Review: Dyson DC78 Turbinehead Animal vacuum

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Anyone who has pets knows how troublesome getting clean floors, carpets and surfaces can be. Pet hair manages to find its way everywhere and sometimes requires multiple passes and a lot of effort to clean. Add the requirements of keeping a household clean and you need a very dynamic type of vacuum cleaner.

The DC78 Turbinehead Animal from Dyson could very well be the perfect vacuum, and one that best deals with tougher surfaces and pet hair. Out of the box the DC78 looks and feels formidable. It is heavier and larger than previous models I tested but still retains great maneuverability and intuitive controls.

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Review: BlackBerry Passport

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A lot of credit goes to BlackBerry for not scrimping on build and materials, not that they ever did. But by including top tier specs and boosting battery life, they've made the Passport a viable contender to many popular devices out there, specially in terms of speed and performance.

After lukewarm sales of earlier BB10 devices, BlackBerry went into restructuring mode and decided to focus on the enterprise market, which was slowly slipping away. With this in mind, they created the third device launched under CEO John Chen (the first being the Z3 and the second the super posh Porsche Design P'9983). The result is one of the most unusual smartphones ever to come to market. The big, bold and audacious Passport may just be BlackBerry’s ticket back into the mobile market.

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PowerSkin announces first portable battery solution for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

With millions of consumers already purchasing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus there is an immediate need for on-the-go charging solutions for these new devices.  To meet the incredible demand, PowerSkin announced that the company’s popular PoP’n battery packs now includes PoP’n 2 for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, available for only $69.99.

Utilizing state-of-the-art, patented suction adhering technology, the PoP’n 2 suctions onto the back of the iPhone for an easy to hold, seamlessly integrated charging experience. That means no dangling cords or having to awkwardly juggle around two different devices. Featuring a 4000 mAh battery and 2.1 amp charging equipped, the PoP’n 2 charges the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus faster than any other battery pack and the reinforced hard shell plastic helps stabilize and protect the phone.

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The Apple Beat: Why Apple Pay is sending shockwaves through the payments industry

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

 Apple Pay is actually a very big deal. More than just enabling mobile payments in a handful of partner retailers, the entire system is designed to ‘just work’ once the switch is flipped. Apple Pay will hope to become as prevalent a payment option as Visa, MasterCard or any debit card that people are already using. 

The first public Apple Pay transaction is still a few weeks away from happening, but news that Apple’s solution to mobile payments is coming, is sending shockwaves through the payments sector.

A key feature of the new iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch, Apple Pay has the backing of major credit card companies, over 800 million ready-to-go credit cards on iTunes, various debit cards plus 220,000 retailers and businesses have already signed up or, at the very least, already have the necessary infrastructure to accept Apple Pay without any large investment in hardware or training.

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