This special iPhone is full of iBling. Goldgenie With a name like “Diamond Ecstasy,” you’re going to have high expectations. The Diamond Ecstasy limited-edition iPhone 6 from UK luxury purveyor Goldgenie pretty much delivers on that promise of affluent euphoria. This is not a phone meant for the masses. This is a phone meant for …

The Samsung event invite might make you hungry. Samsung There’s an art to creating an invitation for a major technology event. You want to hint at what’s to come without really giving anything away. Apple has been a master of this. Usually you get spare graphics and a short phrase designed to generate excitement. Samsung’s latest take on this phenomenon …

The Apple Watch will arrive in April. CNET Though many third-party bling-purveyors have transformed iPhones and iPads into gold-slathered objects of desire, the upcoming 18-karat-gold Apple Watch will represent a new level of official luxury within actual Apple Stores. At least one Apple observer thinks the gold watch could sell for up $5,000. That’s not the sort of product you …

This teen is not amused by the VexBox. VexBox This is how I imagine the conversation would go between a parent who has just installed a VexBox and that parent’s teen: “Have you cleaned your room yet?” “No, mom. I’m video-chatting with my friends online.” “Oh, yeah? How does it feel to video-chat with them like it’s 1998? Clean your …

Snap a chicken selfie and print it off right away. Prynt Smartphone photographers have expended a considerable amount of effort in the quest to transform crisp digital images into gauzy, washed-out, retro-looking photos. It seems a lot of us would love to crawl back in time to an era when instant Polaroid photos were the height of cool. If Instagram …

The future is almost now. Augmented-reality and virtual-reality headsets are real things, it’s just a matter of refining the technology. A large volley has just been fired across the bow of the marketplace by Microsoft, which announced the HoloLens, an augmented-reality system that uses goggles to overlay virtual objects and information onto the real world around you. The HoloLens is …

This dainty keyboard is made for traveling. WayTools Typing on tablet and smartphone screens isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. They’re small, it’s easy to tap the wrong key and you don’t get the satisfying tactile feedback you get from a regular keyboard. A new take on portable keyboards hopes to remedy those problems in a package just one-third …

That’s a slim and sleek little Mac idea. Curved Labs Remember that “Doctor Who” episode when all of history is happening simultaneously and Winston Churchill is the Holy Roman Emperor? Even if you haven’t seen it, you can imagine what it might be like to have time folded into a big wad where everything is familiar, but nothing is quite …

My first Facebook profile photo.Ed Taylor I sensed a disturbance in the social-media force. Something was happening in the feed. Time began to warp, the years draining away like Zuckerberg had pulled the plug on the great online bathtub of information that is Facebook. My friends were getting younger. There’s a hot trend romping through Facebook where people go back …

Phone case or ninja gear? You decide. Nitto Novelty smartphone cases have become something of an art form. While the pinnacle already may have been reached with KFC Japan’s fried-chicken drumstick case, there’s still room for innovation. Take the Trick Cover iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus case, for example. It’s a slide-y, flip-y, floppy creation that allows you to …