Docks for the iPad and iPhone are notoriously poor looking. Even the ones that are truly good looking, like the iDapt i4 are still made of plastic and metal.The Alarm Dockfrom designerJonas Damonuses wood to convert your iPhone into an alarm clock with retro styling. The dock doesn’t have any electronics in it, instead, when coupled with your iPhone it just takes on the appearance of one of those old ‘flip clock’ style alarm clocks from GE....

While I’m passionate about the music I listen to, my life is so busy these days that I often forget to keep track of the latest releases. As a result, there are loads of albums that have completely passed me by. Album Reminderis a simple but brilliant Web app that solves this problem by letting you keep track of the latest releases from your favourite artists. Simply import data from your Last....

As a writer that works on several long-term projects throughout the week, but juggles those with breaking news as well, my schedule can get a little fragmented. At times, this leads to me being several hours into a big project before I remember that email I forgot to send or that glass of water I was supposed to drink. That’s where Alert Notes comes in. Alert Notes [App Store, $2.99] is a simple app that lets you tell it things that you need to remember and when you need to remember them and it will alert you when the time is right....

Alex Blagg, the infamous social media maven behind “A Bajillion Hits” will be IFC’s on-air host for SXSW’s Interactive portion this year. In a fun and entertaining video he’s just sent me, he lays out tips to survive the startup scene in Austin, Texas taking place in two weeks time. In a post for the IFC, Blagg writes, “In the video and checklist below, you will find a definitive guide to dominating your time in Austin at SXSW Interactive....

Alexa, teach me how to teach you Creating Alexa skills Alexa skills are built by two different components: In this article we’ll evaluate how to set up both, starting with the functionality. The functionality is simply some code that will be executed when Alexa is tasked with our custom actions (or skill). This code for our purposes will run on AWS Lambda, a service matching perfectly with Alexa, it’s cost-efficient and super easy to set up....