AirDrop on Android? How Did Google Get This Working?

AirDrop now works on Pixel phones!

There’s been a LOT of speculation about how Google managed to get this working, or if Apple will update the iPhone to break this compatibility. Did Google reverse engineer Apple’s popular file sharing protocol? Maybe not!

Let’s talk about what happens when we make Apple play by the rules…

More info on AirDrop and WiFi: https://www.ditto.com/blog/cross-platform-p2p-wi-fi-how-the-eu-killed-awdl

Can Valve Save VR After Apple Vision Pro Flopped?

The Steam Frame has been revealed!

I’m really excited! This instantly went on my wishlist! I’m a fan of VR gaming, but I dont want to do business with Meta and Oculus. Valve looks like they will deliver the best headset for gaming, but will that “save VR”? Continue reading “Can Valve Save VR After Apple Vision Pro Flopped?”

Sony CRE-C20 Self-Fitting OTC Hearing Aids – My Thoughts!

Sony CRE-C20 OTC Hearing Aids!
I have mild hearing loss, and I spent a couple weeks using these hearing aids from Sony. No prescription needed!
The experience was really interesting. Would these be the right fit for you?
Let’s chat! Continue reading “Sony CRE-C20 Self-Fitting OTC Hearing Aids – My Thoughts!”

Vivo X300 Pro: One of the Best Phones of 2026 is HERE NOW!

Vivo X300 Pro First Look!

I’m jumping into a new phone from Vivo, and it got here ON HALLOWEEN! Spending a long weekend shooting with the X300 Pro, and testing out some gaming and video editing apps, it’s delivering a great first impression.

Let’s check it out!

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Reviving My Ten-Year-Old Razer Blade Laptop! So Long Windows 10…

It’s OLD, but it still works!

I have a lot of fond memories using the laptop, traveling, and producing content. It’s too old for me now, and Microsoft cut off updates for Windows 11.

It IS still a decent piece of hardware though, and it’s more powerful than my daughter’s school laptop. Funnily enough, she’s more familiar with Ubuntu than she is Windows.

I think it’s time to swap the operating system, and hand this machine down to Lexi! Continue reading “Reviving My Ten-Year-Old Razer Blade Laptop! So Long Windows 10…”

It’s SO Easy to Make Your Own PRIVATE Cloud! UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus!

The UGREEN DH4300 Plus is IN the GadgetLab!

UGREEN is sponsoring this video to chat about network storage, backing up your important data, and making your own cloud!

Continue reading “It’s SO Easy to Make Your Own PRIVATE Cloud! UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus!”

Phones Never Should Have Lost MicroSD Cards (And Tech Reviewers Should Stop Bootlicking)

Your phone is a computer.

A computer is always more useful when you can expand on its functionality.

Either through better battery managements and repair, dedicated ports for data and audio, or the ability to increase a computer’s storage, these are all ways we can use a computer longer before it falls into obsolescence.

Unfortunately for phone “reviewers”, it’s more important to validate the bias of an audience, and make more money on content by keeping positive relationships with manufacturers, than to ever criticize the cynical money grabbing schemes of said manufacturers.

It’s hilarious that even now, with most phones abandoning the ability to increase device storage, we still see hacks defend the removal of this useful feature. Me thinks they doth protest too much?

Since these defensive articles and videos CONTINUE to crop up defending bad takes on tech, let’s pick a few of those points apart.

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Dear India, I Think You Can Do Better Than Cloud Computers…

Hello India!

I think you have a wonderful opportunity to bring more people online. I just dont think the plans of using cloud PC’s is the way to go.

Let me explain… Continue reading “Dear India, I Think You Can Do Better Than Cloud Computers…”