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Most Windows and Mac editions of Microsoft Word have a setting that automatically backs up documents. Also, how to export your Gmail contacts.
The best present ideas to make shopping easy this season.
A new generation of wearable devices for sleeping infants can gather lots of data, but parents might struggle to figure out what to do with it all.
Several models have microchips installed to make choosing skis and tracking activity easier, and an app helps determine when and how to wax.
Apps can help you plan carefully for wintry weather’s perils, and for snowy fun like skiing and snowboarding.
Pranksters’ antics are forcing public safety officials to look at the air above them, generally thought safe and secure, as a place for potential trouble.
Most Windows and Mac editions of Microsoft Word have a setting that automatically backs up documents. Also, how to export your Gmail contacts.
Plus, minimizing the translucent look of windows and menus in OS X Yosemite.
Toys will soon be able to be controlled and updated through an Internet connection, and that may forever alter how we think about play.
The cooking-in-a-bag technique that started in restaurants is poised to go mainstream as prices fall for the gadgetry involved.
Companies like Facebook and Google have stayed away from mobilizing their users to support an issue that primarily affects smaller Internet upstarts.
New smartphone-connected devices use a car’s diagnostic port to help drivers track fuel usage, troubleshoot mechanical problems, find parking and more.
Improvements to navigation systems keep on coming, and a new rival may mean the competition will heat up.
A review of some temporary messaging apps, for when you would prefer that your musings don’t live forever.
If you’re not satisfied with the quality of music produced by your smartphone’s player, there are plenty of options a sharper listening experience.
A device and app from Soundhawk, made to help people hear in certain settings, addresses problems that have hindered use of such devices in the past.
The University of California, Berkeley, is working on a smartphone app that would warn users before a quake hits.
Plus, comparing HDTV with ultrahigh-definition.
Plus, tracking an Amazon package by text.
Browse all the mobile app coverage that has appeared in The New York Times by category, and see what Times writers have on their phones and tablets.
A collection of App Smart columns and articles about mobile applications from The New York Times.
A series from The Well blog explores how technology can help us better understand our personal health.
The Times tested some of the latest and most popular trackers to compare how they work and the various features they offer.
High-tech fitness and activity trackers all share one thing: an accelerometer. Here’s how they work — and don’t.
Raspberry Pi, a tiny computer the size of a credit card, has captured the imaginations of students, educators and tinkerers around the world since it became available in 2012.
Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the center of a home’s entertainment universe, providing Skype video calls and playing television shows, music and more.
The cleaning device figures out the size of your window mirror and then cleans the surface on its own.
Nest, the company founded by the former Apple designer Tony Fadell, released a new version of its self-learning thermostat on Tuesday.
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