David Pogue

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Scandal-Plagued Tech Columnist’s Latest Problem

4:20AM May 28, 2011 | Adrian Chen

New York Times gadget guru David Pogue hit the tech scandal sheets this month when he was arrested for a domestic disturbance in which he allegedly hit his wife with an iPhone. Now, we learn he’s dating an executive at a PR firm that represents companies that Pogue writes about all the time. More »


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New York Times Tech Columnist Allegedly Hit Wife With iPhone

3:38AM May 21, 2011 | Adrian Chen

Here’s an account of the violent domestic dispute that ended with New York Times technology columnist David Pogue and his wife booked for disorderly conduct in their hometown of Westport, Connecticut. It includes a detail that casts Pogue’s reputation as an expert users of gadgets in an unfortunate light: More »


Geek Out

David Pogue Parodies Britney Spears With “Apps!…I Did It Again”

10:10AM November 19, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

David Pogue instantly found a fan in me with his Apple-themed rendition of Britney Spears’ “Oops…I did it again” as memories of mornings spent singing into a hairbrush flooded back. Granted Pogue actually sounds better than both Britney and I. More »


Mobile

David Pogue: “Smartphone Is Too Limited…It’s An App Phone

6:00PM November 5, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Before David Pogue wrote his review of the Droid, he had trouble deciding what to call the device. He argued that “smartphone” is an outdated choice of word for the iPhone-like devices coming out and looked for a new one. More »


Online

Martha Stewart Discovers…The Internet?

7:40AM October 3, 2009 | Jason Chen

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Martha Stewart may have 1.5 million followers on her twitter account, but to hear her do her show, it would seem like she only discovered the internet yesterday. More »


Geek Out

Mosspuppet And T-Pogue Sing An Ode To Steve

9:20AM September 15, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Looks like Walter Mossberg pulled a Chen off his pants, and got his puppet hands all over the I am T-Pain iPhone app. Then he got T-Pogue to sing an ode to Steve Jobs. Sounds as bad as Jason himself.


Geek Out

Walt Mosspuppet Answers Reader Mail: “Call Pogue, He Knows How To Do Useless Sh*t Like This”

8:00AM July 16, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Walt Mosspuppet answers reader mail, exactly like you’d expect the only technology journalist in the world to. [YouTube via Fake Steve Jobs] More »


Mobile

IPhone 3GS Review Matrix: What Everybody’s Saying

4:00PM June 18, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

It’s time for another roundup of pundits espousing heartfelt admiration and none-too-bloody criticism of a pretty hot Apple product. How did they—I mean “it”—do this time around? Have a look-see… More »


Gadgets

NYTimes: Pogue’s Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Video

4:44AM May 12, 2008 | Brian Lam

David Pogue has a quick video review of Livescribe’s Pulse Smartpen that does a very good job of illustrating the concept. Worth watching on top of our own review. [Pogue's Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Video review]

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Pogue Reviews the OLPC

9:11AM October 6, 2007 | Brian Lam

David Pogue is right about the OLPC in his NYTimes column this week. For those of you who haven’t kept up with the changes in the One Laptop Per Child he sums it up nicely, demoing all the engineering miracles in the machine, addressing the low minded complaints of “snarky bloggers” (Where?!), going on to explain why it’s an interesting and important thing for the developing world. The video does a great job, so I’ll recommend you watch the video above. It definitely convinced me: Even more so than water or malaria shots or food, kids in third world countries need this PC. (David, I’m kidding. Nice column this week.) [NYTimes] More »