There is a certain fear that creeps into everyone on Christmas morning. As everyone sits around exchanging gifts you look at your brother and think – “what the jaysus did I get him?”. Now, chances are you just forgot what you bought him, but all the same you should just put yourself at ease by getting a gift tracking app like Christmas Gift List or the unfortunately titled Santa’s Bag.
There are a few apps around that allow you to track your gift purchases, but these are our two prefered choices for Android and iOS respectively. Christmas Gift List on Android is simple and too the point. You type in your list of family and friends, check it twice and then allocate a budget for each. You can detail what you plan to purchase and then mark it complete when you’ve picked it up. The app also has a stats section where you can review the damage!
Santa’s Bag is practically the same, but with huge array of options you are unlikely to need.
Ultimately, these apps are great for tracking your gifts and spends, saving you money and reducing the likelihood of you ruining Christmas. That’s always a plus right?
Most people cannot decide whether they want a laptop or a tablet. Step to the side of this problem by getting both. The Asus Transformer T100 is a versatile little laptop or big tablet, most likely running Windows 8 out of the box, but upgradable to Windows 10 for free. While the on board memory of 32GB is a little restrictive it is incredibly fast and is expandable with a further 64GB via a microSD card. The big advantage here is simply the fact this runs proper Windows, meaning this can handle everything you could throw at it for a huge amount of time as the battery can last for up to 11 hours.
We don’t really buy stuff anymore, we subscribe. For example, you don’t buy CD’s, you have a membership to one of the 
Do you remember taking the piss out of tourists for having this yolks? Well now we’d wager there is a selfie stick in nearly every home in Ireland. Wreckless estimations aside, selfie sticks are back for a second year running with one major development. There are now bluetooth versions and an increasingly popular device with a cable that pops into your headphone jack allowing you to take pictures without that 5 minute period where you try to connect the damned thing.
If you have a friend that makes you a little nervous as a passenger, or a friend who has had their fair share of close calls, then this is the perfect gift! Dash cams became very popular in Russia owing to the amount of people throwing themselves in front of cars to make claims against drivers. They are now becoming very popular here too, simply as they provide you with video evidence if you are wronged on the road. If you cock up, throw it in the glove box.
Staying on the automotive theme, remember when you actually bought SatNavs? Madness, well now our phones do all the work. Google Maps is great, but if you are driving in unfamiliar areas, some additional features might be welcome. TomTom Go provides you with speed limit updates, live traffic updates and most importantly lane assist. Lane assist is a life saver if you’re in an area you don’t know.
It’s a little rough around the edges, but virtual reality is here and could possibly be the big surprise this Christmas. We’ve already had given an 
Much like our music consumption habits, more and more we are watching shows and movies on mobile devices. Watching on the small screen can be frustrating at times, so those lovely people over at Google created the Chromecast. Chromecast allows you to stream music, video and photos from your smartphone to your television. There are reasonable strides in the second generation Chromecast including a radical design change for convenience and a new app with Fast Play. So in closing, you get the successor to one of last year’s most popular Christmas gift at the same price as the old one. Winner.