Our friends over at Cooltoys.com got an Amazon Echo for Christmas. You’ve probably seen the commercial for the little black tube that answers to Alexa.
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At Beach Street News, we love tech. We are owned by the same company that produces KühlToys so we are always looking for gadgets to make life better. Everything we find that can make life better at the beach or anywhere else for that matter we’ll share here. If you find something, tell us about it. If it makes it down the hall to KühlToys, you might get a free shirt!
The Dick Tracy Watch Is Finally Here! A Cell Phone In A Watch!
CoolToys looks for the best cellular watch for under $100
Read moreBest Smart Watch for Surfers and Skiers – The Nixon Mission
“We wanted to make our entrance into the smart category in a disciplined and purposeful way by bringing functions that are useful and true to our DNA and action sports heritage. Building The Mission, and the family of smart products to come, is Nixon’s leap into the future, and working with partners such as Google and Qualcomm Technologies has been an inspiring experience.”
Read moreDick Tracy Watches – Are They Real?
The biggest issue we found was quality control, so check the reviews. Out of 12 watches tested, only one arrived bad out of the box, and none of the other 11 failed before being dunked in water.
Read moreWhich Fitness Band Is Best? Best of the Beach 2015
The capabilities of the Apple Watch© and the Android© wearables is really something from a tech standpoint and after interviewing several people who own them, almost none used the fitness apps. So we dropped all of them from consideration, however…
Read moreHP Printer Cuts off Top on Mac
At Beach Street News, we are 100% Mac and our HP printers occasionally cut off the top of documents. If your HP printer is cutting
Read moreRing or Skybell – Which Is The Better Doorbell?
The monthly fee wasn’t the only difference. A key feature with Skybell is that is requires you to have a working doorbell. I didn’t. So before I could install my Skybell I had to figure out why my doorbell didn’t work. It was the transformer.
Read moreWindows 10 Is Coming, Windows 10 is Coming
Windows 10 is coming. Should Apple and Google be worried? And what happened to Windows 9? Right off the bat, after seeing the “cool stuff”
Read moreSafari Hijacked? Call 877-210-2763 is a SCAM. Free Fix Here!
Safari Browser Hijacking, when a scam-bag gets you to click a link that lets them insert a new start up page for Safari and then
Read more1080p HDMI and Yes Cables Matter! (or Do They)
Before you read this slightly embarrassing tale, (all true) I have to admit that I am a THX Level II Home Theater Installer, and formerly a CEDIA certified installer and designer. That means I (should) know my stuff.
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