Jawbone Up24 review
Jawbone’s UP24 fitness tracker adds Bluetooth wireless connectivity, making one of the simplest, most easily wearable trackers even simpler to use.
Even if you don’t buy an Apple Watch, it’s shaping the smartwatch you will buy
In one press conference, Apple has turned smartwatches from a geeky fringe tech item to a mainstream product everyone will begin to seek.
Wearables don’t just let us compete with strangers, they let us peep on them too
Wearable fitness trackers let us learn from the masses and compete with them, but they also hold worrying implications for our own personal data. Who else is looking at your data besides you?
6 smart devices that make Google Glass look downright normal
From smart socks to a ring that reads your gestures in thin air, smart devices get a whole lot weirder than the smartwatches and glasses we’re accustomed to. Here are some of our favorites.
Kindle Unlimited is like Spotify for books … so do authors get screwed?
Amazon’s latest subscription, Kindle Unlimited, gives readers access to 600,000 books for $10 a month. But will it benefit the book business, or break it?
Startups like OnePlus may be the saviors of true smartphone innovation
Tired of the incremental progress happening at Samsung, LG and Apple? Smaller companies may be the disruptors needed to wake the smartphone industry back up and get innovative new features into your next phone.
How does Google shake off failure? Owning it and moving on
Google isn't immune to failure. But unlike many of its peers, a misfire in Mountain Valley is hardly a catastrophe. Part of that comes from a company that doesn't fear failure as much as it embraces the lessons that come from it.
Maker Faires aren’t just the future of tech – they’re the future of America
Small-scale manufacturing isn’t just a photo opportunity for the White House lawn – it could potentially help revitalize swaths of America still scarred by the collapse of large-scale manufacturing.
Dear B&N: We’ll miss your originality now that the Nook is just another Tab
Barnes & Noble’s partnership with Samsung means one more piece of boring, unoriginal hardware from a company that used to make its name with unique, standout features.
Can Beats get Apple back in rhythm with the music industry?
After 10 years riding high on the success of iTunes, Apple has lost its music mojo. Can Beats bring it back by giving Apple a viable Spotify competitor?
Is a fit band for kids an atrocity, or just a necessary evil in 2014?
LeapFrog’s LeapBand uses technology to lure kids away from technology and get them outside. Is this really what it has come to? Yes, and if it works, we’ll all be better off.
Amazon might preach open pastures, but it’s not above a little herding
Amazon fancies itself above the fray of operating-system squabbles, but as the Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and now Fire TV prove, the online megaretailer has its own agenda: Selling you as much as possible.
Is 3D printing finally ready for your living room? Not quite yet
In recent years, 3D printers have made huge strides toward mainstream adoption, but a number of lingering barriers will have to be addressed before it gets there.
