Here come 'Awareness of Things' gadgets
A new class of mobile device is tiny, cheap and gives you total information awareness about your stuff.
Stories by Mike Elgan
Inside Amazon's, Facebook's and Google's self-serving 'philanthropy'
Tech giants don't want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place better than they do.
What's in your food? Tech will tell!
Technology is empowering consumers with knowledge about what's really in the food we eat.
Why Google Fi? Because it's fast, cheap and easy
The best mobile service just got way, way better. Google's poorly understood Fi is just too good to pass up, especially for digital nomads.
Where's my single social stream?
Years ago, everybody wanted their social activity unified into a single stream. Is the dream still alive?
YouTube live mobile video changes everything
Google finally embraces mobile live video streaming. Here's why the world will never be the same.
High-end mobile VR is virtually here
A new category of virtual reality is emerging -- somewhere between tethered consoles and smartphone add-ons.
These three virtual assistants point the way to the future
Step aside, Siri, Cortana and Alexa. We look at three new virtual assistants that raise the bar for usefulness, interactivity and personalization.
How to end online harassment
The wisdom of the crowd is showing the way to a harassment-free social Internet: Bring back the "walled garden."
What are phone jammers trying to tell us?
Cellphone jammers are illegal. So why do people keep using them? (Hint: because tech moves too slowly.)
This is why you need Google Spaces
Google's newest social app is called Google Spaces. Here's why you should use it, and how.
When the bot is you
Soon you'll be chatting away with artificially intelligent bots. But the bot revolution will also usher in something strange: It will give us a bot to talk for us, as us. I call it a "me bot."
How the smartphone is being reinvented (in 7 cases)
Smartphones are reaching the limits of innovation. Now they're being transformed by their cases.
Why even Google can't connect Cuba
Reports say Google intends to help wire Cuba and bring the island into the 21st century. But that's not going to happen.
A smart home that's really smart
Forget the smart gadgets. The ultimate home automation appliance is the house itself.