I’ll be honest: the most fun I had this weekend was not eating pizza and watching “Cool Hand Luke.” It was not sitting on the deck and reading “Game of Thrones” on my Nook Color. It wasn’t even playing with my kids (because they’re out of town–how shallow do you think I am?!). No, the …

Inductive chargers combine coolness and convenience like few other gadgets. Just lay your phone on a special pad and presto, it recharges–no dock, no wires, no fuss, no muss. Unfortunately, they tend to be expensive. The Energizer Qi system I reviewed a few months back, for example, was $90 for the pad and $35 for the special case that makes …

As someone who’s been happily streaming the likes of “Party Down” and “Phineas and Ferb” to his iPhone and iPad for the better part of a year, I can’t help but feel for the poor Android phone and tablet owners who can’t get in on the Netflix goodness. Sure, a Netflix app is available for Android, but it’s compatible with …

I wish I had invisible fingers. That’s the only way I can figure to get maximum enjoyment out of Gravitarium2, a dazzling iPad-only app driven entirely by your digits. It works like this: you’re presented with an animated star field of sorts, packed with little randomly moving blips. When you touch a finger to the screen, the stars gather and …

Time for a pop quiz. Are you a fan of: (A) Bank robberies? (B) High-speed chases? (C) Vehicular destruction? (D) Jumps, power-ups, and coin-collecting? All of the above? Me, too! What you’ll want to do, then, is toss the sofa cushions, scrape together $2.99, deposit those coins in your PC, and buy a copy of Reckless Getaway–the single most fun …

Back in late 2009, software developer Nuance made waves with Dragon Dictation, a killer free app that translates your voice into text. For Nuance’s next trick, Dragon Go turns your voice into a search engine. Just tap the Record button, say what you’re looking for, and presto: the app runs a search. Wait a minute, doesn’t the Google app do …

Ever notice how the iPhone’s Camera app can take forever to load? And if you switch to movie mode, that can tack on several more seconds–not ideal when you’re trying to capture a moment. Just yesterday, for example, my son broke into a crazy and hilarious dance in front of the TV. I wanted to grab some video, but by …

Let’s just get this out of the way right up front. The best “Star Trek” series was the original. Second-best: “Star Trek: Voyager.” Worst by far: “Enterprise.” I say that so you know who you’re dealing with: a lifelong Trekkie who has strong feelings about the shows and movies. (I also thought J.J. Abrams’ reboot was good, but not great.) …

The iAngle stores your earbuds and props up your iPhone. iAngle Tired of tangled earbuds? Of course you are; they’re one of life’s biggest hassles, right up there with newspaper ink that gets on your fingers and highway traffic jams that seem to happen for no reason. The iAngle is a triangular cord-wrap designed to keep earbud cords neat and …

The best things in life are free. You know: love, sunsets, the second pizza you get you when you buy the first pizza. And apps. Definitely apps. If you’re an iPhone, iPod, or iPad user, you can find a smattering of freebies by rooting around the App Store. But those are just the tip of a huge iceberg (free-berg?). With …