5 posts and columns on Roomba

YBuy’s Subscription Service Lets You Try Gadgets for 30 Days

in Commerce on January 18 at 11:10 am PT

Here’s a twist on the popular subscription services: A site that lets you try out consumer electronics and home and kitchen gadgets before buying them.
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Reporter’s Notebook: It’s Robots Galore at Google I/O

in Mobile on May 11, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Although Google’s business is making software and online services, one could hardly tell that from the halls of its Google I/O conference this week, which was overrun with robots of all shapes and sizes.

The Little Robot Made to Clean the Icky Spots

in The Digital Solution on April 5, 2011 at 1:24 pm PT

The Scooba 230, the latest floor-scrubbing gadget from iRobot, is designed to tackle small, icky spaces, like behind the toilet.
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Viral Online Videos, the Funny Edition: Doombas and Anchors Away!

in News on February 12, 2009 at 1:01 am PT

Here are two very funny online videos, making the rounds of late. The first is from “The Daily Show” earlier this week, in which Samantha Bee perfectly mocks products from iRobot–best known for the automatic vacuum called the Roomba–as killerbots. In the second, local Chicago anchors from WGN News, Robert Jordan and Jackie Bange, do a very impressive Las Vegas-style routine during the commercial break. It is hard to look away.

Festival of Gadgets at the Churchill Club With Guest Geek: Google's Marissa Mayer

in News on November 30, 2007 at 12:02 am PT

Last night, Walt Mossberg and I co-hosted our annual holiday gadget fest for the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, it was called “Making a List: The Fifth Annual What’s Hot and What’s Not in Personal Technology” and took place in Palo Alto, Calif. Our guest were Marissa Mayer of Google [...]