“What is that?” I heard my 7-year-old shriek from his room. I ran in to find him and my younger son watching a video of a woman giving birth. It was shocking to them — and especially shocking to me because I thought we had all …
Apps & Software
How Amazon Plans to Tackle a Lack of Tablet-Optimized Android Apps
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets have a lot to offer that vanilla Android tablets don’t–lower prices and a larger media selection, for example–but a huge selection of tablet-optimized apps isn’t one of them.
Still, Amazon has a …
Five Alternatives to Apple’s iOS 6 Maps
I lived near London, England for nearly two years. I now live roughly as near London, Ontario (yes, such a place exists) from my haunts in southeast Michigan. Apple Maps, Cupertino’s new substitute for Google Maps — which no …
50 Best Websites 2012
TIME’s annual salute to sites and services that keep you entertained and informed, save you time and money — and maybe even change your life
Top 25 iPad Apps for Kids
The best in gaming, books, art, music and education, all at their fingertips
The Digital Wallet Is Starting to Take Shape
Imagine if, in addition to all the things your smart phone does now, it could also act as your keys to the real world.
Instead of fumbling through a wallet for your credit cards, coupons, gift certificates, plane tickets, …
6 Apps for Tracking Hurricane Isaac with Your Tablet or Smartphone
Netatmo Home Weather Station Kit Brings Out Your Inner Meteorologist
I took a meteorology class in undergrad as an elective because I’ve always been into the weather: tornadoes, hurricanes, derechos, ball lightning, supercells, squalls, you name it. Not enough to pursue it as a career, but let’s …
Think Evernote’s Interface Could Be Better? So Does Evernote
Many, many tech companies hold conferences here in San Francisco. But Evernote’s Trunk conference, which I’m attending today, is unique: The 700 people here include not only developers and journalists (the typical conference …
Talk to Your Community, Twitter
If you want to know about the future Twitter’s attempting to build for itself, the best source is the company’s own developer blog. On Thursday, it featured a post by Twitter’s Michael Sippey outlining some changes. The piece …
The 10 Best Android Games for Kids
At Tecca, we love finding the best games and apps for your gadgets. You’ve probably seen our picks for iPad and iPhone, as well as the best games to play on consoles like Xbox and Wii. To complete the lineup, here are our picks …
Primadesk Lets You Share Facebook Photos with Non-Facebookers
Facebook has close to a billion users, but chances are you know somebody who isn’t one of them. And sooner or later, that person’s going to ask why they still haven’t seen any pictures of your sister’s baby, or your vacation, or …