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Technologizer
iBooks Author Is the Most Interesting Apple Software You Aren't Using
By Harry McCracken
You Can't Buy Samsung's New Health Gadget
By Harry McCracken
Square Banks on Cash Advances for Small Businesses
By Harry McCracken
LG G3 Phone: High Resolution, Laser Autofocus
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Nest's Smoke Detector Recall is a Formality
A problem disclosed in early April is now the subject of an official bulletin from the Consumer Product Safety Commission
By Harry McCracken
May 21, 2014
'Secret' App Is Now Available on Android
The anonymous social network opens up to non-iPhone users
By Harry McCracken
May 21, 2014
Microsoft's new Surface is Competition to PCs and Tablets
The vision has remained remarkably consistent. Is the technology finally ready?
By Harry McCracken
May 20, 2014
More Proof Microsoft Is a Whole New Company
Rather than trying to destroy an established leader in the category, the company is embracing it
By Harry McCracken
May 16, 2014
Why Major Tech Companies Are Getting Much Better About Privacy
A new study shows dramatic improvements after Edward Snowden's NSA revelations
By Harry McCracken
May 16, 2014
This Is the Best Android Tablet Right Now
This stylish, waterproof featherweight is hobbled by some traditional Android disadvantages
By Harry McCracken
May 16, 2014
What It Really Feels Like to Ride in a Self-Driving Car
It isn't scary. In fact, it's so mundane that you forget it's amazing.
By Harry McCracken
May 14, 2014
Jawbone Is Making Its Mini Jambox Way Better
Two of the tiny Bluetooth speakers can now play in unison, or in stereo
By Harry McCracken
May 13, 2014
Square Uses Receipts for Customer Service
Now its e-receipts let shoppers tell merchants what went wrong--or right--with a transaction.
By Harry McCracken
May 13, 2014
Motorola's Moto E is $129, No Contract Required
The Galaxy S5 or HTC One it's not. And that's kind of the idea.
By Harry McCracken
May 13, 2014
You Can Own the World's Coolest New Drone
From its image-stabilized camera to Oculus Rift integration, this is one powerful personal drone
By Harry McCracken
May 12, 2014
7 Questions About Apple's Beats Deal
If it's real, here's hoping it's brilliant in a way which isn't immediately obvious
By Harry McCracken
May 8, 2014
We've Lost Interest In Apple's TV Set
The rise and fall (and rise and fall, and rise and fall) of an oft-rumored product
By Harry McCracken
May 8, 2014
TuneIn's Revamp Makes Streaming Audio More Social
The online radio service borrows some tricks from Twitter to help listeners discover new stuff
By Harry McCracken
May 7, 2014
Chromebooks: Either a Hit or Irrelevant
The numbers on Google's operating system add up to an utterly confusing picture
By Harry McCracken
May 6, 2014
DuckDuckGo Previews a Powerful Google Alternative
The search engine for the privacy-minded is adding images, videos, news and more
By Harry McCracken
May 6, 2014
Poor Twitter, Always Doomed
People have been mourning the end of Twitter as we knew it for almost as long as there's been a Twitter
By Harry McCracken
May 4, 2014
An Apple-Samsung Patent Battle Ends with a Whimper
Who's the winner here? Not consumers. And probably neither Apple nor Samsung
By Harry McCracken
May 2, 2014
An Instagram Graveyard of Silicon Valley Delights
It's a museum pretending to be a surplus sale--or maybe the other way around
By Harry McCracken
May 2, 2014
Tablets Are Neither Fad Nor Distinct Category
The fuzzier the distinction gets between tablet, phone and PC, the better it is for consumers
By Harry McCracken
May 1, 2014
Sony is Opening 350 Shops Within Best Buy Stores
Still in turnaround mode, the Japanese manufacturer is raising its profile at the last national big-box electronics retailer
By Harry McCracken
May 1, 2014
A Short History of BASIC, as Told in Animated GIFs
Seven moments in the life of a great programming language
By Harry McCracken
May 1, 2014
Facebook Wants to Dominate Mobile Apps
The most striking thing about the keynote at Facebook's f8 conference in San Francisco was something that only became apparent after it was over: Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives spent an hour on stage...
By Harry McCracken
April 30, 2014
Facebook Beefs Up Privacy for App Logins--and Lets You Go Anonymous
I'm at Facebook's f8 developer conference in San Francisco, where the keynote is still underway--but there's already been some significant news. Mark Zuckerberg opened the day by saying that this conference would be all about...
By Harry McCracken
April 30, 2014
Now Would Be a Good Time to Reacquaint Yourself With Firefox
Version 29 adds more visual polish and easier customization
By Harry McCracken
April 29, 2014
Put a (Smart) Ring On It: Nod Introduces an Input Device for Your Finger
The company aims to make its gesture-enabled wearable works with TVs, phones, tablets and more
By Harry McCracken
April 29, 2014
Fifty Years of BASIC
Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it's a shame more people don't learn to do it. For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It's led to educational initiatives...
By Harry McCracken
April 29, 2014
Microsoft's Xbox TV Strategy: Throw Spaghetti at the Wall
The company is taking an active hand in bringing video to its console, but it's still figuring out the details
By Harry McCracken
April 28, 2014
Excavators Dig Up
E.T.
in New Mexico
Video game company Atari Inc. reportedly discarded hundreds of video game cartridges, including cartridges for its unsuccessful
E.T.
game, in 1983 after a crash in the gaming market. The materials have now been recovered by excavators for an upcoming documentary
By Harry McCracken
April 27, 2014
4 Questions About Microsoft's Nokia Acquisition
Now that it's a done deal, what's next?
By Harry McCracken
April 25, 2014
Pinterest's Guided Search Looks Like Good, Serendipitous Fun
The pin-your-favorite-stuff service now makes it easier to find more stuff
By Harry McCracken
April 24, 2014
The Secrets on 'Secret' Are Getting Juicier
Two pieces of anonymous scuttlebutt have turned out to be legit scoops
By Harry McCracken
April 24, 2014
LittleBits' Space-Themed Electronics Kit Is Plug-and-Play and NASA-Approved
Snap-together electronics modules let you learn about space exploration by building stuff
By Harry McCracken
April 24, 2014
Opera Coast iPhone Browser Treats Sites Like Apps
No disrespect meant to Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari, but in the grand scheme of things, there's not a dime's worth of difference between them. They aim to do much the same thing in...
By Harry McCracken
April 24, 2014
When We Talk About Technology, It's Time to Stop Using the Word 'Mobile'
It was a very useful term for a very long time, but it's increasingly obsolete
By Harry McCracken
April 23, 2014
Apple opens up OS X Betas to non-developers
Good news for early adopters. Will iOS be next?
By Harry McCracken
April 22, 2014
WhatsApp? 500 Million Users, That's WhatsApp
Not yet part of Facebook, which is still in the process of buying it, or a household name in the U.S., the messaging app is continuing to grow, and grow and grow, adding around 25 million new active users every month
By Harry McCracken
April 22, 2014
Lytro's New Illum Camera: Light-Field Photography Gets Way, Way More Serious
How serious? $1,599 serious
By Harry McCracken
April 22, 2014
Apple Shows Off Its Nevada Data Center
Yet more proof that Apple is not quite as secretive as it once was, when it thinks openness is in its own interest: The company showed off one of its data centers, in Sparks, Nevada,...
By Harry McCracken
April 21, 2014
The History of Tech as Told in Old Newsreels
How computers--gigantic, noisy ones--changed practically everything
By Harry McCracken
April 19, 2014
Nike Kills the FuelBand
A pioneer in fitness trackers decides they don't have a future--at least as a Nike product line
By Harry McCracken
April 18, 2014
Creep on Facebook Friends With Location-Based Alerts
The social networking site has announced a new feature for its iPhone and Android apps called "Friends Nearby." The feature will notify users when they have friends in their vicinity — but it only works if users turn it on
By Harry McCracken
April 17, 2014
FarmVille Is Back -- and This Time, It's Portable
The one-time Facebook phenom arrives on iOS and Android in its first made-for-mobile edition
By Harry McCracken
April 17, 2014
Eyefi Cloud Is the Best Wi-Fi Camera Experience Yet
New apps and a web-based service make it much easier to get to your photos from anywhere.
By Harry McCracken
April 17, 2014
Anki's Slot Cars for the iPhone Era Get a New Game, New Tracks and New Cars
Whenever I write about Anki's Anki Drive -- a remarkable plaything that involves tiny robotic cars you control via iPhone -- I call them a dazzling modern-era take on the slot-car racing of my youth....
By Harry McCracken
April 17, 2014
12 Things to Know About Project Ara, Google's Amazing Modular Phone
It's wildly ambitious, it's designed not to fall apart if you drop it -- and it may not come to the U.S. anytime soon.
By Harry McCracken
April 16, 2014
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