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Fashion and clothing design can say a lot about a person and their personality.  Technology has moved way past the one for all, and has diversified itself to fit people of different lifestyles as well.  Technology has even gone as far as becoming an fashion accessory, and designer companies such as Dolce & Gabanna have sponsored special edition mobile phones.  Take a look below at all of the tech options available for the fashion lover’s lifestyle.

TryMyFashion – TryMyFashion is a microblogging service (think twitter) for the fashion obsessed members of society.  Fashionistas can join TMF directly, or port their twitter account to the service to share their fashion tweets and updates.  The same can be accomplsihed directly on twitter by [click to continue...]

Startup Sunday is a weekly feature of one recent tech startup.  If you have suggestions for a startup to be featured, please leave them in the comment section or via the “Contact Us” page.

The Rundown: Omegle is an web application for chatting anonymously online.  The site was developed by 18 year old K-Brooks and was released to the public in March of 2009.  While chatting anonymously is nothing new online (anyone can pretend to be anyone), however Omegle.com allows its users to be super-anonymous.  Users are not required to sign-up with the website, and no personal information is collected or shared unless you want to with your anonymous interlocutor.

Good Stuff: Omegle is a great social tool to [click to continue...]

Before you think crafting is only comprised of grandmothers getting together for quilt knitting and cross-stitch parties think again. Crafting has been a hobby of many people for many years, and very recently the crafting industry was valued at just over $30Billion. Some of the success of crafting has come thanks to a few pieces of technology that allow crafters to publicize their work, share ideas, sell their crafts, and network with each other.

Etsy. Etsy is an makes ecommerce websites available to crafters free of charge in exchange for a very minuscule royalty from all products sold.  Basically Etsy acts as a large online store and host allowing crafters and artists to list their work with pictures and a description, and sell it to any interested party. [click to continue...]

Ever since BumpTop was revealed at the TED conference, the tech-lovin’ subculture has been waiting on its full release.  BumpTop has been released to the general population, with unlimited downloads for the free version, and only 200 premium editions available.

BumpTop delivered as promised.  All features mentioned in the TED demo are available to the end user.  As long as your computer is running an adequate amount of RAM, you shouldn’t notice any lag in performance.  Learning to use BumpTop is completely simple as well.  If you prefer not to just fool around until you learn, BumpTop inludes a step by step tutorial to show you the ropes and get you organizing your desktop exactly the way you want it. [click to continue...]

During every endeavour, there comes a point for reckoning.  I reached this point of reckoning this week, and have decided to implement a few changes here at Techsplosive.  I knew upon entering the technology and social media niche that it would not be easy.  Knowing that a majority of the top 15 blogs on the internet are tech ones was fine with me, it gave me somthing to strive for.  However, breaking into a niche that was heavily dominated and that has the authority to command the breaking news, releases, and insights from companies and other prominent people is quite difficult.  I often am forced to react the the news that is broken, rather than build authority be reporting it.

So, I decided I had to come up with something a bit more new, unique and original.  Something that the other tech and social media blogs do not do.  I have decided, after a small test run with something called “Accessory Week” to now run on themed weeks, or months.  I will also be testing a different format within the next few months, and going with daily static themes (e.g. – “Social Media Sunday”, “Start-up Saturday”, “Mobile Monday”, etc…)  At the end of the test periods, I will compare the metrics – and decide from there.  Luckily for you, all you need to do is sit back, read, and enjoy while I work hard to put something worth reading in front of you.

Geeking Out as Usual,

-Ethan

During Accessory Week, I will be highlighting and rating different accessories for tech products and gadgets that we use evey day. If I miss a cool accessory that you think should have been featured, feel free to share via comment.

Hand-held gadgets and other portable tech devices are not the only pieces of technology that are open for accessorizing.  Electronics for the home are very accessorizable, however doing so generally results in a much higher cost – yet the advantages of accessorizing home electronics are great, as you will see from the great TV accessories below.

SlingBox. SlingBox is the latest and greatest in TV accessory technology.  The SlingBox lets users broadcast their cable or satellite television service from home over the internet so that they can watch it remotely on any computer or laptop from anywhere in the world.  This TV accessory lets you check in on your favorite shows or sporting events with your laptop or computer at work, or any other place away from your home TV.  For those of you absorbed in your mobile phone – the SlingBox will also broadcast to that, and is implementing iPhone broadcasting in the near future. [click to continue...]

During Accessory Week, I will be highlighting and rating different accessories for tech products and gadgets that we use evey day. If I miss a cool accessory that you think should have been featured, feel free to share via comment.

Accessorizing has hit almost every sector of technology and gadgetry.  Today, we will look at some of the most popular and most useful laptop accessories.

Carrying Case. Probably the most commonly owned laptop accessory is the carrying case.  Chances are it is even more popular amongst women than men.  For most males, laptop toting abilites have been integrated into messenger bags and brief cases.  The same goes for women who tote the same bags.  For the women who choose to use a smaller handbag instead of a larger one or messenger style bag, a variety of options are available from simple zippered cloth coverings to exquisite designer leather bags.

MacBook HardCase. It is almost impossible for Apple to create [click to continue...]

Welcome to April at Techsplosive.com! The first full week in April is always a refreshing one. April means that snow and cold weather are on their way out for good, and that the warm weather and green trees are on their way in for a while. To kick-off this week, I have decided to officially make the first week of April – Accessory Week.During Accessory Week, I will be highlighting and rating different accessories for tech products and gadgets that we use evey day. If I miss a cool accessory that you think should have been featured, feel free to share via comment.

The creation of the iPod spawned a whole new side industry for protective products. The functionality of the protective accessories was mixed with novelty and style to form an all around desirable product to go along with the original piece. With the advent of the iPhone, it was understood that protective yet stylish accessories would come along to match it. Check ‘em out.

iPhone RainCoats. These silicon iPhone covers are simple in both form and color. Their thin rubber layer acts as a simple barrier between the iPhone and the world. While it will protect against scratches, it has less of a resistance to protection against drops, and other things that may cause dents or crush the device. However, for the low price of $0.01 from Amazon.com these iPhone rubbers make them much less expensive than real ones, and a no-brainer to buy if you are looking for simple protection. [click to continue...]

You, like most people, like to get what you want without having to pay full price for it.  Getting a great deal almost feels better than your first kiss.  No?  Regardless, you may not have the time it takes to do smart shopping and deal finding.  Luckily technology has presented itself once again with a solution to this common problem.  If you want to spend less time having to hunt around to spend less money, then check out these 10 fine pieces of smart shopping technology.

PriceWhispers. PriceWhispers is a super-new service that seems like it will be taking online shopping and deal hunting to a whole new level.  PriceWhispers is basically a [click to continue...]