Review: Dyson DC62 Hand-Held Vacuum

By Corey Herscu

Until you’ve owned a shedding dog, you really won't appreciate the value of owning a solid vacuum.

No mess. No kind of dust. No amount of dirt. Nothing really compares to the annoyance that is the small seemingly un-cleanable hair that comes from my Froston terrier, (French bulldog x boston terrier) named Bella. It’s everywhere. And before owning a Dyson, I couldn’t seem to clean it, regardless of the cleaning tool used. While I’ve owned the DC51 for a while now, it’s large and often unnecessary for small cleanups around my condo.Then Dyson sent me the DC62 Animal hand-held vacuum, and simultaneously, became my new best friend.

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Hands-on with the Rogers LG G Flex

The coolest feature of this phone, the head-turner itself, is the fact that the hardware and screen are in fact curved - a first of its kind to be released in market.  Aside from that, and despite the fact that LG felt it ok to load the device with two-year-old software (Android 4.2 out of box) the LG G Flex is just the current flagship G2 in a bigger housing.

Negatives aside, it’s still a cool phone, so let’s take a quick hands-on look:

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iOS 7.1 adoption at 18 % after 72 hours

Adoption of the newly released iOS 7.1 is at 18 % after 72 hours. This is according to Chitika which measures web traffic in North America.

According to AppleInsider, "for the purposes of the study, Chitika Insights studied tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian online ad impressions originating from iOS devices from Mar. 9 through Mar. 12." iOS 7.1 brought a slew of updates as the biggest revision to the Apple mobile OS since it launched six-months ago. The big bonus for users of older devices like the iPhone 4 is that overall performance has actually improved thanks to iOS 7.1.

Mujjo releases elegantly crafted sleeves for iPhone and iPad

Mujjo from the Netherlands just revealed thier The Understated collection of handcrafted iPhone and iPad leather cases.

They started with the core, the materials, and obsessively tried to develop those to the next level. We managed to improve the signature materials; vegetable-tanned leather, felt, and gunmetal alloy hardware. True to our vision, these sleeves are contemporary and remarkably simple. The products don’t shout, ‘look at me,’ but rather calmly hint craftsmanship through their understated appearance and the quality of its materials.

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