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A Social Web Browser

Katie tests the iPhone app for RockMelt, a new Web browser for the serious social network user.

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The Echo Doubles Up on Touch Screens

There’s nothing special about a smartphone with a slide-out keyboard, but a smartphone with two touch screens is enough to turn heads. Katie reviews the Kyocera Echo.

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The Little Robot Made to Clean the Icky Spots

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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PC Downloads as Easy as an App

Installing new software on a personal computer can be a time-consuming and tedious process that’s nowhere near as fast and effortless as downloading an app for a smartphone. Now there’s a better way: Get an app for your PC.

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Games to Flex Your Brain

Katie tests two products that claim to keep your brain nimble: Dakim BrainFitness and Lumosity by Lumos Labs Inc.

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Nintendo’s 3DS Brings Dizzying Fun On the Go

Katie tests Nintendo 3DS, the first videogame that promises 3-D without the goofy glasses.

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A Digital “Magazine” With One Subscriber

A new iPad app called Zite makes the news-gathering process a lot easier. The app crawls over half a million Web domains to find specific reading material that would be of interest to users, according to their social network and online reading behavior.

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Find a Story to Hear Wherever It May Be

Katie reviews Broadcaster social-networking site that involves location-specific storytelling.

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New Way to Check Out eBooks

Get out your library cards: Now you can wirelessly download electronic books from your local library using the Apple iPad or an Android tablet.

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It’s Hard to Cut the Charging Cords

A pad to charge all your mobile devices sounds like a great idea, and yet most people are still fumbling with jumbles of power cords. Katie looks at the different technologies involved and why charging pads aren’t more commonplace.

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App Way to Gripe (or Praise) About Service

Katie looks at Tello, a new website and mobile app that encourages users to chime in on their customer-service experiences, good or bad.

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‘With This App, I Thee Wed…’

Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.

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Three Funky Mice Made for Laptops

Katie looks at three computer mice made for laptop users. Their designs make them simple to pack in a bag, use while sitting on the couch or recharge directly from the laptop.

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A New Social Network Where Inquiring Minds Run Wild

Katie takes a look at Quora, a question-and-answer site that encourages thoughtful—even long-winded—discussions.

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Turning a Tablet Into a Board Game

In the new Digital Solution column, Katie tests a game that successfully marries digital and analog games by using the first physical device to digitally interact with the Apple iPad.

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Katherine A. (Katie) Boehret is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where she has worked since 2002 in the office of columnist Walt Mossberg. She writes the weekly The Digital Solution column, a review of consumer technology which appears every Wednesday.

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