Now playing: Watch this: Logitech PowerShell Controller + Battery turns your iPhone… 3:56 There are finally universal game controllers that work with Lightning-equipped iPhones and iPods running iOS 7. Both the Moga Ace Power and Logitech PowerShell offer the potential to turn your device into a little handheld game dynamo by adding buttons. But, there’s …

The world of wearable tech often feels like a desert of novelties, kept irrigated by investment capital. That impression doesn’t lessen when you hear about the Nex Band: conceived by the Montreal-based company Mighty Cast and announced today, it aims to be a high-end fashion accessory that also plans to be a “console on the wrist.” What does that mean, …

Apple has two new iPads, and they’ve never been more similar. The iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display are both out in stores, but unlike a year ago, the large and small iPad are, under the hood, more alike than different. Both have Retina displays, in the same resolution no less. Both have A7 processors. Both come in …

Apple has two Airs in its family, and they’re both closer in spirit than ever before. The 2013 MacBook Air is less expensive than 2012’s, and has a better battery life. The new iPad Air is smaller, lighter, and has a processor that’s inching closer to the potential of a laptop. Here’s the funny thing: the iPad Air starts at …

Can software make the Pebble smartwatch better? The patriarch of this generation of smartwatches isn’t getting a face-lift before the end of this year. The black-and-white nontouch display and bare-bones geek charm of the original Pebble will remain. Instead, Pebble will get a bevy of software and app updates, along with a brand-new SDK that promises the types of apps …

I flipped open the Microsoft Surface 2 tablet and gave it a go again recently, on the week before Apple’s October 22 event. And I remembered once again: that keyboard cover is really nice. To me, it’s the nicest part of the whole Surface package. And that keyboard/trackpad cover- – and what it does for the Surface — is exactly …

I was going to write a story on two watches: the Samsung Galaxy Gear, and the Pebble watch. They represent opposite ends of the wearable spectrum: Big Tech, and indie power. Each is making a bid for your wrist, but in a very different way: budget vs. high-end, locked down to several devices vs. open to iOS and Android. Then, …

Editors’ note: Updated October 4, 2013, with the Samsung Galaxy Gear. Why wear a smartwatch? You might have said the same thing about carrying a smartphone before those got smart enough to be truly useful. Smartwatches are a sort of mini tech trend of the moment, but here’s the brutal truth: we wouldn’t recommend that our friends buy any of …

“Excuse me. I just wanted to ask: did you know I was taking a picture of you with my watch?” This is what I asked a barista at a coffee shop near work, because, moments before, that’s exactly what I did. Wearing a black-and-steel Samsung Galaxy Gear on my wrist, I made a few swipes and taps on the screen …

The iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S are here. They’ve been reviewed. We all know their salient details, their color schemes, their prices. So, here’s the question: what do these mean about the next iPads? We know there will be new iPads. We expect they’ll be released very soon — October, most likely. And just like the new iPhones, expect two …