4 posts and columns on alarm clock

Let Sleeping Partners Lie

in The Digital Solution on June 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm PT

There’s almost nothing as jarring as the sound of your partner’s alarm going off hours before you need to wake up. One gadget may give you new hope for sleeping in while your partner heads off to work, says Katie.
Lark Sleeping Aid

WakeMate Finally Ships–Will You Sleep Better Now That It's Watching You?

in News on December 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm PT

After a year of delays, promises and refunded deposits, the WakeMate sleep monitoring gadget is finally shipping. But do you want it watching you sleep?

Liveblogging Google's SF Mobile Event: Voices Actions, Chrome to Phone, No Video-Calling, But Will There Be Donuts?

in News on August 12, 2010 at 10:05 am PT

BoomTown was sitting front row center–better to scare Google Mobile Product Manager Hugo Barra–at the Silicon Valley search giant’s press event in San Francisco this morning. Google called together a group of reporters to discuss some “cool new features” for its Android operating system. While many have been expectantly waiting for Google to announce a video-calling offering, to match Apple FaceTime service, that was not to be here. Instead, it was a low-key rollout of a few whiz-bang features we can all ooh and ahh at.

Loud-and-Clear Mobile Calls for Seniors

in The Digital Solution on February 10, 2009 at 6:44 pm PT

My grandmother, a college graduate and former reference librarian, recently walked out of an electronics store in frustration. She compared the techie conversations that were going on around her with people speaking in a different language. And she isn’t alone.