Siri Can Make You More Productive

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat!  Sign up here to get your own If youre having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us This Week in Electronics & Gadgets Many Apple “iDevice” users don’t bother using Siri, but she can help you be productive in some surprising ways, if you give her the opportunity. For example, you may use Siri to launch an app, find a restaurant and get a reservation, answer tough questions, and serve as a reminder, calculator and more. Read on for how to really put Siri to work as your assistant. Also this week, a new TV sound-bar from ZVOX Audio, dry-bags for smartphones, and more. Fred Zahradnik Electronics & Gadgets Editor 17 Ways Siri Can Help You Be More Productive Siri can actually be a very good personal assistant if you let her, and her powers range from keeping you more organized to helping you figure out where you want to go and give you directions to get there. READ NOW   Share New Value-Priced TV Audio Systems From ZVOX Audio Through the years ZVOX Audio has produced, and continues to produce in the face of growing competition, sound bar and under-TV audio systems that both perform well and are popular amongst consumers. READ NOW   Share Photos-to-Go With the Sharp New Canon Pixma Printer There are literally hundreds of professions—real estate, law, salespeople, you name it—that would (and many do) benefit from having the ability to print on demand, no matter where you are. In response, printer makers HP, Canon, and Epson design and manufacture “mobile” printers that are small and light enough to take with you. READ NOW   Share Dry Bags for iPhones and Other Smartphones Smartphones are great for the outdoors, except for the fact that water and dirt can destroy a smartphone quickly and completely. Enter today's dry-bag style smartphone cases, which seal phones off from the elements. For this review, I selected the best dry bag style cases from a range of makers. READ NOW   Share FEATURED ARTICLES • Latest iPad Rumors • How to Take a Screenshot of Your iPhone • Best Flower Photography Tips • Can a Chromebook Serve as Your Main Computer? • Resident Evil HD Remaster Review (Xbox One) • Spy Chameleon RGB Agent (Wii U) Advertisement About Technology   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy

Best Home Theater Setup for Super Bowl

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat!  Sign up here to get your own If youre having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us This Week in Electronics & Gadgets You don't need to spend a lot of money to optimize your home viewing experience for the Super Bowl (coming up Sunday, February 1). Read on for setup tips. Also this week, best home theater tech from CES 2015, iPhone tips and techniques, and a review of the best bicycle mounts for the iPhone and smartphones. Fred Zahradnik Electronics & Gadgets Editor Best Home Theater Tech From CES 2015 The big attractions again this year: 4K Ultra HD (UHD), OLED, Curved, and Flexible/Bendable TVs, as well as more 8KTV prototypes on display. READ NOW   Share Set Up for the Best Super Bowl Viewing Experience Ever In order to fully appreciate the Super Bowl, you need an HDTV and Home Theater System. To prepare for the best homebound Super Bowl viewing experience, check out the following three setup tips. READ NOW   Share Email Photos, Documents, and Other Attachments Via the iPhone Attaching and sending files is one of the most common things people do with their desktop and web-based email programs. There's no button for attaching files in the iPhone's built-in Mail app, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to attach files. You just have to use some different techniques. READ NOW   Share Best Bike Mounts For iPhone and Smartphones There are quite a few poor-quality iPhone and smartphone bike mounts on the market that are made of cheap plastic materials, and aren't really engineered for rigorous road or off-road riding. For this review, I weeded out the mounts that wouldn't cut it for serious cyclists, and focused on well-made, well-engineered mounts that are also versatile and adjustable. READ NOW   Share FEATURED ARTICLES • How Does Apple TV Work? • Blue Snowball Microphone Review • This Year's Five Most Anticipated Playstation Games • Spy Chameleon Wii U Game Review • Best Free Music ID Apps for iPad • Turn Your iPad Into a Voice-Activated Music Player Advertisement About Technology   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy