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WaterField Designs: Protecting your 15" Retina display MacBook Pro with panache

by Steven Sande (Aug 6th, 2012)

As an admitted computer bag fanatic, I have a special affinity for the creations of WaterField Designs in San Francisco. I personally use one of their bags (the Travel Express) to carry either my MacBook Air, two iPads, or the MBA and an iPad. That bag has gone through a lot in the last three ...

Nexus 7's Smart Cover-like magnetic sensors

by Steven Sande (Jul 13th, 2012)

Google's Nexus 7 tablet appears to have a feature that isn't showing up in any of the official specs. Over on YouTube, user wwscoggin showed off an experiment in which he used a magnet to discover a sensor that puts the display to sleep. Does this sound familiar? Yes, it's a function that has ...

iPad 2 Smart Cover-compatible cases: our roundup (Updated)

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 12th, 2011)

Apple's Smart Cover is a great, versatile screen cover for your iPad 2. It allows you to stand your tablet up, prop it up for typing in landscape and more; it even turns the iPad off automatically when you close it. But it leaves the back of the iPad 2 exposed, and as beautiful as it is, that ...