Joanna Stern, who has spent the better part of the past decade on the gadget beat, knows phones, tablets and laptops inside and out. In her weekly columns and lively videos she helps people make smarter tech decisions. Ms. Stern previously was the technology editor at ABC News and a reviewer and editor at The Verge and Engadget. She lives in New York City and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. You can email Joanna at joanna.stern@wsj.com and follow her on Twitter @joannastern.
It finally happened: There is now a modern-looking BlackBerry that has, thanks to Android, a modern operating system.
Twenty drops. Ten times from five feet up. Ten times from ten feet up. And the Motorola Droid Turbo 2’s screen didn't suffer so much as a small crack.
Borrowing the iPhone’s leading design isn’t enough to make the HTC One A9 the best Android phone.
This laptop with a detachable touchscreen moonlights as a tablet, and if Microsoft overcomes some glitches, Joanna Stern says it will be the Windows laptop to beat.
Dell proves a Windows machine can have a trackpad as good a MacBook.
Lately, Windows laptops have by and large been, well, terrible. By announcing the all-new Surface Book on Tuesday, Microsoft wants to make sure that this is absolutely no longer the case. And from my short time trying out the device, it seems to be on the right track.
Google’s latest mobile operating system integrates the best of Apple’s iOS—and when it comes to essential smartphone features, it hardly matters which platform you choose, writes Joanna Stern.
As Apple Music’s free three-month trial comes to an end, we decided to argue whether Spotify or Apple Music is the best streaming music service. We hope you agree with... the correct answer.
The latest version of Apple’s OS X can make your Mac feel new again. Joanna Stern highlights the new multitasking and search tricks.
The iPhone 6s is fast, with more shortcuts than the iPhone 6, but it still doesn’t deliver the No. 1 thing people want in a smartphone—better battery life.
Though far from a giant leap in innovation, iOS 9 arrives Wednesday to save you battery life, unnecessary frustration and, most important, time.
Apple just announced a bunch of new products in a two hour keynote. But who has that kind of time? Let Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal show you the new range in two minutes.
The iPad Pro is unlike any other iPad before it: it’s built for the workplace, has a stylus and it’s huge.
Apple has once again refused to drop the 16 gigabyte storage option, which is too small for most people.
With carriers’ subsidized phone deals going out the window, there’s never been a better—or more confusing—time to sell your old smartphone. Joanna Stern reviews the options.
With circular screens and finer materials, the Moto 360 and Samsung Gear S2 look like real watches. But based on my short time seeing the new devices, real utility, which can only come through improved software, seems to be on the back burner.
Motorola's new Moto 360 smartwatch is now available in two sizes, with more color and design combinations than you could piece together at the fashion mall.
Transforming boring, flat snapshots into ones that look like tiny floating planets is a cinch with the Theta camera or the right apps.
Apple’s in-dash system for the iPhone sure beats anything that comes with your car but it needs more gas to take on Google.
Geoffrey A. Fowler and Joanna Stern list five ways China’s mobile culture has leapfrogged what Americans do with their phones.