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Plus, saving the data on your laptop after a spill.
Despite its flashy features, such as Dynamic Perspective and Firefly, the Fire Phone can stand alone for those uninterested in such frills.
Mobile apps can offer realistic graphics and sophisticated controls that simulate many aspects of flying real aircraft.
Security experts say email is a lot more like a postcard than a letter inside an envelope, and almost anyone can read it while the note is in transit.
Blackphone is impressive for the level of privacy that it offers, but do consumers need that amount of security from their smartphone?
Plus, saving the data on your laptop after a spill.
Plus, how to remote control and share between Macs.
An attempted murder in Wisconsin is tied to Slender Man, a crowdsourced fictional character said to be a modern twist on the folklore once passed down orally.
Studying how social media sites are used can provide valuable insight into human behavior and may also help curb their power and potential for abuse.
An audit of subscriptions can help a consumer find services that are duplicated or unneeded, or that have even been forgotten.
Those concerned about their online profiles have a range of options, from deactivating their accounts completely to limiting who sees past posts.
Apps can time a user’s exposure to the summer sun, and recommend protective clothing and sunscreen factors.
Beachgoers can get weather reports, surf forecasts and some summer reading.
Whether desktop or portable, a user’s own device offers an alternative to cloud storage with its monthly fees.
Users who mainly want a tablet that can sometimes be used a computer may be fine, but if you want to do intensive work, the Surface Pro isn’t the best.
Plus, planning ahead for iOS 8, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system.
Also, how to collect scanned pages into a single PDF file.
Browse all the mobile app coverage that has appeared in The New York Times by category, and see what Times writers have on their phones and tablets.
A collection of App Smart columns and articles about mobile applications from The New York Times.
A series from The Well blog explores how technology can help us better understand our personal health.
The Times tested some of the latest and most popular trackers to compare how they work and the various features they offer.
High-tech fitness and activity trackers all share one thing: an accelerometer. Here’s how they work — and don’t.
Raspberry Pi, a tiny computer the size of a credit card, has captured the imaginations of students, educators and tinkerers around the world since it became available in 2012.
Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the center of a home’s entertainment universe, providing Skype video calls and playing television shows, music and more.
The cleaning device figures out the size of your window mirror and then cleans the surface on its own.
Nest, the company founded by the former Apple designer Tony Fadell, released a new version of its self-learning thermostat on Tuesday.
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