Posts By John Herrman

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Giz Explains: Why Time Flies
3:00AM February 9, 2011 | John Herrman

Time flies when you’re having fun. But you’re at work, and work sucks. So how is it 5 o’clock already? More »

Mobile

Giz Explains: Why Your Call Dropped
5:20AM January 26, 2011 | John Herrman

The called just died, and for no apparent reason. You were just walking down the street, for God’s sake. So, let’s talk about it: What happened? More »

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Kyle Eats CES
4:00PM January 8, 2011 | John Herrman

CES is tough. You have to blog a lot, walk a lot and drink a lot, usually without getting nearly enough sleep or eating your proper food pyramid portions. Kyle was hungry all the time! So he ate a lot.

Entertainment

I Just Want A Dumb TV
1:05PM January 8, 2011 | John Herrman

Hey, so remember when building VCRs into TVs seemed like a good idea? And then how it turned out that is wasn’t? Yeah, connected TVs are basically just like that. More »

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Life’s Like A Road That You Travel On
10:20AM January 8, 2011 | John Herrman

With all the product announcements, press conferences, events and exhibits to cover at CES, we almost missed the most important item of the day. Almost. A meme has achieved perfection. More »

Mobile

Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Can Use Any Phone To Upload Photos
3:25PM January 7, 2011 | John Herrman

Having an Eye-Fi wireless SD card in your camera is useful, but only if there’s a wireless network to connect to. Soon, though, anyone with an Eye-Fi X2 will be able to upload photos through their phone’s 3G connection. More »

Cameras

ContourGPS Uses Your Smartphone As A Viewfinder
2:48PM January 7, 2011 | John Herrman

Hey, people with ContourGPS sports cameras: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE WON A PRIZE! That camera you’ve got strapped to your helmet has been hiding a secret Bluetooth chip, which you’ll soon be able to use to stream live video to your smartphone. More »

Computing

What Is Gorilla Glass?
2:31PM January 6, 2011 | John Herrman

The allure of Gorilla Glass is no mystery to anyone with a Droid, an iPhone 4, a Galaxy tab or a Dell Adamo. But for everyone else wondering about all the new Gorilla Glass gear at CES, here’s the rundown. More »

Gadgets

What Is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?
11:12AM January 6, 2011 | John Herrman

HEAR THIS: 2011 will be the year of Bluetooth. Or rather the other year of Bluetooth, the first one being, like, 1995. Anyway, here’s why you should care about the ‘tooth again: It’s called BLE. It’s like Bluetooth Light. More »

Computing

Project Denver: Nvidia Is Finally Making Its Own Processor
8:21AM January 6, 2011 | John Herrman

Slipped in at end of a string of small announcements from the company and its partners – some cool Tegra-powered games, and Skype HD on Android – was a telling glimpse at Nvidia’s future. Yep, they’re making a processor. A weird processor! More »