Gadget Lab

A bug in iOS 6′s “Do Not Disturb” feature that had some iGadget users sleeping in on New Year’s Day won’t be fixed until next week, Apple says. “Do Not Disturb” is designed to let you schedule when you want …

Just when many of us are getting cozy with our shiny new iPhone 5′s, evidence that iOS 7 and the next-generation iPhone are in the testing phase have begun cropping up.

Finally, skiing minus all that cold wet snow.

Ten years ago, we boldly declared that we’d be living with phones on our wrists, data-driven goggles on our eyes and gadgets that would safety-test our food for us. Turns out, we were remarkably prescient. We even got the iPhone …

Gadget Lab picks out the most memorable apps of the year, may they be for success, failure or hype.

Instagram may or may not have lost some users over the last week, depending on whom you ask, which caused Facebook’s stock to fall briefly on Friday.

Because this weekend will be a heavy-duty travel period, it’s a perfect time to conduct a nationwide test of in-flight Wi-Fi. This is where you come in.

While RIM’s stock is taking a beating, the leaks leading up to the BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices launch are on par with Apple and Microsoft.

People aren’t using their internet-connected smart TVs for anything beyond, well, watching TV. It turns out, nobody wants to tweet from their TV. Or read books. Or do whatever it is people do on LinkedIn. Worse, more than 40 percent …

At January’s Consumer Electronics Show, the annual industry orgy in Las Vegas, manufacturers are going to introduce about a zillion new television sets. They’ll come armed with a bevy of specs: Full HD 3-D. 4K. OLED. Wi-Fi. Moth Eye. (Yes, …

Flying drones are big news. The government uses them overseas, local police departments want them and for a moment, we all thought they would be used to deliver tacos. So it’s no wonder that security firms are hopping to cash …

Some albums are known for their less-than-grandma-friendly lyrics. Sure it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it, but playing the explicit version of the song during the holidays could be embarrassing. That’s okay, because some Google Music …

Flat glass is boring. All the fanciest Android phones have curved glass displays. Not to be left out of the display-warping ways, Apple has patented its own glass-bending process.

Crime-fighting is tough. Look at Batman. That guy’s a mess. Still, for most people, if you witness a crime you want to do something about it. And while screaming “citizen’s arrest” seems about as toothless as a substitute teacher in …

The most audaciously priced gear that caught our eye in 2012.

We’ve asked product reviews editor Michael Calore, the office’s most opinionated loudmouth, to weigh in on the topics most deserving of this year’s Wired/Tired/Expired honors. Actually, on second thought, maybe we should have let this sleeping dog lie.

Why hire a human when a machine can do it better and faster? Robot Replacement JIMMY FALLON Let’s face it: The robots are coming. Before we know it, we’re all going to be replaced by mechanical versions of ourselves. And …

The rote tasks of any information-intensive job can be automated. It doesn’t matter if you are a doctor, lawyer, architect, reporter, or even programmer: The robot takeover will be epic.

Cutting the cord may save you money, but the reality is that cable and satellite TV are incredibly convenient. That convenience stops when you try to watch some of those channels on anything other than the cable box-connected TV. One …

On this week’s Gadget Lab Show, the team takes a look at the new super-thin Apple iMac & the new $200 Kobo Arc Android tablet.