Our Favorite Tech Gifts of the Year

Moment Lenses ($100 each) are wonderful, high-quality fish-eye lenses for smartphones. Perfect to use with the new Instagram app Hyperlapse.

Ototo ($95) is an awesome gift for kids! Ototo allows you to turn anything into a musical instrument.

Check out these adorable minireplicas of cameras as 8GB USB drives ($20)! Choose from a micro Nikon or Canon DSLR.

Human-size your photographs with these black-and-white 3-feet-by-4-feet engineer prints ($25). They've got a lo-fi, lightweight kind of feel.

With this LittleBits DIY kit ($45), you can construct an LED light-powered "ugly" Christmas sweater that can pulse and glow.

The wickedly fast robot Sphero Ollie ($100) can hit a max speed of 14 miles per hour. Best of all, it's controlled by your smartphone. It's designed to be a speed racer, but you can perform a number of tricks as well.

Logitech's Keys-To-Go keyboard ($70) is the ultimate portable accessory for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, and more. It's Bluetooth-enabled, so you won't be tangled up in cables, and its rechargeable battery lasts three months. Plus, you can wipe spills and messes right off it.

The smartphone-enabled Pebble watch ($99) is still our preferred smartwatch because it works with both iOS and Android devices, and the battery life is incredible. The epaper screen makes its notifications and info highly readable in daylight. While it's not the smartest watch (no microphone, no data plan), it does work beautifully with many apps already on your phone, like RunKeeper and GoPro.

Ditch the waterproof disposable cameras with the iPhone Super Suit ($79), which allows iPhones to take a swim and live to tell the tale. The case seals your device in with complete waterproof protection. An iPhone 6 version is coming soon!

Don't you hate fumbling for bedside cables? Native Union's Night Cable ($40 for iPhone lightning or Android micro USB) fixes that with its weighted knot that can anchor the cable to any flat surface. The cable is also over nine feet long, so there's no place it can't reach. Plus, its retro styling means that anyone will be happy to leave the Night Cable out on display.

Feeling like splurging on your audiophile? This Marshall Stanmore Speaker ($400) is the ultimate gift for any music junkie. The luxe analog knobs and brass details will make him feel like a roadie on tour with his favorite band! It's vintage-inspired but updated for the 21st century. The speaker connects via Bluetooth or the included coil cord that can plug into any standard headphone jack.

"Nothing good comes from hitting reply" is just one of the hilarious prints ($58, originally $75) that capture the things you two say to one another all the time.

Any modern girl will appreciate these festive flags ($25) — they'd make the perfect photo-booth props, wouldn't they?

Yup, that's a giant gem speaker ($40), and it's perfect for the girl who loves music just as much as she loves to stand out.

We can think of so many fun uses for these incredible Emoji pins ($25).

Friends come over all the time when you're in college, which is why this fun eight-bit doormat ($50) is the perfect welcome for unexpected guests.

This O.G. bag ($295) from Lo & Sons is definitely spacious enough for a laptop, notebook, gym clothes, and then some. Plus, it comes with a wide sleeve that can be slipped over luggage handles for a trip back home.

Fun photo-app pins ($12) will be great for holding photos of you two in place or embellishing her backpack.

The supercompact Nixon Mini Blaster Speaker ($100) can slip in even the smallest of day bags. Also comes in black and pink.

See the world through a different perspective with the ridiculously cute Hello Kitty Blue Lomography Fisheye Camera ($66).

And that camera needs to be toted around in something as stylish as the Betsey Johnson Camera Crossbody Bag ($78), right?

Lined with fleece and printed in a universally cool gray-striped recycled canvas, the Baggu Laptop Case ($36) fits a 15-inch laptop.

Not your run-of-the-mill digital frame, the Nixplay WiFi Frame ($70-$200) lets you show off photos from any storage device and social platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Picasa, and Flickr. Plus, connect photos with up to 10 frames and update photos instantly to the frame with the iOS and Android app.

The Lowes Iris Smart Home Kit ($299) offers peace of mind for residents, along with those in their extended family. Monitor just about everything in the home with the starter kit that includes door and window sensors, motion detector, and a smart thermostat, among other items that can all be accessed from a smartphone, tablet, or computer by anyone on the Iris account.

The soft leather exterior of the Clare Vivier iPad Zipcase ($156-$178) comes in six different colors and fits an iPad or iPad Mini.

For those that need to know the coffee is coming before they even get out of bed, there's the Belkin WeMo-powered Mr. Coffee 10-Cup Smart Optimal Brew Coffeemaker ($150), which works with Apple and Android devices. It lets you schedule brew times in advance from the comfort of your phone, and it'll even alert you when you need to change the filters.

The signs of the zodiac get fun graphic treatment with these Kate Spade Saturday iPhone Cases ($25).

The giant 52-inch silk and cotton blend Slow Factory Scarf ($95) features the star-forming region 30 Doradus (aka the Tarantula Nebula), which is in a neighboring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud.

This Betsey Johnson Phone Bag ($88) is cute as can be, but — surprise! — that phone handle actually works. The handset connects to any cell phone that can be tucked away inside the bag.

The Cone Speaker ($399) is one beauty of an electronic. It works with a Rdio streaming music subscription to learn what sort of music you want to hear and when. Use your voice or turn the Cone's dial to skip songs.

Choose from six different colors of the Free People Sport Armband ($18) to keep your iPhone 4, 5, 5S, or iPod Touch close by through the most strenuous of activities.

Who says headphones have to be boring? The Kate Spade Le Pavillion Wireless Headphones ($128) keep you cord-free with a Bluetooth range of 30 feet and will have you talking or listening to tunes for up to six hours.

Fitness trackers aren't usually the prettiest wearable tech out there, which is why the Tory Burch for Fitbit Bracelet ($195) is a godsend for fashion fiends that still want to make sure they're meeting their goals. The Fitbit Flex tracker the bracelet pairs with is sold separately.

The Rebecca Minkoff Dylan Tech Cross Body Bag ($425) has an exterior zipper pocket to keep your tablet separate from the rest of the gear stored in this leather purse.