Crowdfunding is the smart way to take ideas like the Pebble watch to market
Naomi Alderman: A new wristwatch got off the ground with Kickstarter – a site where you just need enough people to say 'I'd pay for that'
What are London’s tube travellers e-reading?
Anna Baddeley asked a dozen commuters what they had on their e-readers
Tony Blackburn: I’m very into gadgets
Celebrity squares: Legendary British DJ Tony Blackburn is really a geek at heart ... and somewhat of an Apple fan, too
Wanted: an ethical tablet
Ask Jack: A reader wants to buy a tablet for her partner's birthday, but would prefer something more ethical than an iPad
Google Project Glass: will we really wear digital goggles?
Jack Schofield: We already carry smartphones – do we actually need wearable computers or are they just a fashion faux pas?
From head to footage: the best bike-helmet cameras
Helmet-mounted video cameras are a great way to film your cycle commutes and fun rides. Laura Laker reviews three popular choices
New iPad goes on sale: thousands queue around the globe
As the third version of Apple's popular tablet computer goes on sale, the company's stock price hits $600 for the first time. By Julia Kollewe and agencies
John Torode: there is no way a vacuum cleaner will ever be obsolete
Celebrity squares: MasterChef's John Torode loves clean floors, hates the Sony Discman ... and yes, he owns an iPhone
‘One in six parents can’t work kids’ gadgets’
Survey of how parents control children's access to adult media also finds 40% of kids allowed to watch films above age limit. By John Plunkett
The top 50 Android tablet apps
Stuart Dredge: Whether you've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab, Amazon's Kindle Fire or another Android tablet, you'll be looking for some great apps. We've picked some of the best
Ebook sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction
Antonia Senior: Publishers face secrecy over sales and an absence of industry-wide data to help them plot strategy
Apple the target of playwright’s ire over Chinese worker abuse
World's top tech firm brought to book by minor monologuist over working conditions in factories that make its gadgets
Will BlackBerry be the new Betamax? And what is Betamax anyway?
Open thread: Help us make a timeline of dying devices, to educate the Facebook generation about gadgets that have been (or will be) consigned to history
Listen up: wearing headphones can endanger life, study finds
US research finds number of pedestrians injured while wearing headphones has tripled in six years
CES 2012: 10 things we learned about the gadgets of the future
Retailers and distributors show what they will offer in the year ahead at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. By Charles Arthur
Smart fridge? Idiot fridge, more like
The latest breakthrough in home technology is a fridge which orders your food online, offers up recipe ideas, then switches the oven on for you. Susie Steiner is not convinced
Motorola Razr XT910 – review
Juliette Garside: Motorola's latest Razr is light, slim and fast – but there are a few annoying niggles
Asus Zenbook UX21 – review
Kate Bevan: Asus has taken a leaf out of Apple's book and come up with a slimline laptop that's packed with power
UP, the bracelet with a healthy app-etite for your lifestyle
Justin McGuirk: A rubber wristband called UP devours data on your activity levels, sleep patterns and eating habits and allows you to share this information with a 'team' of friends
Know thyself: the Quantified Self devotees who live by numbers
A band of hackers, patients, geeks and fitness freaks are using technology to fine-tune their lives
Charlie Brooker: the dark side of our gadget addiction
We are addicted to gadgets – but what are their side-effects? In his new drama series, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker explores the dark side of our love affair with technology
Now hear this: the history of headphones
The bulky contraptions of the 1930s have made way for sleek – and costly – designs
HMV booms as fans go Gaga for headphones
Personal technology sales shoot up amid CD slump, with young shoppers buying 'cans' as fashion accessories
See What You Print: can it shake up the world of printers?
Mark Piesing: Artefact's revolutionary wireless design features a full-length touchscreen – but will it ever make it past the concept stage?
iPhone 4S: micro-USB adapter saves money for Apple – and customers
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds: An EU agreement between mobile handset makers means that they all have to be chargeable through a micro-USB connector. But Apple uses a 30-pin connector everywhere else. Here's how it solves that - and makes a profit
Back to the future of fiction
Richard Lea: For all the speculation about digitisation transforming narrative, the latest developments in e-reading cleave to a very traditional model
Why you may never need a new mobile phone
A Danish firm is promising to give us electronic gadgets that will last for ever
Kindle Fire given cautious welcome by publishers
While device can boost ebook sales, latest devices intensify concerns over Amazon's increasing dominance of marketplace. By Benedicte Page
The top 50 iPad apps
It's the apps that bring the iPad to life. If you want to read a book, watch a movie, make a video call, paint a picture or just browse on the sofa, there's an app for you. Stuart Dredge picks the best
Sonos PLAY:3 – review
Charles Arthur: Streaming music to this trouble-free wireless hi-fi system is getting cheaper, while the quality remains high
Samsung Galaxy Tab sold just 20,000 out of 1m shipped, claims rival
Lenovo boss says that trying to undercut Apple means losing money as Chinese company offers tablet close to iPad pricing