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This APC Back-UPS Connect UPS with Mobile Power Pack is down to $34.95 at Amazon and B&H Photo. This has sold for as much as $80 in August, and the previous low we saw was $41 back in the beginning of September.

We’ve featured APC uninterrupted power supplies before. They’re strong devices for supporting any electronics that might be susceptible to a power surge or outage. This UPS has some of that functionality but isn’t really designed for full-on electronics management. Instead, it works best with low-power devices like phones, tablets, modems, and routers.

This one is also unique in that the ”battery backup,” which would provide any connected electronics with some extra time to properly shut down during an outage, can actually be removed. When it’s removed it functions like a mobile power bank. APC says it can recharge a phone 5 times before needing to be charged itself. With the battery remov…

The highly anticipated new Skype for desktop is rolling out today, and it’s full of exciting new features to improve your overall Skype experience.

In a blog post, Skype announced that its completely redesigned desktop client is finally out of preview and launching today. The company already revamped its iOS app earlier this year, and the new Skype for desktop is very aesthetically similar. It also shares the iOS app’s focus on social networking and content sharing.

Skype for desktop has retained all of the features users enjoy, but according to the Skype press team the following improvements and features have also been added based on customer feedback:

Customizable themes: On the new Skype for desktop, you’ll be able to choose a color and theme for your interface that reflects your mood, personality, or time of day.
Chat list: If you like to keep everything categorized and tidy like me, you’re in luck: you can now organize your Skype contact list by time, unread, or status. You c…

Youtube has finally released a native YouTube TV app for Android TV and Xbox One devices, with a version for Apple TV and Roku coming soon.

Back in April YouTube launched its new television streaming service YouTube TV, which offers live streaming content from traditional broadcast networks and several cable channels for $35 monthly. Originally, the only way you could watch any YouTube TV content was by using a Google Chromecast. However, today in a blog post YouTube announced that it has released a new native YouTube TV app built for a wide array of TV devices.

According to YouTube, within the next few days the new app will only be rolling out for the Xbox One family of devices, Android TV devices like NVIDIA SHIELD, and TVs with Android TV built-in, such as Sony. However, within the coming weeks other versions of the app will be released for smart TVs such as LG, Samsung, Sony, along with Apple TV and Roku.

Though you’ll be able to find the YouTube TV content you desire in the s…

Now that Apple has made one of the best smart phone cameras in existence, it’s time to print out your masterpiece.

If you’ve upgraded to the iPhone 7 Plus, or more recently the iPhone 8 Plus or the iPhone X, you have, arguably, the best camera on a smartphone in existence. Some of your pictures probably look so good, you’d want to print them out and frame them. Guess what? You can. Here are the best smartphone-compatible photo printers on the market today.

Kodak Photo Printer Dock
Polaroid ZIP
Prynt Pocket
Canon Selphy CP 1200
Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2

Kodak Photo Printer Dock

Kodak’s latest photo printer pushes out high quality 4″x6″ prints directly from your iPhone. It uses some fancy-pants printing technology that I don’t understand to bring the most detailed image transfer from digital to physical. It prints your image in colored layers: reds, yellows, and blues, and then finishes the whole thing off with a top coat so your pictures won’t bleed or fade.

I absolutely lov…

Steven Levy was one of the first pre-release reviewers of the groundbreaking original iPhone. Now he’s at the smartphone apex yet again as a tester for the iPhone X.

Ten years ago, Steven Levy was a part of the original pre-release review group for the first ever iPhone. Now, Apple has given him a review unit of its new flagship device — the iPhone X — to see how it stacks up against its ancestor with respect to revolutionizing the smartphone game. He’s had the phone since last Tuesday, and he shared his first impressions of the company’s latest milestone in a field report for Wired.

According to Levy, the biggest change as compared to other iPhone models was its already-infamous screen:

The iPhone X is a big screen in a compact form factor — Cinerama in a phone booth. Though the device itself is only slightly bigger than the standard iPhone 8, its screen is roughly the same size as that of the iPhone 8 Plus. When you take into account its ”Super Retina” capab…

QuiVr creator Jonathan Schenker answers our questions!

Watching the birth of an industry is very exciting. Especially an industry where you, as a user, can be transported into a new world. Or have objects inserted into your own environment. We’re talking about the nascent industry of virtual and augmented reality.

With any new industry comes pioneers. People who dive into the fold and risk time and money (and possibly sanity) trying to push the forefront whilst becoming leaders in unknown territory.

Jonathan Schenker is one such pioneer. He’s the creator of a highly popular and well-rated VR game on Steam VR called QuiVr. And it’s coming to macOS!

QuiVr is a single or multiplayer virtual reality game where you virtually take up a bow and defend your keep from an invading army of baddies. The sense of presence while you’re battling both ground and aerial attackers is truly astonishing. A must buy game on Steam VR if you’re a VR aficionado.

We reached out to Jonathan to ask him …

Add a splash of color to every room!

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If you would have told me a few years ago that I would have lights all over my new house that I can control with my voice, I would have told you that you were crazy and walked away. Now, that’s the life I live, and I kinda love it.

Amazon is making that life possible for you too by offering the Philips Hue 3-bulb Color Starter Kit for $113.99, a savings of $30 from its regular price. This happens to be an all-time low for this kit.

Automate your lighting experience with Philips Hue and control your lights from home or away. Create light schedules from the Philips Hue App and never come home to a dark house.
Connect to the Hue Bridge, and add up to 50 lights. Expand your system with up to 12 Hue accessories (sold separately), such as a Hue Dimmer Switch, Hue Tap, or Hue Motion Sensor.
Install the LED lights as you would install ordinary bulbs and pair them with the Hue Bridge, which allows you to control smart-bulb-equipped…

So you bought the latest and greatest MacBook Pro because, hey, it’s the latest and greatest. You figured, ”nah, I’m good with USB-C; I’ll dongle my life away until everyone else gets on board with Apple’s vision!” Then you worked with it for a few months, denying that anything was wrong. You thought, ”I can make this work. Everything is fine. Everything is A-OK. Everything is fine.” But on that last ”fine” you involuntarily snapped a pencil in your hand and gritted your teeth, sweat beading down your forehead. ”I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE,” you exclaim, and before you realize what you’re doing, your MacBook is in pieces next to the playhouse you tried to build for the kids last summer.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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The iMemPro USB-C Hub from ZeroLemon is your ticket to the good ol’ days — a multi-port hub that lets you mount SD cards, microSD cards, USB-A peripherals, 4K HDMI, and two more USB-C devices. ”Surely something l…