With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2014) coming up in a few weeks, you might be wondering how all that information gets to you. It’s traditionally done with a tremendous amount of effort, personnel, equipment and money. But my colleague Curtis Walker and I developed a better way to cover CES that’s cheaper, faster and better in every way: We call it avatar journalism. Continue reading
Looking for some hot headphones but don’t want to spend a boatload of money? Now the benefits of $300 headphones have trickled down to less-expensive models like these SMS Audio Street by 50 Wired on-ear headphones I’m reviewing here.
Let’s crank up a variety of music on these cans, and see what they can do. Continue reading
Looking for that perfect gift for the gadget aficionado in your life? I’m here to help. I’ve compiled a short list of the five most useful, highest-quality and best-performing gadgets I’ve ever used. Continue reading
Move over Gorillapod, because here comes the Keizus Quadrapod, a tough little camera mount and stand that looks like an action figure. It bends every which way, letting you place your smartphone, tablet or camera just about anywhere.
The company sent me one for review, and I put it through its paces on a frigid day here at the Midwest Test Facility. Continue reading
Now you can see hot and cold water mixing together with Pavati, a faucet that presents water to your hands in twin waterfalls of hot and cold that combine right in front of you. Continue reading
I’m still chuckling about the credibility-stretching appearance of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on 60 Minutes last Sunday. While the clueless Charlie Rose looked on in astonishment, Bezos called himself “optimistic” as he exaggerated about how Amazon might soon be delivering packages with GPS-controlled drones.
Fat chance. Continue reading
Every time my doorbell rings, I find myself wishing I had a butler who would answer the door for me. That’s why I’m interested in Smartbell, a device that appears to do that job better than any butler can.
It’s a Kickstarter project that’s shaped like an iPhone that mounts next to your door, and it transmits an alert as well as a video signal to your iPhone or Android smartphone. Continue reading
JBL has been getting creative with its speaker design lately, and the JBL Pebbles Plug and Play Stereo Computer Speakers are certainly no exception. Just look at this attractive pair of USB-powered speakers that look like oversized hockey pucks, standing on end and plugging into your Mac or PC’s USB 2.0 port.
Do they sound as cool as they look? Let’s give them a close listen. Continue reading