Contort — a community-developed USB hub that manages your drives and cables while protecting them — is available for US$34.99 from Quirky (http://www.quirky.com/products).
Contort is a four-port USB hub and cord manager with a 360-degree flexible rubber neck to protect all your USB devices from accidental damage. It has a built-in cord management wrap with four anchors to corral your cables.
Read MoreValve (http://www.valuesoftware.com) and its Steam gaming service, has released the Left 4 Dead game for the Mac, along with all the previously released DLC content for the zombie survival action title.
Here’s what Valve has to say about it: “Mac OS X users rejoice, you can celebrate Halloween in style. Left 4 Dead is available for Mac users everywhere. What does this mean for Mac users? You get Left 4 Dead and all the previously released DLC for one low price. Plus, thanks to Steam play you can play in the same games on the same servers as PC users.
Read MoreBracketron (http://www.bracketron.com), a manufacturer in mounting solutions for mobile consumer electronics, has announced two new mounting solutions for the iPad.
The first is a desktop stand is designed for use at home or the office. The second product is a headrest mount that attaches to the back of the driver or passenger headrest for backseat viewing. They’re US$19.95 each.
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By Greg Mills
Let’s look into a crystal ball today and imagine Apple product areas that might be hot in the next few years. We know that cool electronic things find first a needful niche to fill — a niche that that may or may not be realized by the general public.
Read MoreManaging Editor (http://www.maned.com) — an Adobe premier development partner and a provider of software solutions for the publishing industry — is offering training and consulting services for publishers, advertisers and creative teams using Adobe’s new Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) to build specialized content for tablets such as the iPad.
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