Review: Seagate Backup Plus Slim and Fast mobile hard drives
Fast. Fast and cheap. In a nutshell, that describes Seagate’s latest duo of mobile hard drives. In a world where SSDs are still (unfortunately) too …
Articles by Darren Murph
Facebook killed my high school reunion
In a way, the high school reunion is as unashamedly American as apple pie and Chevrolet. Go on — ask your parents if they had …
LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt SSD review: Finicky mechanical HDDs are dead to me
First, a story. I loathe mechanical hard drives. They’re painfully slow, annoyingly finicky, and prone to failure — the consumer ones, anyway. Toss one in …
Amazon’s latest announcement will change our lives more than you know
I know, I know. You already know the answer. But my reaction to Amazon’s Prime Pantry introduction — which allows its Prime members to have …
SignEasy’s iPhone app redesigned for iOS 7, including offline editing and faster signing
SignEasy has long since been one of my go-to apps for iOS and Android, and it’s getting quite a bit better today for users of …
Facebook is growing up: With Oculus buy, a social network prepares for its next act
Social networks aren’t always going to be en vogue. Facebook may have a billion users today, but what happens when that growth stalls? What happens …
As smartphones control cars, your ecosystem decision carries even more weight
Think buying all news apps is a pain? Try buying a new car. For years, the switching costs involved in changing from one handset to …
Automatic Link gains new functionality via support for IFTTT triggers
Two of my favorite pieces of tech aren’t only getting better today, they’re integrating with one another. Automatic’s Link, which plugs into a vehicle’s OBD-II …
Advice on making it: Be interesting or good – preferably both
My adoration of technology just barely trumps my love for sport, which explains why I’ve tuned into hundreds of radio shows concerning the latter over …
In the age of content creation, why don’t upload speeds match download?
For a brief period of time, the Internet at large served the consuming masses. For those who can recall the day the mainstream public discovered …
Precarious permanence: Cementing your legacy 140 characters at a time
It pains me greatly to acknowledge it, but blurting out whatever comes to mind on Twitter, Facebook or any number of social channels is a …
Optrix PhotoX waterproof case review: It’s light, it’s tough, and it works
Last summer, I wrapped my iPhone 5 in a waterproof case built by Optrix. This past week, I did the same for an iPhone 5s, …
Video: Avegant Glyph brings the theater to your face for $500
You know, if only Nintendo’s Virtual Boy would’ve arrived in 2014, perhaps it wouldn’t have suffered such an unfortunate fall. As virtual reality, augmented reality …
Google Glass review: Where it’s awesome, where it’s not, and what needs to happen now
I’ve been fortunate enough to use Google Glass in some form or another for months now, but just recently procured a pair of my own. …
Form meets Function: What Google’s Nest acquisition says about our technological future
Nest. Outside of the hardcore tech following, and maybe one level beyond that, no one on Earth had heard of this company prior to January …
Ooma’s wearable Safety Phone alerts family and authorities when you’ve fallen and can’t get up
Let’s face it: you’re older than you were yesterday. And on a serious note, so are the people who you may very well be taking …
One of the web’s best stores for unlocked phones is getting even better
Try searching for online retailers that stock unlocked smartphones. Go on, I’ll wait. Chances are, the results that emerged took you to some dark, dark …
Google Glass’ direct-to-consumer feedback mechanism renders the focus group dead
In a few short days, I’ll be headed to the year’s most frenzied electronics gala — a little gathering known as the International Consumer Electronics …
Training with the Polar Loop fitness tracker and H7 heart rate monitor
The wearables market as a whole began to gain steam long before fitness trackers were en vogue, but there’s no question that the likes of …
Ona Bags Lima and Presidio camera strap review: Classy, sexy, useful
For those who’ve been following my reviews over the years, you’ll likely be well aware of how fond I am of Ona Bags. It’s a …
2013: The year Twitter became too big to actually follow
Do me a solid, will you? Imagine the sweet, succulent release in finally letting go of something that’s been dragging you down, and then take …
Pebble joins the smartwatch ecosystem war with its own app store
You knew it was bound to happen, and happen it has. While it apparently still has a ways to go to catch up to Samsung’s …
How IFTTT automated (and archived) my digital life
Right around this time three years ago, a five-letter service was born. Like most startups, it took some time to simmer… to cultivate enough respect …
Retina iPad mini: The best tablet you can buy, but do you really need one?
Listen, I don’t have the greatest history when it comes to tablet relationships. We have… a checkered past. I was pitched on this fabled third …
More is less: How a Pebble smartwatch brought sanity to a hyperconnected iPhone user
It’s the Kickstarter project that has largely defined what’s possible on the service, and if you’re reading this, you’re well aware of how many millions …
Email, Twitter and the always-on lifestyle: Today’s double-edged sword
Today, I made a choice. I made a choice to carve out a chunk of time to write this article, but I did so at …
Automatic Link review: An elegant, data-driven way to track your rides
OBD-II. At a glance, you’re probably assuming that this is a little-known member of the Wu-Tang Clan who somehow escaped the 36 Chambers. Close, but …
Apple 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro review (late 2013)
It happened: the MacBook Air has officially been trumped as my recommended road warrior machine. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s another Apple product that’s doing the …
