Power in Your Pocket: Stay charged on-the-go with these iPhone battery bolstering devices

Power in Your Pocket


For all the access and entertainment an iPhone 5 provides, battery issues still plague ever-active, on-the-go users. But there are several alternatives to carrying around cords and scoping the scene for an outlet. As the summer season hits and holidays filled with innumerable power-sucking Instagram moments or weekend music festivals…

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Interview: Serena Guen of Suitcase Magazine: Experience the world through the eyes of a young editor and her new travel publication

Interview: Serena Guen of Suitcase Magazine


Suitcase Magazine is a new print publication that is re-imagining the role of the travel magazine by saying goodbye to the impossibly luxurious and the underwhelming tourist clichés and embracing the eclectic and adventurous appetite of…

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Word of Mouth: Cairo: Sailing, cocktails and watching the sun set between the pyramids in the metropolis on the Nile

Word of Mouth: Cairo


by Laila Gohar While Egypt continues to make headlines for a revolution which led to the ouster of a nearly 30-year-old political regime, the sprawling megacity has a thriving underground scene that beats and buzzes with energy around the clock. The city—once a cultural hub for the region—is a marriage…

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Alite Designs’ Bike to the Beach Bag: The transitional backpack to tote bag design gets an update

Alite Designs' Bike to the Beach Bag


Designed to make the transition from weekday workhorse to beach-going carry-all, Alite Designs’ aptly named Bike to the Beach Bag can be worn as either a backpack or carried as…

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Punch The Camera Issue 03: Seven photographers capture an illusive sense of adventure across North America

Punch The Camera Issue 03


Adventure, exploration and open spaces are of interest to photographer Justin Parkhurst and that’s reflected in his bi-annual photo magazine,”Punch The Camera.” More like a miniature coffee-table book than a glossy journal, the newly-released Issue…

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Word Of Mouth: Madrid: Vintage garments, rooftop tapas, boutique markets and more in the neighborhoods of the Spanish capital

Word Of Mouth: Madrid


by Emily Millett Populated by a dynamically passionate and exuberant people who never seem to need an excuse to indulge in recreational hedonism, Madrid is varied and rewarding when it comes to pursuits of decadence. Eating delicious tapas, drinking fine wines and general flamboyant merrymaking are all encouraged and happily…

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Bose QuietComfort 20: Noise-canceling earbuds have an advantageous “aware mode” so you can stay alert

Bose QuietComfort 20


Today Bose gave new application to the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out” by announcing the QuietComfort 20—a pair of snug-fitting, noise-canceling earbuds with an ultra-convenient new feature. The earbuds not only allow you to…

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Flying: A social iPhone app for keeping track of upcoming trips

Flying


The airline industry has achieved a new level of universal hatred in recent years, and it has little do with TSA restrictions. Surprise fees, security management akin to cattle herding and consistently poor customer service turns what…

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World Map Archive: Hand-drawn maps from across the globe reveal regional and individual perceptions

World Map Archive


Picture a map of the world. Chances are, your country of residence is overwhelmingly large. If perspective and place are linked, Benjamin Pollach’s World Map Archive project is absolute proof. What started as a doodle on…

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Hangar Design Group Travel Guide: Italy’s renowned design agency releases user-friendly mobile app for creatives on the move

Hangar Design Group Travel Guide


With well over 30 years of design ideation, innovation and experience under their belt, Italian creative agency Hangar Design Group continues to look toward an ever-evolving frontier. Driven by instincts to travel and to create, the…

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