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  • National Photo Month contest winners!

    National Photo Month contest winners!

    Next time I run a contest on CrunchGear, I am definitely not going to commit to selecting a random winner. The submissions for our National Photo Month contest were great! They were clever, artistic, and truly enjoyable. You guys outdid yourselves, and I really wish I could reward everyone who entered with a prize. But alas, I committed to selecting three random winners. Click on through to see the winners, along with a few honorable mentions.

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  • Celebrate National Photo Month with free stuff from CrunchGear!

    Celebrate National Photo Month with free stuff from CrunchGear!

    The month of May, named after the Greek goddess Maia, is National Photography Month. What better way to celebrate than to buy a whole bunch of "Happy National Photography Month!" cards at Hallmark. What? Hallmark doesn't sell any such cards? Okay, Plan B: what better way to celebrate National Photography Month than with a CrunchGear contest! We have three lovely prizes to give away, each to a different lucky winner. Click on through for the prizes and contest details.

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  • Contest: Show us your remote office

    Contest: Show us your remote office

    Are you a road warrior? A coffeeshop telecommuter? A co-working aficionado? If so, today is your lucky day. We want to see photos of your home away from home! Whether it's your favorite comfy chair at the local coffee shop, the departures lounge at your favorite airport, or even the front seat of your car, take a picture of it for your chance to win a fabulous gift set!

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  • Joby makes an iPhone app: the Gorillacam

    Joby makes an iPhone app: the Gorillacam

    Joby, makers of the various Gorilla accessories -- the GorillaPod, the GorillaTorch, GorillaMobile, etc -- have just unveiled their first iPhone app: the Gorillacam. The free app provides a number of features to improve the usefulness of the iPhone camera, including a grid for rule-of-thirds shots, making the entire touchscreen a shutter button, photo sequences, and much more.

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  • GorillaMobile updated for better iPhone holding

    GorillaMobile updated for better iPhone holding

    gorillamobileThe GorillaMobile -- Joby's bendy stand thingie for handhelds -- uses a suction cup to hold the phone to the legs. Or it did, until today! Now there's an updated version of the GorillaMobile that uses four little hooks to keep your phone -- i or otherwise -- safely secured to the bendy legs.

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  • GorillaTorch: the magnetic flexible flashlight

    GorillaTorch: the magnetic flexible flashlight

    gorillatorch-01The crazy kids at Joby are at it again. Not content with the GorillaPod they made the GorillaMobile. But even that wasn't enough bendable fun for them! Now they've release the GorillaTorch - a super bright LED flashlight mounted atop the iconic Joby bendy legs. But this one adds magnets to the feet, making it even more useful!

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