TECH REPORT  

John Brandon


An Easier Way to Make Calls on the Go

A review of the Jabra Freeway, a Bluetooth speakerphone that clips to a car visor  Read story

How to Stop Wasting Your Time on Twitter

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon tests Sprout Social, a Web-based tool that lets you manage and analyze multiple social media accounts. Here are the results.  Read story

4 New Wi-Fi-Only Tablets

If you’re not thrilled with the idea of buying a tablet with a pricey wireless plan, you’re in luck. Now there are plenty of Wi-Fi-only options from whic...  View slideshow

10 Tech Innovations to Help Your Business

The word “innovation” is meaningless unless it actually helps your business. As a contributing technology writer for the magazine, I come across brillian...  View slideshow

How to Choose the Right Vehicle for Your Business

If you are considering buying company cars or expanding your current fleet, here's a look at three cars worth the investment.  Read story

What a "Second Internet" Means for Small Business

What if you could conduct business on a second, more secure Internet?  Read story

4 Innovative Keyboards

We tested four keyboards with newfangled features. Here are the results.  View slideshow

Review: The HP Veer Smartphone

A look at the Veer, a phone that runs on Palm’s updated webOS2 platform  Read story

Can You Make Your Own App?

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon gave two DIY app building tools a whirl. Here are the results.  Read story

Tangle-Free Laptop Speakers

Here’s the skinny on Altec Lansing’s new Orbit USB stereo speakers, which are designed for travel.  Read story

3 Rugged Digital Cameras

We put three rugged cameras through the paces. Here are the results.  Read story

How to Use the Cloud as a Disaster Recovery Strategy

The cloud is being used for almost everything but is using it as part of a disaster recovery strategy good for your business? Learn how to decide and implement.  Read story

Best Phone for Travel: HTC Aria

This Android phone has a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, and a great app selection. Calls on the AT&T phone sounded crisp, even in ...  Read story

Best Hotel for Fitness: W New York - Downtown

This new financial district hotel has a 1,450-square-foot gym with boxing stations and yoga equipment, plus stationary bikes and elliptical machine...  Read story

Best Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad X220

It might be time to rethink your laptop. The 3.3-pound ThinkPad, which had a battery life of 6.5 hours after fully charged, aced our Photoshop test...  Read story

Cool New Summer Gear

You may have plenty of gear for staying productive. Now, how about a little fun? We hunted down the coolest new summertime gadgets and accessories and gave s...  View slideshow

3 Handy Browser Plug-Ins

These add-ons to manage bookmarking and surfing could make your online time more productive.  Read story

A Better Way to Meet Online

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon recently tried out iMeet, a new Web-conferencing service that all the tech blogs seem to be raving about. Here’s what he...  Read story

4 Fabulous Golf Resorts

These stay-and-play resorts are great for business travelers who want to get back to nature.  Read story

Can Apps Make You a Better Networker?

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon gave several networking apps a whirl at a recent event for teleworkers. Here’s what he found.  Read story

4 Great New Business Laptops

We tested four new notebooks with fast processors and loads of features. Here are the results.  View slideshow

4 Geeked Out Cars for Business

These four sedans have the best new tech features and are great for business travel.  Read story

Review: Playbook Shows Promise, But Fails to Deliver Apps

The Blackberry Playbook excels at allowing multiple programs to be used simultaneously, but falls short on third-party apps and no e-mail client.  Read story

New Smartphone Security Apps

Here’s a look at mobile apps designed to make your phone safer.  Read story

3 New Superfast Printers

We tested three speedy printers with powerful processors. Here are the results.  Read story

Can You Fly Solo With a Tablet?

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon hopped on a plane with a tablet and a laptop to see how they stacked up. Here’s what he found.  Read story

A New Way to Pay With Credit Cards

Citibank recently announced a new type of credit card with a built-in computer chip that allows users to pay with the push of a button.  Read story

A Keyboard With a Built-in Scanner

The KeyScan Imaging Keyboard looks like a regular keyboard, but it is also equipped with a built-in scanner. How's that for multitasking!  Read story

Is It Time to Buy a 4G Gadget?

A review of the Samsung Epic 4G smartphone and the Dell Streak 7 tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas  Read story

4 New Projectors for Any Surface

Here's a look at four new projectors that can make any surface interactive. No whiteboard required.  View slideshow

4 New Internet Headsets

We've tested four innovative models of internet headsets to determine which is best for daily use. Here's what we've found.  View slideshow

A Real-Life Jetpack

Martin Aircraft founder Glenn Martin was inspired to build a jetpack after watching Lost in Space as a child.  Read story

Communicate Via Brainwaves

NeuroSky is developing ways for people to communicate using only their thoughts, kind of like the aliens in the upcoming sci-fi movie Battle: Los Angeles...  Read story

A Computer Controlled by Hand Gestures

After serving as a science adviser on Minority Report, John Underkoffler set out to make a real version of the gesture interface he mocked up for th...  Read story

Scale Tall Buildings

Batman served as inspiration for Nathan Ball, the creator of the Atlas Power Ascender.  Read story

More Advanced Iris Scanner

The InSight VM by AOptix is much more advanced than the iris recognition device in The Simpsons Movie.   Read story

Star Trek-Style Communicator Badge

Vocera is outfitting hospital workers with personal communicators like the ones used by Captain Kirk and his crew.  Read story

Underwater Car

Inspired by James Bond's amphibious vehicle in The Spy Who Loved Me, Frank Rinderknecht created a car that drives underwater.  Read story

4 New Windows Phones

A review of devices that run on the new Windows 7 Phone platform  View slideshow

A New Way to Text in Flight

The Line2 Professional iPhone app lets you send and receive text messages on an airplane using Wi-Fi.  Read story