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Torras Coolify 2S review: Extreme testing this little smart neck air conditioner

The Coolify 2 gets an update, but what's new in the 2S? Is it worth the upgrade or a spot in the ever increasing list of gadgets he needs to charge?

Zach gets "comfy" brewing coffee on a humid, scorching afternoon to find out. Yes, a gimmicky product needs gimmicky testing.

The Torras Coolify 2S retails for S$279, but it's on sale now on weareready.sg for S$269.




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Sony Float Run review: Do you really need running-specific headphones?

Note:This article was first published on 27 August 2023

Over-ear headphones are really mini speakers beside your ear. They are marketed as being "open" for environmental awareness during outdoor sport activities, but is this format too niche for regular use?

You can buy the Sony Float Run for S$199 on the Sony Online Store, as well as official stores on Shopee and Lazada.




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Torras Coolify 3 review: More fans = good?

Note: This video was first published on 19 September 2023.

After the Coolify 2S passed Zach's 'dinosaur suit stress test' with flying colours, he wanted to find out if more fans really do mean more performance. And what better product for this comparison than the Coolify 3, which is a monster of a neck fan in itself. Have Torras pushed the design too far? Find out in this video.

You can buy the Coolify 3 here, or the Coolify 2S instead here.




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Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic video review: All the upgrades, but are they enough?

Note:This video was first published on 23 October 2023.

What are the upgrades are you getting with Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic? How do they compare to the Galaxy Watch5 Pro?

Make sure to watch the Galaxy Watch4 review as well to know all the features of Samsung's BioActive Sensor and WearOS for Galaxy.

You can get the Galaxy Watch6 Series on Samsung's Online Store.




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Huawei Watch GT 4 review: The smartwatch activity tracker to beat, and it looks classy too!

Note:This video was first published on 21 November 2023.

After a long hiatus, Huawei returns with the Watch GT 4 series. It is a classy aesthetic upgrade to the GT 3, but still rocks one of the best heartrate sensors and analytics data for the price with TruSeen 5.5+ and a 2-week battery life. Find out how it compares with the last generation Watch GT 3 Pro.

You can get the Huawei Watch GT 4 series starting at S$298 from Lazada and Shopee.




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Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni review: The AI Robot Vacuum You've Been Waiting For?

Note: This review was first published on 8 November.

Square is the new round. Zach lets Ecovacs' latest flagship robot cleaner loose around his home to see how its improved solid-state LiDAR and AI navigation handle his bar stool maze.

Read more about the Deebot X2 Omni's features here.

You can also buy it online from Courts as well as Ecovacs official stores on Shopee and Lazada for an SRP of S$1,699.




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Nespresso Vertuo Creatista review: Can technology automate your way to become a home barista?

The Vertuo Creatista is the ultimate Nespresso machine, capable of drinks as small as 25ml up to 535ml. It's fancy auto-steam wand can create all forms of milk concoctions too, but can it make café-quality milk texture to scratch your inner home barista itch?

You can buy the Nespresso Vertuo Creatista (S$1,099) from Nespresso's online store, Amazon.sg, or Lazada.




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Canon EOS R5 Mark II review: Probably the most versatile full-frame mirrorless camera

The Canon EOS R5 Mark II can main tank both photography and videography tasks just as well. #canon #eosr5markii




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Kong: Survivor Instinct (PC) review: Not the kaiju game you were looking for

This kaiju game could have been so much more. #kingkong #monsterverse #kaiju



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14-inch MacBook Pro (M4 Max) review: Familiar, but better than ever

The MacBook Pro gets a new processor and some other notable upgrades. Does that mean you should go out and buy one? #apple #macbookpro #m4max




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Best wireless headphone deals in the 11.11 sale, tested and reviewed

Get Bose, Sony, Sennheiser and more at up to 30% off.




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BMW M3 Touring review: The dream family car

The M3 Touring is proof that fun and practicality are not mutually exclusive. #bmw #m3touring #familycar




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LG Tone Free T90S earbuds review: Flagship features at a bargain price

ANC, Dolby Atmos, multipoint support for up to five devices, and even a UV sanitising charging case. These earbuds offer a lot of buck for the buck. #lg #tonefreet90s #tws




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Secretlab Skins Lite review: Breathing new life into your Titan Evo more affordably

The new Skins Lite accessory is more approachable compared to the original Skin. #secretlab #titanevo2022 #gamingchair



  • Games & Gear
  • Gaming & Entertainment Culture

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Honor 200 & 200 Pro review: A different kind of bang for buck

If you're into portrait photography, you have to check out the Honor 200 and Honor 200 Pro for the special Harcourt filters available. Oh, and it's a good all-rounder phone, too. #honor #honor200 #smartphone




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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: The best processor of this generation

AMD continues to give and surprise. #AMD #ryzen #gaming




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Tesla Model 3 Performance review: Ballistic performance without the crazy price tag

Can you find a faster car for less money? I don’t think so. And that’s the main appeal of the Model 3 Performance. #tesla #model3performance #ev




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CMF Buds Pro 2 earbuds review: Great value, but with some trade-offs

You won't believe what you are getting for S$99. #cmf #budspro2 #truewirelessearbuds




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Apple iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max review: A work in progress smartphone (Updated)

Solid phones, even without Apple Intelligence. #apple #iphone16pro #iphone16promax




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Apple iPhone 16 and 16 Plus review: The sensible choice (Updated)

The basic iPhones get pretty big updates this year. Should you get them instead of the Pro iPhones? #apple #iphone16 #appleintelligence




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Apple iPad mini (7th generation) review: The little iPad that can (Updated)

The iPad mini gets ready for Apple Intelligence. Should you upgrade? #apple #ipadmini #appleintelligence




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Fretonbit App Review: Scam Or Legit Platform? Fact-Check!

Fretonbit App is an AI-powered crypto trading software designed to enhance the trading experience of traders from all backgrounds, including novice traders. The system automates trading, operates 24/7 to collect valuable information, and offers accurate trade signals and insights. The founders say it will eliminate human biases and help earn consistent profits during various conditions. [...]




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Condrebit App Review: Scam Or Legit Platform? Fact-Check!

Condrebit App is a crypto trading platform designed to simplify trading for traders at all proficiency levels. The system combines the latest technologies and advanced algorithms to examine real-time market movements and offer invaluable data and insights. According to the founders, this trading system collaborates with trusted industry brokers who provide quality services and assist [...]




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Review: AirenSoft OvenMediaEngine

This review will highlight OvenMedia?Engine, the open source streaming ser?ver from AirenSoft, and explore its fea?tures for providing sub-?second latency for live streaming. The article will also touch on OvenMediaEngine's options for LL-?HLS and WebRTC. Finally, we'll dive into testing SRT and RTMP ingest options.




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Review: Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K G2

The Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2 has nice upgrades, great capability with the USB-C, and high-quality recording to external SSDs. The HDMI out is a welcome feature as well in terms of monitoring and being able to change settings wherever the camera might be used.




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Review: Elgato Prompter

The $279 Elgato Prompter is a unique product that performs well in its namesake role but offers a range of functionality that extends far beyond script reading. You'll find Prompter highly useful if you're a frequent video conference participant, if you create screencams or recorded product demonstrations, and even if you produce webinars.




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Review: DVEO Brutus V

This review will highlight Brutus V, DVEO's IP-to-IP multichannel AV1, H.264, and H.265 transcoder for IPTV or OTT. I will touch on Brutus V's options for delivering streams over H.264 and cover streaming delivery over various streaming protocols such as HLS, LL-HLS, Smooth Streaming, and MPEG-DASH. I will also dive into transcoding using H.264 and HEVC.




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Review: Magewell Director Mini 3.0

All-in-One (AIO) live production devices leverage the latest mobile CPU and GPU power and integrated capability, with real hardware connections for multiple HDMI ports, ethernet, headphones, audio input, and more?all from one manufacturer so there's just one update cycle to track. Magewell recently came out with the 3.0 update to their Director Mini AIO production tablet (Figure 1), and they are pushing the envelope with what these little powerhouses can do.




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2023 Review: Carjackings surge in the Washington area

In 2023, vehicle theft became an epidemic in the Washington, D.C., area as the rate soared, with more than 6,000 cars stolen this year in the capital city.




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TED Stockings: Proven DVT reduction through published peer reviewed clinical studies

This article proves the point that only the T.E.D. Anti-Embolism Stocking has been clinically proven to prevent DVT in over 14,000 patients. Clinical proof is through published peer reviewed clinical studies.




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AppleVis Extra #96: Apple's September 12 "Wonderlust" Event in Review

In this edition of the AppleVis Podcast, Dave Nason, Thomas Domville, and Tyler Stephen get together to discuss Apple's September 12 "Wonderlust" Event.




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Disabling In-App Review Requests on iOS

Tired of apps interrupting you with requests to rate and review? This episode with Thomas Domville will show you how to take control.

This iOS feature lets app developers ask you to rate and review their apps directly within the app. While helpful for developers, these pop-ups can be a nuisance , especially if they appear frequently.

How to Disable In-App Ratings & Reviews:

Find the Native Settings app and Double Tap to Open Settings
Now Swipe Right until you find the AppStore button and Double Tap to open
Locate by swiping right until you get to the "In-App Ratings & Reviews" and toggle the switch to the off position (

Remember: Disabling this feature only stops the in-app prompts. You can still search for apps in the App Store and leave ratings and reviews manually if you'd like to share your feedback.

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Hello and welcome.

My name is Thomas Donville also known as AnonyMouse.

Hey have you been in this position where like myself I keep opening up different apps and it just seems like one form or another is always popping up hey would you like to review this app and give the app some rating and you know I do this every so often and when I'm in a good mood or whatever not or if I feel like the app really deserved to have a rating I want to go ahead and give that rating but the thing I don't like is that it just keeps coming up every so often so I feel like that there needs to be a balance and I need to and I will vote and give you a rating when I am ready to do that so if you are one of those people you see these little pop-ups and it seems like it's popping up everywhere have no fear there is a nice little settings that we can just simply turn on and off to disable this pop-up so let me to show you where that's at and we're gonna head right over to settings settings double tap to open and let's do that one finger don't tap to open up settings settings and now we are going to to go to the right and she get to App Store App Store button yep it's way down there but once we find it go ahead and do one finger double tap on this allow App Store to access heading now you're gonna keep swiping to the right until you find a button for in app rating and review in app ratings and reviews switch button on double tap to toggle setting all we got to do is one finger double tap just to turn this off off and voila now you have this set off now of course when this is set off you'll never get that pop-up again however now in saying that and I want to make this pretty clear is that I know the developers out there are probably screaming at me for suggesting anything like this to you because I get it because what they want they want you to rate it as often as you can because that gives them more visibility and that leads to more downloads and more sales to them so I get that but I believe in a fair balance that I am able to do a few votes but I don't want to be pester all the time so that is the option why I can turn that on and off and keep in mind there's a lot of apps out there if you just go into the apps that you like and then go into into settings or about area they typically have a little…




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Review of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES

In this episode, MarkSarch provides a comprehensive review, shares his insights, and demonstrates the features of the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES. He takes us from the initial unboxing through the exploration of their unique functions, detailing how they’re integrated into the glasses, and concludes with a live demonstration using the smart assistant

To learn more about the RAY-BAN META SMART GLASSES
https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses

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Hello everybody.

My name is Marco and this audio I'm going to do unboxing, hardware description, demo and extra features of RayVan Meta Smart Glasses.

Unboxing.

Well, it looks like a classic recycle package, flat box, and I'm going to give you the package dimensions.

It's about seven inches length, about three and a half inches width, and about two inches height.

Okay.

I don't feel that has any tape on it, so which means so I don't have to cut anything.

So in order to open it and also I feel some something printed on it in highlights is on the top and on the sides, on the length sides and both sides.

Okay.

So I'm going to place the box with the length side closer to me in horizontal way.

It's sitting down on my desk and the way how open the box is from the left and from the right sides, which means the width sides.

So I'm going to start opening from the left side.

Once again, I don't have to cut anything.

Basically the only thing I need is use my fingernail in order to make some pressure.

You know, like pushing out, yeah, pushing down first and then pushing out and I'm going to open.

Here you go.

I did.

I'm going to open also the right side.

Once again, I'm going to use my finger and nail, push down and push out and this one is easier.

Okay.

So what's on it?

Well, the box has like a compartment in one of the sites and which is the, you know, the paper manuals, the user guide and everything in this case is on my right side.

And on the left side is the microfiber cloth and I feel the case on it.

Okay.

So in order to take out the case from the package, that I do is with my right hand, I'm going to feel it and make some, and I'm going to push it so to my left side.

So and with my left hand, I'm going to touch it and locate it and I'm going to twist it a little bit and the way, you know, how get out a little bit and here we go.

I'm going to start pushing once again with my right fingers and here we go.

I have it here.

Well, this is the box and on my hands.

Now I have the, the case and the glasses are inside.

Now I am going to open the case and it has on the front, some kind of magnet, which allows to attach to the case with the lid, that's I can tell and the glasses are inside.

On the middle, there is some plastic tape, which is in order to keep in place the glasses in the case.

So I have to cut it or just, yeah, cut it or push up and down in order to take out the glasses…




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AppleVis Extra #100: Review of the Apple 'Glowtime' Event

Join David Nason, Thomas Domville, Michael Hansen, and Tyler Stephen in this AppleVis Extra as they dive into the highlights of Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ Event.

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Hello there and welcome to AppleViz Extra.

This is episode number 100.

My name is Dave Nason and this is a very exciting day guys.

We're back.

I'm joined by Thomas Domville, Tyler Stephen and Michael Hansen from the AppleViz team.

How are you guys?

I'm good.

I'm doing wonderful.

How are you Mr. Dave?

I am great.

It's an exciting day.

It's our first day back online.

Oh yeah, it's been a really, really exciting day and a big day for us and a big day for the community and love to share in just the outpour of support that we've seen on the website and people are back and it's a great day and it's also an Apple keynote day.

Yes, what timing we have, eh?

Well, it's ironic.

It's like we planned it on purpose.

Yes, so where again?

Every time what happens, I say I can't believe another year has gone by, but here we go. iPhone event again and some other stuff too.

It was an interesting event.

It opened actually with a video which had quite a lot of accessibility slash disability references in it.

I don't know if you guys noticed that, if you had the audio description on.

I did and that was very nice that they incorporate that, isn't it?

I mean, they always do like a million gazillion videos, but it just always seemed to be that first one.

That's always the most important one.

So putting accessibility in there was a nice touch.

Yeah, that was cool.

And then Tim came on stage or wherever he was outside somewhere.

He seemed to be shouting a lot at the start.

I don't know if anyone else noticed that, but yeah, he set the scene.

He mentioned Apple intelligence in pretty much his first sentence, I think.

So I think that kind of set the scene for the afternoon or for the morning.

Right.

It was almost like, you know how WWDC, we had this Christmas gift and we opened it.

It's like, oh, Apple intelligence.

We were so excited.

They just went ba ba ba ba ba ba ba all the way down.

I feel like today they just rewrapped the gift and we just reopened it because they just went through the whole same thing over again.

And you know, Google were accused of exactly the same thing at their Pixel event that they just re-advanced.

I thought I was hearing some familiar things.

They were talking about iOS 18 and all of a sudden I was like, wait a minute, this is not anything new.

I mean, okay, you want to re-advance.

Okay, that's kind of how you know you're getting to the end of the announcement of whatever the product is.

They start talking about the software.

They're refreshing you on what to expect.

Yeah, I think that's the thing about AI marketing is that when you're marketing that and it's so much of that is software based, you got to kind of beat the drums, the AI drums as much as you can.

Apple doesn't use the term, specific term…










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Book Review – Go Down to the Beaten – Tales of the Grand National

Birmingham-born author, freelance horseracing journalist and historian Chris Pitt has a new book out. Steve Beauchampé reviews it.







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Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Joe Costello chances across a night of aural extremes.







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Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Jessica Harris reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company's latest production.




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Review: Silence

Jessica Harris is at Birmingham Rep for a powerful Tara Theatre production.