personal-tech: Home Automation
Can Waze Save Apple Maps?
Incorporating Waze navigation and local search into Apple's Maps app and service would address many of the problems that have earned Apple its...
Ubuntu For Phones: Beautiful, Elegant, Doomed
How good could an UbuntuPhone really be? It can't possibly be unique enough and have enough of a value proposition to break into a market that's...
Apple Tests iPhone 6? Not A Shocker
Server logs show that Apple is already working on the next-generation of its iPhone and iOS platform. Um, no kidding.
Windows 8 Tablet Launch #Fail
Microsoft Windows tablets, in spite of a superior Intel processor, suffer from hardware and software problems — and are overpriced. The PC...
Mobile's Biggest Losers In 2012
The last twelve months have been turbulent for smartphone makers and wireless network providers. Here's who took it on the chin hardest.
iPhone Prices Under Competitive Pressure
Phone prices are being aggressively lowered by Apple's competition and Apple appears to be responding with price cuts, something we haven't seen...
China Tries Again To Control Internet
The Great Firewall of China is increasingly effective in stopping anonymous VPN-based access in and out of the country after a recent upgrade, and...
Google/Motorola 'X phone' Tries To Push Tech Limits
Google and Motorola are trying to make the hottest phone on the market and running into the problems that kept everyone else from making such a...
Android Fails in Mobile Malware Research
There are many more malware-infected Android devices out there than you might think. It's all because the Android ecosystem and Google Play store...
Apple Must Settle With Samsung
Apple Needs To Cut The Patent Nonsense. If Apple really thinks they need to sue the competition out of the market then they must think they're in...
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Microsoft Looks To Acquire Home Automation Specialist id8
January 03, 2013Buyout of Brad Krikorian's id8 Group R2 Studios would fit with Microsoft's goal of becoming center of the digital home.
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Twilio Hacks: Home Automation To Dog Treat Dispensers
August 23, 2012Looking for a legit DIY hacking project? Twilio developer evangelist Jon Gottfried describes some of the useful hacks the IaaS makes possible when...
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Google Nexus Q: Fight For Living Room On
June 28, 2012Google's Nexus Q home media device lets Android phone and tablet users push content from their handhelds to a TV or stereo system.
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6 Kickstarter Projects That Grabbed Our Attention
April 20, 2012Kickstarter is a crowd-funding website where people show off their ideas and ask for funding. There are plenty of good and bad ideas, but we're...
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CES 2012 Gadget Wrap-Up: Cool To Crazy
January 14, 2012The Consumer Electronics Show offers thousands of products, from the sublime to the bizarre. Check out some of the more notable entries of 2012.
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Computer-Powered Sewing Machine Stitches Better Than Your Mom
January 12, 2012
The Brother Quattro 6700D does all the sewing stuff like self-threading, but also lets you draw patterns with a tablet or import photos and then...
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Consumer Tech Marches Closer To Star Trek
January 11, 2012CES panel says top future technology trends include natural language processing, flexible displays, and robots. Will innovation be driven by...
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CES Day One Brings Wireless Toys, Dancing Robots
January 10, 2012At The Pepcom Digital Experience event at CES 2012, the theme was western and the gadgets were wireless.
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French Linux Tablet Made For The Kitchen
January 09, 2012
Sacre bleu! La tablette QOOQ V2, she cleans right up! It's designed for the kitchen; you can use it with dirty hands, spill on it, and it runs Linux.
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Crazy New Cooktop Uses Virtual Burners
January 09, 2012
A new cookop technology from Germany-based BSH Home Appliances Corp uses a matrix of induction burner/sensors instead of fixed burner locations.
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