TechSpective’s Emerging Tech section is the publication’s widest lens — a running look at the technologies shaping how people live, work, and make decisions, written for readers who want more than a recap of what got announced at a press event.
Coverage spans consumer and professional technology alike. AI assistants and on-device intelligence. Mobile platforms and what actually changed at the year’s major industry events. Personal finance tools and how technology is reshaping everyday financial decisions. AI PCs and whether they deliver on their promises. The policy and social dynamics that determine how emerging technology gets adopted and who benefits from it.
The perspective here is independent and earned. Contributors have covered enough technology cycles to carry genuine skepticism about hype alongside genuine appreciation for the developments that represent real change. That combination produces coverage that’s accessible without being shallow — useful for a curious general reader and substantive enough to hold up to scrutiny from someone deeper in the industry.
Whether you’re tracking a specific development, trying to understand what a technology shift means for your daily life, or looking for analysis that connects the technical to the human — this is where TechSpective takes the long view.
Quadcopters and drones come in all shapes and sizes. Few are as small as this one, though. The Hubsan x4 H107L is definitely the smallest drone I have tried out—and that has both pros and cons. Tiny Drone The Hubsan […]
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Vint Cerf made some waves recently by suggesting that everyone needs to print all of those photos they have stored online if they want to be able to access them in the future. His point was primarily that image formats
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If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, the smartwatch is coming. With just about every company out there scrambling to put some technology on your wrist it’s a virtual inevitability that the concept is here to stay. Now all we
Review: Burg 12 smartwatch Read More »
I originally wrote this review of the Neato Botvac 80 a few months ago. Since that time I have had the chance to work with a different robot vacuum model and I’m expecting to receive yet another model to test
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The Blynk camera from LyfeShot is a small, simple device designed to do one thing: capture a series of time lapse photos. It fills that role adequately, but comes with a number of downsides that make it a questionable device
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I’ve wanted a Movado watch for years. I covet the Movado. To be honest, though, I don’t wear a watch very often. When I do if seems awkward and uncomfortable. An explosion of smartwatch options hopes to change that, though,
3 things Apple Watch (and other smartwatches) needs to succeed Read More »
I make my living on a keyboard. In fact, you could argue that the keyboard is the most important tool I use aside from the computer itself. Keyboards are also starting to play a more important role in the living
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We all wish we were paying less for car insurance. Most of us are paying hundreds of dollars a year for insurance we’ll probably never use, and if we do try to use it the insurance company will do its
Millions of cars at risk just to save a few bucks on insurance Read More »
When we think of the internet, we typically think of a diverse network enabling users to access information and applications from personal computing devices. However, we are now seeing an explosion in the volume of machine-to-machine interactions occurring across the
Security in 2015: Cloud Security Enables a Secure Foundation for the Internet of Things Read More »
I love the Surface Pro 3. It is a marvel of engineering, and a phenomenal device. The Surface Pro 3 is better than the Surface Pro 2 in just about every way imaginable–including how the Surface Pen stylus is attached.
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