Thursday night I climbed into the back seat of a Tesla Model X prototype to go for a ride. Tesla wasn’t letting anybody get behind the wheel of their freshly unveiled 7-seater electric crossover/SUV, but they were taking folks for a spin. A very, very short spin. How’d I like it? This car has a

As if to prove what a modern, tech-savvy and connected President he is during an election year, Barack Obama now has his own Spotify playlist. Fittingly the campaign tweeted out its official 2012 playlist, which includes song selections handpicked by the Commander-in-Chief himself. So how do you get your groove on like the leader of the free

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage at his company’s design studio outside of Los Angeles Thursday night to unveil the Model X electric vehicle. Built on the same platform as the Model S sedan, the X is a seven passenger SUV/CUV/Minivan described as quicker than a Porsche 911, roomier than an Audi Q7,

If there’s one thing that following tech has taught me, it’s that tastes change over time. Take MP3s, for instance. Maybe you thought that old ‘NSYNC album was a good idea. Or maybe Lady Gaga’s latest didn’t quite do it for you. Whatever the case, you wouldn’t be the only one with a bunch of

If you’re on a family plan and have strict parents, your wireless experience is about to change dramatically. Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday the company is introducing even deeper tools to help customers manage wireless usage. Dubbed Usage Controls, the $4.99 a month per line service will allow customers to control aspects like data usage,

Sprint released its fourth quarter earnings this morning, and while the company still had a financial loss, the future is looking at least a bit brighter for the Now Network. Bolstered by the addition of the iPhone to its product lineup, Sprint saw some healthy sales in the fourth quarter of 2011. Strong revenue growth

Who doesn’t remember grade-school science classes? Life was simpler back then, with “labs” that felt more like play time, complete with soda-plus-Mentos experiments or atom assembly with foam balls and hanger wire. Leave it to today’s youth to up the game a few crazy notches. Kansas City fifth grader Clara Lazen has succeeded where many

According to Mashable, the Patriots weren’t the only ones who dropped the ball during the Super Bowl. (Sorry, Pats fans. I’m in New England too, and I know this one hurts.) Seems there’s some debate over whether Apple’s lack of commercials was an epic fail, especially in light of Samsung’s ad-jousting on Sunday. The South

Olympus has reincarnated the infamous OM-4 film SLR in the new OM-D EM-5 Micro Four Thirds digital camera, announced today. With classy looks that pay homage to the OM-T cameras of yesteryear, the Olympus OM-D EM-5 usurps the Olympus PEN E-P3 to be crowned the company’s flagship Micro Four Thirds model. The OM-D EM-5 addresses

The highly anticipated Nikon D800 and Nikon D800E full frame DSLRs were announced last night, and both look to be serious weapons for the versatile pro shooter. Rocking high-resolution 36.3-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensors, the Nikon D800 and Nikon D800E tread in medium format territory and are sure to give cameras like the Pentax 645D a

Here’s another tack on the whole smartphone wars thing. Mega online dating site Match.com enlisted a poll in Canada recently that reveals some interesting results: Apparently, Android users tend to “give it up” on a first date more than other smartphone owners. The poll was conducted on behalf of Match by Zoomerang, an online polling/survey

The new Canon PowerShot D20 is the company’s toughest rugged compact camera to date, boasting a waterproof, shock-proof and freezeproof chassis. Although Canon has not stretched the D20′s toughness limits, we can tell you that the camera has undergone a major design overhaul, apparently by Picasso. The Canon PowerShot D20 will shoot 1080p HD video

  Canon has announced two Wi-Fi capable compacts today called the Canon PowerShot Elph 530 HS and Canon PowerShot Elph 320 HS. The PowerShot Elph 530 HS is Canon’s flagship all-touchscreen-operated compact that boasts a boxy design that harkens back to the Digital Elph models of yore. The PowerShot Elph 320 HS picks up where

Today Canon announced an upgrade to its flagship pocket-sized superzoom. The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS will replace the beloved GPS-clad PowerShot SX230 HS. The new PowerShot SX260 HS will feature a 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor with Canon’s new Digic 5 processing, Optical Image Stabilization and 1080p Full HD video recording. The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS is

Once promised to redefine the way we consume news, iPad-only publication The Daily is still struggling to find a way to stand out. It’s already been a year since the magazine was launched at an intimate event at the Guggenheim Museum, but it has thus far struggled to make the same impact traditional outlets do.

These days, it’s difficult to find truly unlimited data plans for your smartphone, but not if you live in Russia. Russian carrier MegaFon not only gives its subscribers all the data they can eat, but it actually rewards customers with up to 1 million rubles (approx. $33,000) for consuming the most data over its 3G

Amongst the troves of TVs, smartphones and that one ridiculously huge speaker, one company in particular stood out without all the glamour and flash. In fact, it earned an Editors’ Choice Award from TechnoBuffalo. Corning, makers of Gorilla Glass and Gorilla Glass 2, announced the company has been tapped to team up with Samsung to create

This one gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “technology lover.” Imagine you have a long-distance boyfriend or girlfriend. And say you miss this significant other, at times even wanting to indulge the joys of a goodnight kiss. But what can you do? Well, just reach for the pig. What you’d actually be doing

Hey, are you “overly concerned about privacy” online or use anonymizers and Web portals? Do you like to check your ISP-provided email account on the road? How about talking to your cohorts in PC games? Yeah? Well, here’s some bad news: according to the FBI and DoJ, there’s a good chance that you’re a terrorist

According to a Microsoft survey of 5,000 respondents in the U.S., Europe and Canada, more than half of tech users — 56 percent — don’t consider how their online actions impact their reputations or affect other people. We’ve all suspected this was true, no? And now we have some data to put to this scenario.