Personal Technology: Review
Galaxy Note 8 First Look: Samsung’s Big Phone Is Back
An early size-up of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Note 8, with a 6.3-inch screen, dual-lens camera and a safety-minded battery, from Geoffrey A. Fowler.
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Personal Technology
How Should Seniors Tackle Tech? (Don’t Ask the Kids)
Tech often fails seniors, and it isn’t their fault. But it isn’t their children’s fault, either. Geoffrey A. Fowler offers some ways to make smartphones, laptops and iPads less frustrating for seniors and the people who love them.
Personal Technology
The Next Laptop You Should Buy Is...
If you’re shopping for a laptop, you have questions. Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler has the answers—and shares insights into the state of the business.
Personal Technology
Amazon Wants to Judge Your Style, So We Judged Amazon
Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo Look uses AI and a camera to evaluate which clothes look best on you. Geoffrey A. Fowler called the fashion police.
Personal Technology
Testing Bixby, Samsung’s Ambitious Plan to Make You Talk Like Iron Man
Samsung’s plan to conquer Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant moves talking AIs in an ambitious new direction. Too bad Bixby under-delivers in its debut in the Galaxy S8, writes Geoffrey A. Fowler.
Personal Technology: Review
Your Data Is Way More Exposed Than You Realize
Think online privacy is no big deal? You better sit down: Geoffrey A. Fowler shows how much of your personal information is out there, and how it can be used to target or harass.
Personal Technology
The iPad Is About to Get More Useful—and Confusing
Apple’s iOS 11 software advances the bar for getting work done with an iPad. Geoffrey A. Fowler helps you figure out how.
Personal Technology
Echo Show Review: Alexa Gets More Intrusive With Camera and Screen
Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo Show gives a camera and a touch screen to its talking assistant Alexa, increasing her AI capabilities but also making her annoying to live with, Geoffrey A. Fowler finds.
Gear & Gadgets
Yes, Your iPhone Can Photograph the Eclipse
The better way: Get a filter and tiny tripod. The awesome way: Hook it up to a Telescope.
Personal Technology
Dear iPhone: I Love You. I Hate You.
As the Apple Inc. iPhone’s 10th anniversary approaches, Personal Technology columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler penned two letters to tell it how he really feels.
Geoffrey Fowler
How Evil Is Silicon Valley?
The film “The Circle” zeroes in on the evils that ensue when tech companies inadvertently create a surveillance society—and all of us smartphone addicts willingly help, Geoffrey A. Fowler writes.
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