Gift ideas - Five accessories for the iPad and iPhone user

Julie asked me to suggest some gift ideas for the iPhone and iPad users in your life.  I thought about how I have used my original iPad mini, the new iPad Air I owned for a short while, and the iPad mini with Retina display I replaced the Air with, and I came up with five things I use daily and love.  I have a mixture of accessories and apps, and none of them is very expensive.

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YouTube Makes Its Way Onto The Nintendo 3DS

Good news Nintendo 3DS owners, if you wanted to take a break from gaming and perhaps surf some YouTube to watch some videos or listen to music, you might be pleased to learn that YouTube for the Nintendo 3DS is finally available, and while it might be already obvious, it will not come with support for 3D which we're not sure is a good or bad thing. YouTube for the Nintendo 3DS joins the likes of Netflix which was released back in 2011, and Hulu which was released for the 3DS just in October a few months ago. The YouTube app for the 3DS console is available via the Nintendo 3DS eshop for North America and Europe markets.

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Samsung Reportedly Working On 20MP Camera Modules For 2014

While more megapixels does not necessarily mean a better camera, it is unfortunately still heavily marketed by companies. After all to the average consumer, bigger numbers usually means better, right. In any case it seems that Samsung could be working on a 20MP camera module that is set to debut in the second half of 2014. This is according to Korea news website, ET News who claims that Samsung Mobile's Advanced Development Team has begun working on such modules.

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CVXP-DC48 Digital Binocular Camera

Get up close to the action with Chinavasion's digital binocular camera ‘CVXP-DC48′. Powered by 2x AA batteries, the device is equipped with a 1.3MP CMOS image sensor, a 25mm wide-angle lens, a 10x digital zoom, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a mini USB port and has the ability to capture both 640 x 480 VGA video and up to 1280 x 960 digital still images. The CVXP-DC48 sells for just $25.63.

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PSN Suspends Redemption Of Vouchers

If you are a gamer who intends to redeem your vouchers on the PlayStation Network (PSN), but somehow or rather still continue to run into issues that prevent you from doing so, that is because your account has experienced a suspension. The thing is, you do not need to freak out at all, since the redemption of vouchers has been suspended. This particular bit of news was announced over on the PlayStation Blog by Sid Shuman, who also happens to be a social media manager at Sony.

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Survey says $25k barrier is a problem for EVs

The majority of consumers are more or less priced out of the market. Meanwhile, Navigant's Electric Vehicle Survey found that 67 percent of those surveyed had a favorable opinion on hybrids while 61 percent thought positively of EVs, meaning that while consumers might be interested in purchasing an EV, the majority of consumers are more or less priced out of the market. According to the project's principal research analyst, Dave Hurst, the EV will become more accessible, but it's going to take time. "Batteries make up half the cost of vehicles.

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In a world of hurt? Let the Fubar Baby help pry you out of that situation

In the world of consumerism, we like to get the most bang for our buck. Take pocket multi-tools for example, we think the more things we can use it for the better and in most cases I would agree. But one designer has seen a short coming in one prominent feature of the pocket multi-tool, the pry bar feature and he has done something about it. The Fubar Baby, a kickstarter project by Scott Howard is a simple, single function pry bar.

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