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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: The Gift You Buy After a Successful IPO

After all the trouble of taking your company public, you deserve to treat yourself to the best things life has to offer. We’ve put together a wish...  View slideshow

4 Cell Phones That Can Take a Beating

Just how tough are rugged phones? We tested them to find out.  Read more

My Favorite Tool for Organizing Data

Entrepreneur Ryan Goodman explains how he uses Roambi to turn spreadsheet data into interactive files that he can access on his iPhone.  Read more

Rev Up Your Old PC

A review of four software programs designed to find and remove junk that is slowing down your computer.  Read more

Lost and Found: Smart Tags for Luggage

A look at two services that help retrieve lost items, including bags, laptops, and phones.  Read more

Things I Can't Live Without: Keith Britton of My Fashion Database

Britton's favorite things include Action Method Cahier notebooks and Theory's Kris HL Jacket.  Read more

A New Way to Share Trip Plans

The skinny on TripIt's new shared calendar, which makes it easier to keep track of coworkers.  Read more

Not Your Father's Whiteboard

Tired of ho-hum presentations? Try Sharp's new interactive whiteboard, which is actually a 70-inch touchscreen monitor.  Read more

A Souped-up Digital Pen

A look at Wacom's Inkling, a digital pen designed to record drawings.  Read more

DIY Tools for Creating Smartphone-Friendly Websites

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon reviews DudaMobile and FiddleFly, two services that convert regular websites to mobile sites that work on most smartphones.  Read more

A New Way to Prioritize E-mail

In the June issue of Inc . magazine, we featured an artic...  Read more

8 Gadgets That Simplify Life

Every once in a while, a tech gadget comes along that leaves you wondering how you ever ran your business without it. These eight innovations get our vote.  View slideshow

Appsumo's Dropbox Pro Giveaway

Appsumo, the daily deal site for software, has launched a sweepstakes offering 10 free Dropbox Pro accounts for life.  The pro account, valued at $99...  Read more

New Toy from Buckyballs Creator

When Buckyballs hit stores two years ago, the tiny magnetic metal globes that you mash and mold together became a hit with office workers, including some ...  Read more

The Goods: Water Coolers

The water cooler has long been a focal point of office life. But gone are the days of big plastic bottles. These bottle-free coolers cut down on landfill was...  View slideshow

My Favorite Web Analytics Tool

Entrepreneur Andy Crestodina explains how he uses Crazy Egg to analyze web traffic.  Read more

Web Translation Made Simple

The skinny on a new Web-based service that can translate websites into more than 50 foreign languages  Read more

3 Travel Reward Cards

A look at three travel reward credit cards with added perks, like generous sign-up bonuses  Read more

Finding Workspace on the Fly

During a recent business trip, Tech Trends columnist John Brandon tried out LiquidSpace, a website and app designed to help you find a temporary workspace.  Read more

3 Souped-Up Note-Taking Apps

Here’s a look at three supercharged note-taking apps for a variety of smartphones and tablets.  Read more

Things I Can't Live Without: Elizabeth Cutler of SoulCycle

Cutler’s favorite things include the Polar Hearth Rate Monitor and Dakine’s Over Under Bag.  Read more

A Stylish New Labelmaker

Looking to get organized? Epson’s new LabelWorks LW-400 has plenty of design options for creating labels with style.  Read more

New Yammer Plug-Ins for Business

Collaboration tool Yammer has announced Yammer Connect, a suite of plug-ins that let you integrate Yammer’s capabilities into other business applica...  Read more

2 New Tools for Safeguarding Your Website

Website backup made simple  Read more

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 more