gadgets

Who’s at D: Top Techies’ Must-Have Apps and Gadgets (Video)

Lauren Goode in D11 on June 1 at 6:00 am PT

We asked D11 attendees which apps and gadgets they can’t live without. You might be surprised by some of their answers.

GE Puts (Your) Imagination to Work, With Quirky-Crowdsourced Gadgets

Lauren Goode in Product News on April 10 at 10:53 am PT

GE is opening up a trove of patents to inventors in Quirky’s community.

Welcome to CES: A Trade Show, Not a Tastemaker

Mike Isaac in Product News on January 4 at 9:17 am PT

CES hasn’t exactly been a Magic 8 Ball for the “next big thing” — nor should anyone expect this year’s show to be.

Voices

Do Our Gadgets Really Threaten Planes?

Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, Contributing Writers, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on September 9, 2012 at 2:26 pm PT

The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes, not on hard evidence — because there isn’t any.

News Byte

YBuy Gets $1M to Apply to Try-Before-You-Buy Gadget Service

Liz Gannes in Commerce on July 5, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

YBuy, a subscription gadget service (see Tricia Duryee’s profile of the company), has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures. The start-up, which charges $24.95 per month, says it has 50,000 customers on its wait list.

Beauty-in-a-Box Company Birchbox Will Ship Lifestyle and Tech Products for Men

Lauren Goode in Commerce on April 9, 2012 at 7:45 am PT

What’s in the box, you ask?

Voices

Take Zap! Tech Geeks, Starved for More Battery Power, Give Themselves a Charge.

Geoffrey A. Fowler and Ian Sherr, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 7, 2012 at 10:49 am PT

Any geek can tell you that battery life hasn’t kept up with gadget innovations. But not to worry: Inventors are figuring out how to turn geeks into batteries.

News Byte

Glooko Raises $3.5M for Diabetes Logs

Liz Gannes in News on January 30, 2012 at 5:01 am PT

Mobile diabetes-management company Glooko has raised $3.5 million more in a Series A round from its impressive list of investors, which include Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social+Capital Partnership, Bill Campbell, Vint Cerf, Judy Estrin and Andy Hertzfeld. The Palo Alto, Calif., company sells a $39.95 cord that connects to blood glucose meters and feeds data to a free iPhone app. The promise of the company is to elevate the geek hobby of quantifying oneself to the next level — health care.