Gadgets

Second-generation Nest unveiled with thinner body and smarter features

Next-gen Nest Learning Thermostat comes out of hiding with a slimmer body and more features to cut down on your energy costs.

This week in Kickstarter: Our five favorite projects that are ending this coming week

If you've missed out on the latest cool ideas from Kickstarter that are about to end, we've listed five projects worth supporting and are ending this coming week.

Hands On: Fitbit Zip makes your workout adorable

We spent a week with the new Fitbit Zip to see how the little gadget can motivate you to get moving.

Inside the MakerBot Store: Let your 3D-printed geek flags fly

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Kickstarter success: Simple.TV ships this week

While Kickstarter investors in the Pebble e-paper watch are still wondering about a shipping date, Simple.TV investors are all smiles.

Tagg the Fitbit for dogs, mountable action live-cams, Evernote meets Moleskine and more from Pepcom Holiday Spectacular

From toys for your dogs to the new Moleskin with Evernote integration, here's our roundup of the gadgets coming up this holiday season.

USPS launches electronics recycling, pays you for old smartphones

Designed to make the process of recycling old electronics simpler, the USPS is rolling out a new program across the nation.

Tech21 makes a cringeworthy move to prove its smartphone cases’ durability

We stopped for a chat with Tech21 and saw first hand why the company's line of "Impactology" smartphone cases are so darn sturdy.

GPS-enabled “No Place Like Home” shoes will guide you home

Great for finding your way home after a long night at the local bar, these GPS shoes will point you in the right direction.

Hands-on with Plantronics Voyager Legend, a Bluetooth headset for professionals on the go

The latest from Plantronics' Voyager Bluetooth headset line aims to be legendary -- but is it? Here's our hands-on with its newest device.

Fitbit announces two new fitness devices: One and Zip

Welcoming the new season, Fitbit is releasing two new fitness activity tracker gadgets -- one to replace its famous Ultra and another for the budget-conscious.

Everpurse, a stylish smart bag that charges your phone cordlessly

Say goodbye to power cords. Everpurse wants to charge smartphones by letting you do what's already routine: keep your phone inside your bag.

Microsoft’s Bing is now the default search engine on all Kindle Fire models

Definitely a big win for Microsoft, all Web searches will be routed through Bing as the default search engine on the Kindle Fire HD.

Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000 hands on

As the automotive guru at a tech site, I get a wide range of products flung across my desk from passive-aggressive coworkers, but one of the cooler gadgets to smack me in the face recently (that was a mean toss, Steve) was the Monster iMotion CarPlay 3000…

Steam Box Resurrection? Valve enters the hardware business

Valve's year of expansion continues as the company seeks an industrial designer to bring the Steam company into hardware.