Swingbyte
Looking for a compact gift for the golfer in your life? Swingbyte is a lightweight 3-D swing analyzer that clips to any club just below the grip. On ball impact it captures your swing and transmits a digital model via Bluetooth to Android and Apple smartphones and tablets. The companion app shows a visual replay plus key metrics—club head speed, swing plane, face angle, tempo, loft and lie—so you can identify flaws during practice and work to correct them. The device is small, easy to attach and ideal for tracking progress. Price: $149. (For a limited time this includes a two-year subscription to LINKS Magazine.)
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Lightscoop
Lightscoop is a simple, effective accessory that turns a pop-up flash into soft, professional-looking light for indoor photography. The lightweight diffuser attaches to DSLRs and redirects the flash to produce broader, more natural illumination. The result reduces red eye, evens out lighting and eliminates the common “cave effect” where subjects near the flash are overexposed while background details disappear. It’s an inexpensive way to make everyday portraits look more polished. Price: $29.95.
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Next Issue
Next Issue is a subscription app that delivers more than 70 magazine titles to your iPad or Android tablet. It offers unlimited access to current and back issues from several major U.S. publishers, including lifestyle, tech and news magazines such as InStyle, Elle, Wired, Fortune and People. Downloaded issues are available offline, so you can read without Wi‑Fi wherever you are. Subscription options are designed to suit different reading habits: $9.99/month for monthly-only titles or $14.99/month for both monthly and weekly titles.
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Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100
If one of your New Year’s goals is better organization, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100 is a compact scanner built for portability. It measures about 10.74 x 1.87 x 1.33 inches and weighs roughly 12.3 ounces, so it slips into a bag or briefcase. Compatible with Macs and PCs, it scans a letter-size sheet in about 7.5 seconds at 300 dpi color and can create multi-page PDFs with a single button press. The adjustable two-way paper path handles a variety of media, from plastic cards and IDs to thicker stock and long forms up to 34 inches. Integrated cloud service options let you scan directly to Evernote or Google Docs for easy storage and sharing. Price: $199.99.