map application or you can enter the keyboard character sequence to get it. Codepoints symplifies the whole process by enabling you to simply specify by name (arrow, car etc) a character and then copy it to clipboard to be pasted into your app. It’s available in the App Store now for $1.99.

Gizmon Clip-On Lenses for iPhone, iPad or Android

Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012

The cameras built into iPhones and Android phones are great but they do take very ‘samey’ photos because outside an app there’s no way to change focal length or zoom. However if you add one of these Gizmon lenses to your camera you can shoot specialised shots such as fisheye or three-shot mirage. They’re $35 a throw and, for my money, the essential one is the circular polarizer that enables you to make your images really pop out of the frame.

Mooklet – Animated Photo Books for iOS

Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012

Mooklet’s are animated photography books that you create using an iPhone app and subsequently share using a unique URL. Since the iPhone is now the most popular camera on services like Flickr, it’s pretty obvious that sharing services should reflect this. I really like the idea of a birthday mooklet or a holiday mooklet. Although I think the name’s a bit lame, the concept’s great. It’s due out soon.

Stop! Ninja Time!

Posted on Saturday, May 12, 2012

How cool are these watches? The Ninja Time wristwatches were designed by Andy Kurovets and look awesome. The left eye shows the hours and the right eye shows the minutes, so at 3:45 you get a full cross-eyed cataclysm.

[Via Yanko Design]