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Nerd Stalker received a unique and very rugged iPhone case from the Trident company. The Cyclops series iPhone case is military tested and provides ridiculously tough protection. We appreciate the eco-friendly packaging for the Trident. The case comes in multiple colors, we received the black case from the Cyclops series. It comes in two pieces one that holds the phone itself and the other that basically covers the screen and snaps into the base part of the case. We tested by dropping our iPhone5 4 feet onto cement in the case and phone held up fine. Once your phone is in the case it is really really in the case, in fact we had a bit of a challenge getting it out of the case. Another issue we had was that we access the headphone and mute switch and port regularly and the Cyclops flaps kept getting in our way. Now to be fair this is intentional and this issue would only arise for people who are constantly accessing this particular items on a very frequent basis. That being said the...

We recently received a pair of downbeats earplugs which could not have been better timed. This would be perfect for our Solids (a very loud next coming of Dinosaur Jr. from Canada) concert in San Francisco. Downbeats claims to be high fidelity hearing protectors whose catchphrase is, "cut the noise keep the sound". They are reusable, low-profile, 18 dB reduction, small and good. They are easy to use, simply gently push them in and give them a slight twist until the flanges seal the ear canal. The downbeat come in a cool little metallic case which can be attached to your key chain for the avid concert nerd. The Haight Street club was a small echo chamber so the downbeat's were worth their weight in gold. I'm a stickler for fidelity especially at live shows so I would only give these a short chance and if they did not live up to their claims I would've chucked them ASAP. But they really did enhance the live experience and actually made the band sound even be...

Thanks for having us MacWorld/iWorld 2014 see you in March of next year. - The Nerd Stalker Crew

All things MacWorld/iWorld 2014 total recap of the show, apps, vendors, events and more lots more.

When you think of Wearables, you don't think of Epson, right? Well, this play makes sense when your realize the company is really known as Seiko Epson Corporation part of the Seiko Holdings Corporation . Yes, like Seiko watches. You know, those expensive watches you see in the protected case at Macy's. At Ad:Tech San Francisco , we interviewed  Eric Mizufuka , Product manager for the Epson Moverio BT-200 . Why Ad;Tech? Let's watch Eric and he will tell you why.

MacWorld/iWorld 2014 opened yesterday with a panel discussion on the "State of Apple". This discussion was moderated by  moderated by IDG’s Jason Snell with a notible panel consisting of Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies, Inc., Christina Bonnington of Wired, Rene Ritchie of iMore.com and Dan Moren of MacWorld. The discussion centered around how Apple's product strategy surrounding wearables, Apple's current product mix and their strategies and Will Apple iPhone go big screen? Listen to the discussion.

The 2014 Ad:Tech San Francisco kicks off today and Nerdstalker is covering. Noah Elkin, Ph.D., is Executive Editor and Chief Evangelist at eMarketer gave the keynote and shared 14 trends to look for in the digital advertising space in the years to come. If you can't come to Ad:Tech, you can watch ad:tech SF keynotes online  with free livestreams provided as a courtesy by  Flightdeck . Check out the 14 points below.