If all you play of Diablo III is its no-cutting-in-line “normal” mode, you haven’t played the better game Blizzard wants you to. That one involves epic boss fights, crafting killer gear, questing for legendary item sets and …
Reviews
Review: The Weather Channel’s Slick New (and Free) iPhone App
Cracks about meteorological accuracy aside, I’ve morphed into my family’s weatherman in recent years — partly because I’m the only one with a smartphone, partly because I’m obsessed with severe weather-watching. My wife has the …
BrewTrackr Lets You Keep a Running Tally of Your Favorite Beers
I’m not big on to-do lists (or lists in general), but I keep one list updated pretty religiously: my favorite – and least favorite – beers. I’ll try just about any locally brewed or new craft beer I haven’t had before, and my …
New Google+ for iPhone Is a Slick Wonder (Still Needed: a Decent Google+ for iPad)
Keeping up with Google+ is — for me — a never-ending roller-coaster ride. At first, I loved Google’s social network. Then it slipped out of my list of daily must-visit sites, in part because the quality of the conversation …
Jawbone’s Big Jambox Wireless Speaker: It’s a Big Jambox!
Back in 2010, Bluetooth headset maker Jawbone entered the speaker business with the Jambox, a just-about-pocket-sized, battery-powered Bluetooth speaker that sounded far bigger than it was, and doubled as a speakerphone. …
HTC One S Review: A Winning Android Phone for Shutterbugs and T-Mobile Customers
Call it the great Android paradox. The whole notion behind Google’s mobile operating system is to give hardware makers software that’s flexible enough to let them build an array of different handsets. But when you start to …
5 Reasons to Give Google Drive a Shot
Google Drive, the company’s answer to online storage tools like Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync and Microsoft’s SkyDrive, arrived yesterday afternoon as forecast, though with little ceremony.
It wasn’t…then suddenly it was, …
Gear4 Renew SleepClock Review: It Knows When You’re Sleeping
Over the last six nights, I’ve learned that I’m not a great sleeper. I need at least a half hour to doze off, and I’m likely to stir from my slumber a few times or more during the night, which in turn prevents me from getting …
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Review: An E-Reader That’s Not Afraid of the Dark
If ever a technology was defined by its highs and lows, it’s E Ink, the monochrome screen system used in e-book readers from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and other companies.
Its virtues are downright amazing. E Ink uses power …
Review: Samsung Takes On Kindle Fire with New 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2
This Sunday, consumers will see another Kindle Fire challenger hit the market. What’s so special about this one? Well, it’s priced at $249.99 and ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The first 7-inch Galaxy Tab was good, …
Augmented Reality Toys for iPhone and iPad: A Work in Progress
Can traditional toy makers capitalize on the rise of smartphones and tablets? Wowwee Toys thinks it can. Next week, the company behind Paper Jamz and Lite Sprites is releasing its first toys in the AppGear line, which combine …
Nokia Lumia 900 Review: A Solid Slab of Windows Phone
Nokia’s Lumia 900 has the makings of the ultimate tech comeback story: A once-proud mobile phone maker makes a desperate pact with Microsoft, which despite its own juggernaut status in the PC market is similarly downtrodden when …