Jared Newman

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Sprint Has This Year's Most Unique Phone, and It's Cheap

Forget curved displays and head-tracking cameras. The award for this year’s most interesting phone goes to the Sharp Aquos Crystal, which has practically no bezel around the sides or top of the display.We’ve seen bezels...

By Jared Newman

Wireless Price Wars Continue with Cheaper Verizon, Sprint Plans

Just note the fine print: Limited-time promotions may lead to higher prices around the corner.

By Jared Newman

Need a Cheap Chromebook? Here's How to Pick One

Let's make sense of all these sub-$300, browser-based laptops.

By Jared Newman

Samsung Buys Into Home Automation with SmartThings Acquisition

The reported $200 million deal is a puzzler at first glance, but could make sense if Samsung loops in its appliance business.

By Jared Newman

Tom Hanks Has a Typewriter iPad App, and It's Actually Decent

Hanx Writer mimics the look and feel of old typewriters -- except for the whole touchscreen thing.

By Jared Newman

Screaming at Your Phone Might Charge It Someday

This experimental smartphone converts background noise to battery power.

By Jared Newman

Where Samsung's Galaxy Alpha Goes Wrong

Samsung's latest phone has metal trim, but no soul.

By Jared Newman

Bring On the 5.5-inch iPhone

After three months with gigantic smartphones, it's hard to go back.

By Jared Newman

Acer's New Chromebook Goes Where Windows PCs Won't

The Tegra-powered Chromebook 13 is another stab at the ideal mid-range Chromebook

By Jared Newman

The 50 Best Websites of 2014

TIME's annual salute to great sites and services

By Doug Aamoth and Jared Newman

That 5.5-Inch iPhone Is Still Pretty Mysterious

A larger iPhone seems likely for this fall, but don't bet on an even larger "phablet" version just yet.

By Jared Newman

Google Voice Rising, Google+ Falling

Google Voice gets free VoIP calls, with no forced Google+ integration.

By Jared Newman

Valve Might Have Made Its Steam Controller a Little Less Peculiar

An analog thumbstick would bring Valve's game controller more in line with traditional ones.

By Jared Newman

You Can Sign Up to Try the New Mac OS X Now

The sign-up page is open for the Mac OS X Yosemite beta, but probably not for long

By Jared Newman

OnePlus One Review: Phone of Dreams

It's hard to imagine a better phone for Android geeks. Too bad you can't get one.

By Jared Newman

Making Sense of Microsoft's Windows Phone Plans

Microsoft's low-end push doesn't exactly match up with its high-end ambitions.

By Jared Newman

That Jibo Robot Does the Same Stuff as Your Phone, but People Are Freaking Out Anyway

Jibo promises to be a lovable robot assistant, but it's unclear why you'd actually need one.

By Jared Newman

How Much Is a Bitcoin Worth? Let Google Tell You

Google Search now includes Bitcoin in its currency calculator, lending a little more legitimacy to the cryptocurrency.

By Jared Newman

Amazon Appears to Be Testing All-You-Can-Read Kindle Ebook Subscriptions

The "Kindle Unlimited" plan could include more than 600,000 ebooks for $9.99 per month.

By Jared Newman

BlackBerry Has a Virtual Assistant Now

Because you can't have a modern smartphone platform without advanced voice commands.

By Jared Newman
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