Bob Tedeschi New York Times

Interesting robotic debuts in 2014 brought consumers one step closer to the chore-free home of the future.

Wedding planners are great for couples who have the money to hire a professional.Those with more modest budgets can only hope to come up with 50 or 150 free hours to take care of things themselves, and pray the resulting...

There are probably people who take every new business card they receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Those people deserve a prize -- and a clinical diagnosis. I have my own system: two drawers for...

I'm always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. True, it can be a slog....

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad and referred to it as a magical device, lots of people snickered. Silly people. Most iPad owners will tell you that it can indeed inspire the kind of astonishment you might have felt while...

If you're hosting a party, this App Smart column will help bring some creativity to your bartending duties.But if you just want to wow your guests with great wines without draining your bank account, you need Cor.kz ($4) and the...

PowerPoint presentations can be finally created on iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys, as long as you have Documents To Go Premium.

Like owners of iPhones and Androids, users of iPads faced a surge of new apps last year, to the point where it was easy to miss great ones.

If you're hosting a party, this App Smart column will help bring some creativity to your bartending duties.But if you just want to wow your guests with great wines without draining your bank account, you need Cor.kz ($4) and the Wine Enthusiast Guide ($5). Neither are flawless; both can be useful.Wine Enthusiast relies on the editorial expertise of...

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad and referred to it as a magical device, lots of people snickered. Silly people. Most iPad owners will tell you that it can indeed inspire the kind of astonishment you might have felt while watching your first magic show -- that is, if the device is properly loaded. Here are my 10 favorite apps, plus a few extras ...

I'm always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. True, it can be a slog. (But that's what I do for you every week.) In this column, I've compiled 10 must-have apps that will save you time, make your life e...

Lots of otherwise rational people use insecure passwords -- "111111," anyone? -- or they store hard-to-remember passwords in a Word file.Either way, it's a generous gift to criminals.And yes, it's highly unlikely that one's data will ever be stolen. But mobile app developers are lining up to sell people a little peace of mind.The short list of pass...

There are probably people who take every new business card they receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Those people deserve a prize -- and a clinical diagnosis. I have my own system: two drawers for semi-important cards, and a small box for more important ones. I call it the black hole system of content management, and it wor...

Wedding planners are great for couples who have the money to hire a professional.Those with more modest budgets can only hope to come up with 50 or 150 free hours to take care of things themselves, and pray the resulting stress doesn't yield recriminations all honeymoon long.Mobile apps like Brides Wedding Genius (free, for Apple devices), iWedding...

Interesting robotic debuts in 2014 brought consumers one step closer to the chore-free home of the future.

Wedding planners are great for couples who have the money to hire a professional.Those with more modest budgets can only hope to come up with 50 or 150 free hours to take care of things themselves, and pray the resulting...

There are probably people who take every new business card they receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Those people deserve a prize -- and a clinical diagnosis. I have my own system: two drawers for...

I'm always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. True, it can be a slog....

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad and referred to it as a magical device, lots of people snickered. Silly people. Most iPad owners will tell you that it can indeed inspire the kind of astonishment you might have felt while...

If you're hosting a party, this App Smart column will help bring some creativity to your bartending duties.But if you just want to wow your guests with great wines without draining your bank account, you need Cor.kz ($4) and the...

PowerPoint presentations can be finally created on iPhones, Androids and BlackBerrys, as long as you have Documents To Go Premium.

Like owners of iPhones and Androids, users of iPads faced a surge of new apps last year, to the point where it was easy to miss great ones.

If you're hosting a party, this App Smart column will help bring some creativity to your bartending duties.But if you just want to wow your guests with great wines without draining your bank account, you need Cor.kz ($4) and the Wine Enthusiast Guide ($5). Neither are flawless; both can be useful.Wine Enthusiast relies on the editorial expertise of...

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad and referred to it as a magical device, lots of people snickered. Silly people. Most iPad owners will tell you that it can indeed inspire the kind of astonishment you might have felt while watching your first magic show -- that is, if the device is properly loaded. Here are my 10 favorite apps, plus a few extras ...

I'm always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. True, it can be a slog. (But that's what I do for you every week.) In this column, I've compiled 10 must-have apps that will save you time, make your life e...

Lots of otherwise rational people use insecure passwords -- "111111," anyone? -- or they store hard-to-remember passwords in a Word file.Either way, it's a generous gift to criminals.And yes, it's highly unlikely that one's data will ever be stolen. But mobile app developers are lining up to sell people a little peace of mind.The short list of pass...

There are probably people who take every new business card they receive and log its information into a database of some kind. Those people deserve a prize -- and a clinical diagnosis. I have my own system: two drawers for semi-important cards, and a small box for more important ones. I call it the black hole system of content management, and it wor...

Wedding planners are great for couples who have the money to hire a professional.Those with more modest budgets can only hope to come up with 50 or 150 free hours to take care of things themselves, and pray the resulting stress doesn't yield recriminations all honeymoon long.Mobile apps like Brides Wedding Genius (free, for Apple devices), iWedding...