
16 Essential Apps the Gear Patrol Staff Can’t Live Without
There are a whole lot of apps out there, but here are a selection that you really should check out.

There are a whole lot of apps out there, but here are a selection that you really should check out.
By Eric Limer

Google Assistant can now help you remember where you parked your car automatically using location history.
By Eric Limer


A look back at an entire week’s worth of gear.
By Gear Patrol

The newest flagship Android devices from Google may be pragmatic, but there’s still a ton to love about them.
By Ben Bowers

Samsung’s latest flagship is finally here. Find out why it’s the next evolution in smartphone design.
By Ben Bowers

The Blackphone 2 gets aggressive with security, because there’s no measure too great to make sure your selfies are secure.
By Darren Murph

Get a quick glimpse behind the curtain with a look at the phone home screens of 15 GP staffers and a little on their favorite apps.
By Gear Patrol

In a world cluttered with uncertainties, you can be assured of this: you’ll never be stumped for something to buy if there’s a techie in your life. As the pace of innovation hastens each year, the technology fanatics among us can’t ever seem to find contentedness.
By Gear Patrol

It’s easy to think that the ground made up by “TV Anywhere” streaming services from television providers as well as on demand resources like Netflix, Hulu Plus and HBO GO have made owning a dedicated device like the Slingbox M1 irrelevant. But is that really the case?
By Ben Bowers

Google just released a new “Material Design” standard for Android, which aims to decrease design fragmentation.
By Darren Murph

Consoles don’t provide much in the way of portability (anyone else ever own this masterpiece of engineering?), and grown men carrying Gameboys often attract the wrong kind of attention, but mobile games offer interactive experiences on the devices that most of us carry every day. They allow us a bit of serenity when we need it most — in the airport, on the subway, at a questionable mid-life Bris.
By Kenny Gould

Sony’s finally taken the gloves off in the smartphone ring with its Xperia Z and Zl flagship Android handsets. Externally, the perfectly rectangular 0.31 inch thick Z is a classic example of Sony design and definitely different, — but it’ll likely take some getting used to in the hand.
By Ben Bowers





Competition meets innovation
By Chris Wright

