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6 Tech Themes To Watch

BY Sam Ford | 04-16-2012 | 6:42 AM | LEADERSHIP

Ambient reality, data overload, social business, and creating ethical standards amid a quickly burgeoning socia-media landscape are some of the themes dominating conversations this year at tech conferences like SXSW. Here's a quick crib sheet. READ MORE›

Your Car Key Knows More About You Than Your Mom Does

BY Martin Lindstrom | 03-14-2012 | 11:00 AM | ETHONOMICS

Unless, that is, you are very close with your mom. Welcome to the data-driven, score-keeping, real-world, competitive game that is a gadget-packed modern life.READ MORE›

Netflix Deal Reveals Apple's Secret Sauce: iTunes Pay Channel

BY Kit Eaton | 03-12-2012 | 7:20 AM | DESIGN

A lot's been written about Apple this last week, but one thing got overlooked--Apple's deal to pay for Netflix over your Apple TV. It's one big hint for Apple's future payment tech.READ MORE›

Apple, Microsoft, And The 3-D Desktop Of Your Dreams

BY Kit Eaton | 02-29-2012 | 12:05 PM | DESIGN

Soon you won't have to open up a window on your PC. Rather, you'll dive through it into a 3-D world of icons and files. We're not joking.READ MORE›

The USB Memory Stick Is Facing Extinction

BY Kit Eaton | 02-14-2012 | 10:39 AM | DESIGN

Those tiny plastic USB memory sticks you've got on your desk or skulking in your laptop bag's pocket are soon to be relegated to the past. Innovation, and the mobile tech revolution, is to blame. Don't be sad--read why.READ MORE›

Would President Romney Be Good For Tech, Science, And Space Innovation In The U.S.?

BY Kit Eaton | 01-31-2012 | 9:02 AM | INNOVATION

What would President Mitt do for science, technology, and startups in America? And would he use his missionary zeal to drive policy in these directions?READ MORE›

The Click Clique: Apple, Microsoft, And Others Don't Care About Your New TV Remote

BY Kit Eaton | 12-14-2011 | 10:42 AM | DESIGN

Television remote controls are evolving more than they have at any time in the past 60 years--but where we're going, we may not need them.READ MORE›

The Verge And The Wirecutter Prove That The World Actually Does Need 2 More Gadget-Obsessed Websites

BY Matt Haber | 12-01-2011 | 10:36 AM | CAREERS

The Verge's Joshua Topolsky and The Wirecutter's Brian Lam hope to distinguish themselves in a crowded field. By taking two vastly different approaches, they may just do it. READ MORE›

Wanted: A Watch That Imitates An iPhone Interface

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 10-19-2011 | 9:29 AM | IPHONE

Is stabbing at an iPhone more intuitive nowadays than glancing at your wrist? The makers of Mutewatch seem to think so. A sleek, minimalist timepiece, Mutewatch behaves more or less like your iPhone. To access the functions--the ... READ MORE›

Shareagift Launches, Looks To Make Group Gift Buying Social, Fun, And Less Annoying

BY Kit Eaton | 09-15-2011 | 5:39 AM | DESIGN

Organizing a group-bought gift for someone special can be a gigantic hassle. Enter Shareagift--which leverages social networking, online payments, and gift-suggestion algorithms--to sweeten the whole deal.READ MORE›

Apple's iCloud To Hit At WWDC

BY Kit Eaton | 05-31-2011 | 8:15 AM | DESIGN

After years bubbling under the success radar, Pixel Qi has revealed a large high-resolution screen that works indoors and outdoors with equal ease. If it succeeds, it could change how and where you use computers.READ MORE›

Feeling Stressed Over Not Having the Time to Be a Domestic Goddess?

BY Belinda Parmar | 04-07-2011 | 6:37 AM | LEADERSHIP

Is this episode, the Lady Geeks have discovered apps that will help you become a master chef while juggling your busy lifestyle.READ MORE›

America's Gadget Obsession Is Causing Massive Electric Bills

BY Morgan Clendaniel | 03-31-2011 | 11:23 AM | ETHONOMICS

Despite incredible advances in energy efficiency, American households use the same amount of energy as they did 30 years ago. Why? It's all the gadgets plugged in.READ MORE›

Can We Make Electronics Without Factories? The Future of Gadget Design

BY TreeHugger Staff | 03-08-2011 | 4:29 PM | ETHONOMICS

Dominic Muren has a great way of looking at greener gadget design -- make it simple, make it repairable, make it upgradable.READ MORE›

Metals Like Plastics: Meet the Supermaterial That Could Change Gadgets

BY Kit Eaton | 03-01-2011 | 10:29 AM | DESIGN

Picture a metal that's so clever it can be blown into a mold like plastic materials, then think of the amazing gadgets that could be crafted from it--gizmos that make Apple's unibody Macs look like child's play. READ MORE›

Apple's iPhone Mini Rumors: Why They Now Make Sense

BY Kit Eaton | 02-14-2011 | 10:04 AM | DESIGN

If what we're hearing is true, an iPhone Mini is on its way--and Android is in trouble.READ MORE›

Egypt Shuts Off Tech, Tries to Shut Up Protesters

BY Kit Eaton | 01-28-2011 | 9:18 AM | ETHONOMICS

The Egyptian government, facing mass protests in the nation's streets by citizens calling for regime change, has shut off the Internet, SMS, and BlackBerry service and may have shuttered some mobile phone systems too. Now the population is turning to 20th century solutions.READ MORE›

Keith Jarrett: Save Your Soul. Turn Off Your Gadget

BY Jeffery To | 01-18-2011 | 12:30 AM | LEADERSHIP

What are the opportunity costs of our digital addiction? Last Sunday, at a Keith Jarrett piano concert in Carnegie Hall, a magical musical moment is ruined by something very ordinary. "When people take whatever they take home with them, it's meaningless," the jazz great later explains, "BUT IT SCREWS WITH US."READ MORE›

Withings Unveils Blood Pressure Cuff for iPhone

BY John Pavlus | 01-06-2011 | 9:37 AM | PERSONAL MEDICINE

Medical devices tend to look weird and intimidating. While that might be useful for film directors like David Cronenberg, it's not great for normal folks who just need to perform personal medical checks, like monitoring their blood ... READ MORE›

iFive: Google Gifts Googlers, Facebook's Free Speech, RIM Tablet Priced, BP and Shell Under Fire, Apple iAd

BY Addy Dugdale | 11-10-2010 | 5:46 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Innovation served up every which way: over easy, sunny side up, with OJ on the side.READ MORE›