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Crave giveaway: Kanex Sydnee four-port recharging station

Congrats to Johnal L. of Costa Mesa, Calif., for winning a pair of Aperio Audio Verus Forte speakers in last week's giveaway. This week's prize is sure to get the winner all charged up.

We're giving away a Kanex Sydnee recharging station, which charges up to four iOS devices at once through its four 2.1-amp USB ports. It works with all iPhones and iPads, and would be quite happy in any iFriendly home, office, or classroom looking to keep its gear organized and powered up. … Read more

Kanex Thunderbolt cable is long and expensive

If you've been following my reviews of Thunderbolt devices, which you should, you can't help but notice how I've been lamenting about the cable.

There are a couple of things about the Thunderbolt cable from Apple that thins my hair: none of the devices comes with one; it's expensive at $50; it has a ridiculous single-size length (video); and you can only get one from Apple.

Now things have changed a bit, but the future doesn't seem much brighter.

Kanex, the maker of the first MHL-HDMI cable for Android phones, announced today that it's … Read more

Kanex AirBlue: So simple, it's smart (hands-on)

Where I'm from, we have a saying: It's so simple that it's stupid. Basically, this means that something is so easy to understand that it's almost impossible for it to go wrong. That phrase pretty accurately describes the operation of the Kanex AirBlue. It only has one function--wirelessly streaming audio from a Bluetooth device to almost any audio player--and it does it well.

What does it do? The Kanex AirBlue is simply a portable Bluetooth music receiver, or, as I like to call it, an audio bridge. After pairing with a A2DP-enabled smartphone or portable media … Read more

Must-have Mac accessories

We've covered a few useful Mac accessories lately, so we thought we'd wrap them up in one easy-to-find place. Click here for the full side-by-side run-down. You can also check out the accompanying slide show, if you're into that sort of thing.

Click-through and you'll find our reviews of Mac video adapters from Griffin and Kanex, the latter featuring HDMI input to the 27-inch iMac. We also have write-ups of Seagate's new FreeAgent GoFlex OS-agnotic external hard drive, and an impressive little BassJump from Twelve South, which gives your MacBook and MacBook Pro a bit … Read more