Active Noise Cancellation Comes to Jabra Elite 75t
The Jabra Elite 75t add active noise cancellation as a fantastic free upgrade
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OnePlus Buds: Industry Leading In Price / Performance
Thanks to OnePlus, I’ve been using the OnePlus Buds for five days now. OnePlus’ entry into the truly wireless earbud marketing is well-timed – the market is comprised of the leading AirPods and AirPods Pro from Apple and other players include Jabra’s Elite 75T and other offering such as Anker’s Liberty 2 and others. Late…
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Why I Switched to Electric Lawn Tools
I recently needed to get a new lawn mower as my 15 year old gas mower finally gave up. Luckily, a neighbor up the street hipped me to his electric mower from EGO Power and sang its praises. He dispelled a few myths for me that I have proven with my own experience. These include:…
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Picking a Chromebook for Your Student
At the writing of this post, students all across the United States are transitioning to online or distributed learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In my state, all students are out of school until at least the end of April and as a result, I’ve been on the hunt for Chromebooks for our elementary-aged kids….
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How to Speed Up Amazon Fire TV Stick
I have an Amazon Fire TV Stick on one of my LCD TVs in my house. I’ve used Fire TV Sticks in different locations over the years with minimal complaints or issues. However, I recently installed a Fire TV Stick in a new TV in a new location and was having terrible performance issues with…
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Let’s Review 8×8 Video Meetings
If you’re a distributed (or remote…even though I hate that term) team member – you rely every day upon video conferencing solutions. You’ve likely heard of options such as UberConference, GoToMeeting and Webex – some of which are good and some are terrible (Webex and GoToMeeting – I’m looking at you).Then, in the last few…
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Jabra Elite 75t First Impressions
On Friday, I started my review of Jabra’s latest wireless earbuds – known as Jabra Elite 75t. I have long been pessimistic on wireless earbuds, but the product offering has matured in the last year – led by Apple’s AirPod and now Airpods Pro. With the recent announcement of the Elite 75t, I was anxious…
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The Spring’s Best Travel Tech
Happy Saturday, RM World Travel listeners! Today we’re going to run through the best travel tech that Spring 2018 has to offer. Samsung Galaxy S9+ From Verizon Wireless The Samsung Galaxy S9+ is the perfect phone for international travelers for a few reasons: Verizon’s International-friendly voice/data plans get you the ability to talk and interact…
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GreenGeeks launches support for Let’s Encrypt free SSL certificates
Those of us on the web are trying to stay safe and secure wherever we can. From using VPNs to securing our home’s Wi-Fi, it’s a constant battle. For those who run websites, it’s also super important to use SSL to protect internet traffic whenever possible. This is why the Electronic Frontier Foundation (also called…
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Browser Wars and Facebook’s Tracking: Firefox is BACK
I’m an old school technologist, starting this blog in 2004 and I’ve been online since 1994, with the Unix account to prove it (thanks, Oregon State University!). Firefox is a browser that I used religiously up until it got really slow and bloated, then Chrome came along and many users went with Chrome and away…
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