Gadgets of the year

I do spend a lot of time looking at and thinking about gadgets for an easier life. Often they are not so useful on arrival, but here are the gadgets that have genuinely made my life easier/ cheaper/ better in some way this year.
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My online retailer fail of the year is are Asda for total inaction and placation when I had a credit card fraud. (Amex wins for fixing it perfectly!)