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Motorola’s First Moto X Ad Pitches Patriotism and “Personalized” Smartphones

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, July 2, 2013 at 1:36 pm PT

Pebble, the Kickstarter-Funded Smart Watch, Comes to Best Buy

Canary’s “Smart” Smoke Detector Alerts Your Smartphone When Things Get Hairy at Home

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, July 2, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Ouya Is a Compact Bundle of Fun, but Not a Be-All Game Console

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product Reviews, July 1, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Bummed Google Reader’s Going Away? Get Over It. Go Out With Somebody Else.

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 28, 2013 at 9:30 am PT

Love Crossword Puzzles? Add This One to Your List of Addictive Mobile Games This Summer.

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 26, 2013 at 2:09 pm PT

Scattered Complaints Arise About Apple’s New MacBook Air and Wi-Fi Connectivity

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 26, 2013 at 12:10 pm PT

RunKeeper Adds More Food Tracking With MyFitnessPal Pair-Up

Sony Takes Another Stab at a Smart Watch, This Time With NFC

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 25, 2013 at 1:30 am PT

Canon’s Square PowerShot N Is a “Tweener,” but a Keeper

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product Reviews, June 24, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Virgin Mobile Adds iPhone 5 to Prepaid Lineup

Samsung Targets Photo-Thusiasts With Android-Based Galaxy NX Camera

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 20, 2013 at 11:35 am PT

Paper App Draws $15 Million in Funding From Andreessen Horowitz, Jack Dorsey

Thuzio Enables Private Video Messages That Won’t Get Athletes in Trouble

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm PT

Console Makers at E3 Weigh the Impact of Casual and Mobile Games

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 14, 2013 at 11:19 am PT

E3 in Photos: The Wacky, the Weird and the Gaming Warriors

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 13, 2013 at 10:26 am PT

Nintendo’s Iwata Blames Slow Wii U Sales on Software Gaps, Says Mobile Isn’t Impacting Industry

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 12, 2013 at 3:04 pm PT

It’s Complicated: At E3, Core Gamers React to Zynga’s Distress

Posted by Lauren Goode in Media, June 12, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

Five Questions About the PS4 for Sony’s Jack Tretton

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 11, 2013 at 5:22 pm PT

Microsoft Xbox’s E3 Event Was All About the Games. Now, About That $499 Console …

Posted by Lauren Goode in News, June 10, 2013 at 11:25 am PT

With iPad Mini Keyboards, It’s (Literally) the Little Things

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product Reviews, June 10, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

At This Year’s E3, Smaller Companies Get a Chance to Stand Out

Posted by Lauren Goode and Eric Johnson in News, June 10, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

Been to Apartment Hell and Back? A New Start-Up, Cozy, Wants to Simplify Renting.

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 6, 2013 at 7:00 am PT

New Pew Report Confirms What We Already Knew: More Than Half of U.S. Adults Now Have Smartphones

Posted by Lauren Goode in Product News, June 5, 2013 at 8:13 am PT

D11 Attendees Answer the “Desert Island” Question (Video)

Posted by Lauren Goode in D11, June 4, 2013 at 11:25 am PT

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Another gadget you don’t really need. Will not work once you get it home. New model out in 4 weeks. Battery life is too short to be of any use.

— From the fact sheet for a fake product entitled Useless Plasticbox 1.2 (an actual empty plastic box) placed in L.A.-area Best Buy stores by an artist called Plastic Jesus