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Surveillance Cameras – Demystifying the Myths

It don’t matter where you live, there will come a time when you will want to install surveillance cameras. They could be for home automation, to monitor how your nanny treats your kids when you are a way or a threat to intruders. When the push comes to shove, a…

Everything you wanted to know about Spy Cameras!

With the increasing rate of crime in the United States of America, more and more people are installing spy cameras at their work place or home. It monitors all the activities taking place at your premises in your absence. It records possible suspects going though your belongings, whether he or…

The Top 10 Cities for Car Theft in the USA!

Manufacturers continue to bring in vehicles with the best of technology, safety features and automatic locking systems, but car thieves continue to work on their “Gone in 60 seconds” skills and we have a list of the 10 worst cities for car theft. Yes, these cities are swarming with car…

How to Secure Your Home against Burglars!

FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports paint a very grim picture of burglary. It says that across the US, burglary (officially known as crime against property) happens every 15 seconds. You read it right; a home is burgled every 15 seconds in the United States. Who’s the target? Burglary usually occurs during…

Solar Technology at ElectroFlip

Do you remember a time when solar or wind technology was considered a part of the fringe? Well, we’ve reached a tipping point because clean energy technology is now very much a part of the mainstream. It may be a shame that it took fears about Global Warming to make…

The Importance of Reliable Data Backup

Digital devices aren’t infallible. People have had nightmares occur: Taking pictures on a long vacation on a digital camera and then finding when they get back home that the data cannot be retrieved because the memory card has been corrupted. While it’s possible to retrieve data from a damaged memory…

How GPS Works

We sell GPS technology on ElectroFlip and one of the most common questions we hear is not how to configure a particular device, but just the plain simple fact about GPS works. Most people have a pretty rudimentary idea that GPS has something to do with satellite technology, but beyond…

Spying: Not All Fun and Games

Though we’re certainly proud of all the innovative and high-tech gadgetry that appears on our site, there is an inevitable ethical issue that comes up in relation to spying equipment. Beyond the ethical considerations, there are legal ramifications as well, as spying on another person can violate a person’s right…

The James Bond Watch

It may get a litle tiresome to keep mentioning all the James Bond-caliber products we have at ElectroFlip, but what can we say: we have products that were once the realm of spy movie fantasy. This could seem like hyperbole, but this is absolutely not the case with the V2…

Inventive GPS Tracking Devices

Can you remember a time without cell phones? It was not too long ago that cell phones were a rarity – and car phones were only for the very rich. Now cellphones are as ubiquitous as landlines, if not coming to replace them entirely, as email is replacing snail mile….