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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by Linda calm hello internet and welcome back to another episode of ask the Buffalo the show where you can ask me Ashley it's gather any question you might have from the wide world of technology every tuesday we put up a call for questions on TechnoBuffalo calm you can leave your question in the post comments otherwise you can send them to me anytime on twitter at TechnoBuffalo or at ashleys getha just use the hashtag ask the be so i can see it usually i answer between three and five questions every episode but it's the last episode of the year so i'm gonna count down my top five devices of 2013 it wasn't easy to narrow it down this much but i'll do my best this is ask the Buffalo before I begin I should mention that each of these items are kind of my favorite devices in their respective categories so without further ado number 5 on my list is the pebble smartwatch it's still the all-time record holder on kickstarter for most funding raised over 10.2 million dollars and there's a reason it's so popular I have found my pebble to be a really nice complement to my smartphone it's not a replacement device but it is really nice to have a watch on hand so you're not constantly pulling out your phone at dinner to see who's just emailed your texted and I personally use pebble to decide if I need or want to respond to whatever notification is incoming as opposed to dedicating time to every single piece of spam that comes to my inbox that's a really big deal for me and that alone not to mention pebbles really nice subtle elegant design makes a huge win in my book next up the Moto X this was actually my smartphone of the year and as I explained in the article that we wrote it must seem really weird to see me a pic that phone since I love the HTC One and I use the iPhone 5s is my daily driver but there's a reason for this particular choice I think it's brilliant Motorola chose to focus on personal experience and style with the Moto X it's more than capable of handling most people's day-to-day needs and moto maker is friggin awesome for customization and at this point in my life I'm more interested in how my phone can cater to my personal needs as opposed to how crazy they can make the specs I don't need gimmicks I just need results and the Moto X really showed what personalization of phones could lead to in the future and now something a little bit different the nest protect I'm recently a new homeowner for the first time and for whatever reason it brings out all the paranoia I'm super convinced that my built in 1955 house is going to go up in flames any time I'm away from it or that I'll be murdered by the wall heater emitting carbon monoxide while I sleep so that's why I am really glad the nest protect showed up when it did now i can sleep pretty soundly knowing the protect will keep its sensors peeled for dangers and i know that a lot of sensors that are a lot cheaper can do the same thing but my husband and i like to cook and sometimes it gets a little smoky inside i know a lot of people get annoyed at their smoke detectors for being way too overly sensitive and they take out the batteries but then forget to put them back in because we've all been there now i just wave it the nest protect to tell it there's no fire and i have just simply overheated my sauté pan up next the ipad mini with retina I didn't actually upgrade my iPad last year because I was interested in the mini but I didn't want a non retina screen and I also didn't really want an ipad 4th gen since I've felt like that 9.7 inch form factor was kind of bulky for me and I'm really glad i waited a generation because i am super enjoying the ipad mini with retina i ended up getting a cellular version which i've never wanted to do before because it's so portable i should mention here that the nexus 7 is also an excellent alternative choice for a smaller tablet if you love android and cheaper to but because I spend a lot of personal time in the iOS ecosystem and iPad Mini made sense for me ah now i can take it around town without needing a second bag and uh well that's nothing money can't buy i guess it can last but certainly not least the chromecast this was a pleasant surprise for everybody when it dropped in the summer 35 bucks to be able to stream media to your TV from your android phone or tablet yes please this is a gift i have given to so many of my android using friends and family members my dad loves using it so much he actually sought out by himself the nexus 5 on the Play Store which is a really big deal for him you can't beat the price tag the app support continues to expand and it's a really great solution for anybody who doesn't have a smart TV or other solutions for content streaming nexus q Who chromecast Azure it's at and success makes me really excited about the future of devices like this from the competition and not to mention Google itself obviously I gotta take one second to thank 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