Blog Profile / Gadget Lab
| URL : | http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Gadgets | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11910 | |
| Posts / Week: | 43.8 | |
| Archived Since: | April 5, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Intel Introduces Silvermont to Battle ARM in Mobile
As the mobile market continues to grow, Intel is going after ARM. For real this time. Today, Intel introduced Silvermont, its new 22nm system-on-chip microarchitecture that will underpin its next generation of Intel Atom processors. According to Intel, Silvermont will...
distractions | Who Says Physical Media Is Dead?
This creative San Francisco resident put some old CDs to good (?) use.
Review: The Fitbit Flex Is Our New Favorite Fitness Gadget
Activity trackers are abundant right now, but none are better than the Fitbit Flex -- the most wearable, best-syncing device in the scrum, with the best app to boot.
The Truth Behind SocialMeter.me, Twitter’s Latest Spammy Link Craze
“I have spent 22.4 hours on Twitter. See how much you have,” reads some text from Twitter’s latest link bait scam, SocialMeter.me. You’ve no doubt seen a handful or more of your follows tweet out their total or daily stats...
Gadget Lab Show: Kobo Aura HD E-Reader and Vine Goes Full Frontal
On the latest episode of the show, staff writers Christina Bonnington and Roberto Baldwin stare at the screen of the new Kobo Aura HD e-reader and the front-camera support update of the Vine app. Kobo is stepping up its game...
Mobile Games Are Leaping Into the Real World
Mobile games are transcending their screen-only roots. Developers are bringing the action into the real world.
Barnes & Noble Opens Forked Nook HD Tablet to Google Play
If you’re the owner of a Nook HD or HD+, get ready to enjoy all the Android apps. Barnes & Nobles announced today that the Nook HD tablet line will get access to the Google Play store.
How to Hide and Remove Tagged Instagram Photos From Your Profile
Now that you and all of your friends can start tagging people in Instagram shots, it's only inevitable that you'll get tagged in a photo you don't like. Here's how to hide and de-tag those photos.
Your Next Ultrabook Will Have Amazing Graphics
The age of underpowered integrated notebook graphics is over. Prepare your eyes for awesome. Intel announced Wednesday that its fourth-gen Intel Core Haswell processors will include its new Iris Graphics technology. What this means in something other than marketing-speak is...
Instagram Adds Ability to Tag People in Photos
Instagram launched a "Photos of You" feature in its iOS and Android apps today. Photos of You gives Instagram users the ability tag photos with any other Instagram account.
LinkedIn Now Lets You Add a Visual Portfolio to Your Profile
LinkedIn is now letting its users add visual content to their profile pages -- a feature that has been in high demand with creative professionals like photographers and designers.
cutting-edge R&D | Researchers Figure Out How You Can Type on a Smartwatch
Smartwatches are emerging as a major player in the next phase of mobile computing, but for now, their capabilities are handicapped. A new technology called ZoomBoard explores a way you could actually type on a tiny smartwatch displa...
How to Shoot a Good Vine Selfie
Vine updated its app today with the ability to capture video using the front facing camera. You know what that means: Selfie time. And you know what else that means? There’s going to be a lot of terrible selfies. Just...
Your Jawbone Up Just Became Far More Useful
Jawbone Up, an always on activity and sleep tracking bracelet, just became far more useful thanks to a new ability to work with many other fitness applications and devices. It dramatically improves Up’s ability to track things beyond simple movement...
What to Do (If Anything) About a Cluttered OS X Desktop
For better or worse, my digital file organization and storage strategy mimics what you’d find on my desk in real life: Clutter. Luckily, technology has made it such that it doesn’t really matter if my MacBook Pro’s desktop is littered...
Google Now Arrives on iOS in Google Search App Update
One of Android Jelly Bean's best features, Google Now, is finally available on iOS as part of an update to the Google Search app.
How to Make iTunes Awesome Again
A decade ago, iTunes was amazing. Now the music/app/video/iOS wrangler is a bloated mess. The iTunes Store turns 10 on Sunday, and during this decade, Apple has sold billions and billions of songs and apps out of its electronic storefront....
The Flagship Phones of BlackBerry and Samsung
This week reviews editor Michael Calore and staff writer Roberto Baldwin check out the tentpole phones from Samsung and BlackBerry. The BlackBerry Q10 is a return to physical keyboards for the Canadian company. It’s a great phone if you’re a...
How Apple’s Developer Conference Grew Too Big for Its Own Developers
WWDC is to Apple Developers as Coachella is to filthy hipsters: It’s the year’s must-attend event. Except the World Wide Developer Conference is way harder to get into. There are more than 275,000 iOS developers registered in the U.S. alone–and...
Betaworks Just Bought Instapaper
Betaworks, the parent company of the all-new (and pretty amazing) Digg.com just bought a majority stake in Instapaper, the popular read-it-later service from Marco Arment. It’s yet another puzzle piece in what looks to be one of the more interesting...