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Get the Best Web Browser for All Your Devices

Double your Web productivity with the right browser and a toolbox of tips: Joanna Stern reviews Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox.

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Review: Android Keyboard Helps One-Handed Typing

As the Android world awaits N, the latest version of the mobile operating system, Google released some new phone software as a sort of consolation: an all-new Android keyboard geared for one-handed...

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How to Pick Your Child's First Computer

When should children get a computer? Mac or PC? Chromebook or iPad? Wilson Rothman has what to know when facing the milestone.

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Five Things to Know About Facebook's Trending Controversy

As Facebook defends itself against claims that workers excluded politically conservative news stories from the Trending Topics sections of its apps and website, here’s what you need to know about the...

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Review: Google Search on an iPhone Keyboard

Gboard, a useful new iOS keyboard from Google, has features not yet available on Android.

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Facebook Will Turn Your Panorama Photos Into 360-Degree VR Images

Facebook Inc. wants to give you an outlet to share the dozens of super-wide photos lying ignored in your phone’s camera roll.

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Smarter Alarm Clocks for Waking Up Less Groggy

With LED lights and special sounds, these souped-up alarm clocks promise to make it easier to get out of bed. A review of the Philips Wake-up Light and Brookstone Tranquil Moments Pro Sleep System.

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What if Facebook Gave Us An Opposing-Viewpoints Button?

With more information than ever at our fingertips, why has it become harder to fathom your neighbor’s point of view? Facebook contributes to an online echo chamber—but could also be part of a solution.

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The Polaroid-Style Instant Camera Is Back

Instant cameras and printers from Fujifilm and Polaroid are making a comeback. Joanna Stern reveals the best ones you can buy.

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These 360-Degree Cameras Capture Everything Around You

Cameras that shoot every angle in a single shot have arrived. Geoffrey A. Fowler explains how VR-ready cameras like Samsung’s Gear 360 and LG’s 360 Cam, along with Facebook, can change photography.

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How to Watch Movies in a Hotel Without Waking the Kids

Couples can use these inexpensive adapters to simultaneously connect two Bluetooth or wired headphones to an iPad or TV.

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Smart Tampon? The Internet of Every Single Thing Must Be Stopped

Not every object should connect to our smartphones—and if it does, it should at least work. Startups have made smart tampons, water bottles and trash cans, writes Joanna Stern.

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OtterBox Universe Review: Modular Case and Accessories Transform Your iPhone

No need to remove your case to connect gadgets from OlloClip, SanDisk, PolarPro and more, writes Nathan Olivarez-Giles.

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Dear Apple, Please Make the iPhone Smarter

With Google, Amazon and Facebook creating better services for the iPhone and beyond, tech columnist Joanna Stern says it’s time Apple steps up its game.

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AOL Co-Founder Steve Case's Favorite Gadgets

Steve Case on walking while working, smart playlists and why he doesn’t read People magazine.

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How to Complain About Bad Airbnb Neighbors

Airbnb Inc. built its popular business by connecting home-sharing hosts with paying guests. Now it is providing all the neighbors it may have enraged along the way with a forum for complaint.

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Meet The Internet's Best Productivity Tool: If This Then That

Better known as IFTTT, the simple service makes your favorite apps work together. Geoffrey A. Fowler shares the geek world’s best-kept secret.

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Uber Makes a U-Turn on Scheduled Rides

Uber said it is letting UberX riders in Seattle schedule rides as much as 30 days ahead of time and that eventually scheduled rides would come to all its users.

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Motorola Moto Z Hands-On: A Snappy Take on Modular Smartphones

Motorola’s new Moto Z has magnetic back plates that can add new functions to the phone. WSJ’s Nathan Olivarez-Giles has a first look.

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Siri to Be Focus of Apple's Developers Conference

The focus of the weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference is expected to be on Siri, Apple’s digital assistant.

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