The JUC 400 Wormhole switching from J5Create is a uncomplicated looking twist that permit you do amazing things . Using a undivided cable , the JUC400 lets you partake a keyboard and mouse connected to one Mac or PC with another Mac or PC , in any combining . you may also drag and drop file and folders from one electronic computer ’s background to the other , as well as apportion the content of clipboard between them . Simply draw the pointer to the edge of one display and it jumps to the other . It ’s so suave and simple you wo n’t conceive that you have n’t always been able-bodied to do this .

If you have an iPad and aCamera Connection Kit , you could even attach one end of the Wormhole Switch to the iPad and one to a Mac or personal computer and practice the data processor ’s keyboard to typecast text into an opened iPad app.—JIM GALBRAITH

J5Create Wormhole Switch , $ 29

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Travelers are carrying more and more gadgets on their trips , whether those trips are for business or pleasure , yet most hotel rooms still put up only a single AC vent , or perhaps two if you ’re lucky . Energizer ’s iSurge Travel Charging Station redefines the “ powerfulness brick , ” and aims to satisfy your charging needs , by offeringfivecharging option in a block that ’s just 3.8 inches across , 2.6 inches tall , and 1.8 inches deep ( not including its bulwark plug ) .

On the front are three surge - protect AC outlets ; on the top is an iPhone / iPod charging dock ; and on the side is a 1 - ampere USB - charging porthole . ( alas , 1 amp is only enough power to charge an iPad tardily , but the port can be used with any USB - power gadget . ) Tucked by on the bottom is a nightlight that you could throw on and off . We wish the iSurge ’s wall plug folded up for a more - succinct profile , but it does turn out 90 point in either steering to turn with horizontal wall outlets.—DAN FRAKES

Energizer iSurge Travel Charging Station , $ 60

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As researchers memorize more about the negative wellness impingement of sitting for hours per twenty-four hour period , more and more hardy proletarian are forgoing the traditional desk professorship in party favour of a standing setup instead . Standing while you work is n’t as tough as you might fear at first , as long as you prepare adequately . You ’ll take a way to get your proctor and keyboard at the right peak , good supportive shoes , and just as significantly , a undecomposed anti - fatigue mat .

TheCrown Comfort King Antifatigue mat from Zedlanis an excellent option . Such mat offer more give and bounciness than your office storey , making it far more comfortable to bear for prolonged periods of time . Your feet and ramification will give thanks you — and they may well have more year to do it , thanks to all your standing.—LEX Milton Friedman

Crown Comfort King Antifatigue Mat , $ 30

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Simplify the Snake River ’s nest of cable television in your travel bag with this $ 20 three - in - one USB line from Innergie . It has a standard USB connexion on one end . The other host an iPod dockage connector , a mini USB connector , and a micro USB connecter , neatly stack on top of each other . That ’s all you need to send and sync an iPod , iPhone , iPad , and more.—SCHOLLE MCFARLAND

Magic Cable Trio , $ 20

Even if your business organization friend is n’t technical school - oriented , there ’s still stack to glean from Walter Isaacson ’s biography of Apple co - founder Steve Jobs . Already the well - sell book of the year on Amazon , the book makes up for in mental object what it lacks in finesse : Isaacson recounts not only Jobs ’s well - documented early days at Apple , but his return to power and beyond , include stories about his family , wellness , and business tactics . Based on over 40 single interviews , Jobs ’s quotation shed light on the lengthy holograph , firmly placing this book into the must - read pile for any stage business possessor , proletarian , or dreamer.—SERENITY CALDWELL

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Steve Jobs , by Walter Isaacson , $ 18

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