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Remember the Parrot!
This is the gadget industry’s week of hope and promise. But if you’re a dark sort, you can invert all that and see nothing but doom. Me, I’m a peppy, perky guy. Ask anybody! Still, if I were a gloomy...
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Three Funky Mice Made for Laptops
It isn’t easy being a computer mouse these days. While laptop sales grow and desktop sales decline, more people rely solely on laptop touchpads, many of which offer more functionality than mice. And...
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SB Nation Sacks AOL in Raid of Former Engadget Team for Competing New Tech...
Jim Bankoff, the fomer AOL exec responsible for buying Engadget for the Internet portal, has grabbed eight staffers who had recently left the huge tech site amid tensions, in order to start a new...
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AOL Confirms Tim Stevens as New Engadget Editor in Chief
As BoomTown reported earlier, AOL has confirmed that Tim Stevens (pictured here in a classic Speed Racer pose, but see his real face below) will replace Josh Topolsky as editor in chief of Engadget....
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Former AOL Media Exec Marty Moe to Join Engadget Gang of Eight at SB Nation
Just what is SB Nation’s Jim Bankoff up to? Earlier this week, he hired away eight staffers from AOL’s Engadget in order to create a competing tech news and gadget reviews site. And now, according to...
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Former Top Editor Makes Another Talent Raid on AOL's Engadget for New...
I love the smell of blog wars in the morning! Acting as Facebook often does to Google, a new site started by former Engadget editor Josh Topolsky just hired away yet another passel of tech journalists...
View ArticleJawbone's Newest Product: Health-Tracking Wristband Called UP
Jawbone, the San Francisco consumer electronics start-up that just grabbed another $70 million in funding, has announced its latest gadget called UP. The new product is described as “an intelligent,...
View ArticleNew Tech Gadget News Site Name: The Verge
A new tech site, which has been founded by a number of former staffers of AOL-owned Engadget and operating temporarily as This Is My Next, will be announcing its new name — The Verge — during an...
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AsiaD Adventures, Japan Edition: Walt and Kara Visit Digital Tokyo! (Video)
On our weeklong trip to Asia in preparation for our upcoming AsiaD conference in the fall — including a stop in South Korea earlier in the week — Walt Mossberg and I have spent the last few days in...
View ArticleViral Video: "The Avengers"
Lotsa superheroes, lotsa CGI and special effects, lotsa techie gadgets. You had me at lotsa. Here’s the trailer for the upcoming movie “The Avengers.”
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On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts
Tonight at 1 am PT, techies who have nothing else to do — that would be me! — can click onto a brand new tech site called The Verge. Well, kind of — it’s the result of many months of work by the gang...
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Viral Video: Rat Fingers, TouchFire and Sphero Demos
Here’s a ZDNet video of the gadgets I selected for the Churchill Club event that Walt Mossberg and I do annually. This year’s celebrity geek guests were a pair of well-known Silicon Valley...
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Viral Video: Walt Mossberg Demos Tangle-Resistant Ear Buds, an iPhone Beer...
AllThingsD tech-reviewer kingpin Walt Mossberg also showed off his favorite fun gadgets at the annual Churchill Club event in Silicon Valley earlier this week. Among his picks: Tangle-resistant ear...
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In Memoriam: Tech Products We Lost Too Soon
The year is nearing its end, and while 2012 is expected to be increasingly cloud-y, voice-controlled and filled with more mobile madness, this seems like an appropriate moment to look back and remember...
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At CES, Expect More Gadgets Telling You to Get Off the Couch
If your resolutions for the new year include health and fitness goals, several new products showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in January just might help you get there. Two of the 25 TechZones...
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There Better Be Some Cool Stuff at CES, Because CE Holiday Sales Data Bytes!
Just as the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this week, according to a report from the NPD Group: Consumer electronics sales during this past holiday period dropped six percent from last...
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With FuelBand, Nike Gets Into the Ultra-Wearable Fitness Game
Another lightweight, polymer-encased fitness wristband has hit the market. But this one comes from Nike. The Nike+ FuelBand measures time, calories, steps and “NikeFuel.” It uses an accelerometer to...
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Meet the New Sony CEO, Kaz Hirai (Video)
Sony said today that it had promoted the long-expected heir apparent, Kazuo Hirai, to take over as president and CEO of the consumer electronics giant. The exec has most recently been leading Sony’s...
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An Inside Look at the FCC's Gadget Library (Video)
The library of the Federal Communications Commission houses plenty of books and newspapers, but it is also home to a growing collection of TVs, smartphones and tablets. About a year ago, the agency...
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All Things Hired: Bonnie Cha Is Our Latest ATD Reviewer
On the heels of our recent hiring of Mike Isaac to cover social tech for this site, Bonnie Cha will be joining the staff of All Things Digital as a senior reviewer. She joins Walt Mossberg and Katie...
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