iPhone sales drive record quarter for gadget-maker Apple
The Borneo Post
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple blew past forecasts and reported record quarterly net profit and revenue in the first quarter since the death of founder Steve Jobs, driven by strong sales of the new iPhone. Apple said its net profit more than doubled in the first …
iPhone 5 likely to hit shelves by summer
Rumor Mill Buzzes With Shape – and Size – of iPhones to Come
Apple shares soar, edges ExxonMobil in market cap | Bangkok Post: tech
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Gadget warranty provider SquareTrade lands $238M from Bain Capital
GigaOm
By Colleen Taylor Jan. 24, 2012, 5:08pm PT No Comments SquareTrade, a San Francisco-based company that provides warranties for consumer electronics products such as the iPhone, iPad, laptops and e-readers, landed a $238 million investment from Bain …

DC police offers rewards for gadget theft info
WJLA
By Kendis Gibson, Autria Godfrey Several DC neighborhoods are on alert after a rash of robberies, particularly in the last 24 hours. The spike in robberies over the last three months has become an unsettling trend. Thieves targeting technology, going …

Gadget Magnet – Conversation improves without cell phones
Explorer News
We have sent or looked at a text while driving. We have glanced at our cellphone while sitting with a group of close friends. We have at one time or another excused ourselves from a situation to take a phone call on our cell phone.

Will this gadget be the next George Foreman Grill?
Globe and Mail
If there's anyone who can sell an obscure, unintuitive and relatively expensive kitchen gadget to tens of millions of North American soccer moms, Robert Lamson should be able to do it. Mr. Lamson was a co-creator of the Juiceman, the category-defining …

Go Go Gadget: Inebriation Station
Big Shiny Robot!
When my friends get together to play video games we drink beer. Actually when we do anything we drink beer, it's how we tolerate each other. Kill-Tac has a few awesome cabinet arcades at his house but they have nothing on the Inebration Station from …

Christmas Gadget Explosion is Thankfully Figurative
Geeks are Sexy Technology News
The statistical margin of error in this case means there's a 95% chance that the actual nationwide rise for each type of gadget was somewhere between as narrow as a leap from 12% to 16.6% and as wide as moving from 8% to 21.4%.

Gadget Review: In where I use a GPS tracking device, on purpose
Victoria Advocate (blog)
By cjcastillo in Digital Babble If anyone would have asked me to test out a GPS tracking device a few years ago, I would have laughed in their faces. But not before quickly running home to check for hidden surveillance devices, and then possibly …

Plug-in gadget halts phone texting, apps while driving
GigaOm
By Kevin C. Tofel Jan. 22, 2012, 9:38am PT No Comments Scosche has a simple plug-and-play solution to help curb smartphone activities while driving. Users insert the $129 CellControl in to their vehicle's OBD-II interface — a standard port on cars …
Dangerous Cell Phone Use Will be Blocked, Thanks to Scosche cellCONTROL
Scosche cellCONTROL Blocks Dangerous Cell Phone Use While Driving

Gadget Lab Podcast: CES Wrap-Up
Wired News
By Christina Bonnington This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the gang recalls some of its favorite products from the whirlwind, week-long tech-stravaganza known as the Consumer Electronics Show. Gadget Lab editor Jon Phillips and staff writer Christina …