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

We asked D11 attendees which apps and gadgets they can’t live without. You might be surprised by some of their answers.
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GE Puts (Your) Imagination to Work, With Quirky-Crowdsourced Gadgets

GE is opening up a trove of patents to inventors in Quirky’s community.
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Welcome to CES: A Trade Show, Not a Tastemaker

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

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

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

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

What’s in the box, you ask?
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Take Zap! Tech Geeks, Starved for More Battery Power, Give Themselves a Charge.

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.

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Glooko Raises $3.5M for Diabetes Logs

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.

Inside the CES Lost & Found

Inside the CES Lost & Found booth, the iPhone is the hot ticket — among other … non-tech-related items.
A treasure chest of lost iPhones.

Walt and Katie Take a Tour of CES (Video)

Walt and Katie walk the CES floor, and find less “newness” at this year’s event, noting that the absent Apple looms over the show.
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Go-Go Gadget Economy

Google Buys LabPixies

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