Gift Guide 2012

The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dyson.com/vacuums/handhelds/dc44/dc44-animal.aspx">DC44 from Dyson</a> is truly an Animal. It's as good as it gets in the land of vacuum cleaners, with a wirele

You waited this long, you might as well go big: Apple's smaller 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro is a very worthy sequel to the 15-inch variety released this past summer, and while it will still strain the

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/13/thinkgeeks-8-bitty-gamepad-promises-fun-times-and-blistered-thumbs/">ThinkGeek's iCade 8-Bitty</a> wireless gaming controller is pretty adorable, though limi

The JBL Soundfly is a fresh take on the small speaker craze. Instead of relying on a battery for power, the Soundfly sports an electrical plug on the backside. Just plug it into the wall for power and

As we approach crunch time, I've decided to focus on cool gifts that you can still get for those folks who are hardest to buy for. To that end, here's something decidedly cool and/or odd: it's a handm

Short Version Bowers & Wilkins Wireless A7 speaker system is as good as it gets when you’re looking for big sound out of a compact design. Setup is incredibly easy thanks to Airplay, which l

Oh, the things watch nerds will do to protect their precious timepieces. If you know someone who is crazy enough to spend a few thousand dollars on an automatic watch, they'll probably want a watch wi

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/a-few-new-bag-designs-from-golla/">My first encounter with Golla bags</a> happened at the Mobile World Congress in 2012. Their vibrant display at the event w

The number of options out there for iPad styli at this point is almost crazy. But Ten One Design has always made solid ones, and the Pogo Connect also adds pressure sensitivity via Bluetooth 4.0. It's

I know what you're thinking, but stop yourself because this isn't another <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/16/gift-guide-jimmy-jane-form-6-massager/">JimmyJane sex toy review</a>. The devic

Google's latest (and LG's first) Nexus smartphone probably tops many a geek's holiday wishlist, and with good reason. The combination of some impressive hardware and Google's latest version of Android

The Samsung Galaxy Beam is an Android powered smartphone that has a pico projector embedded into its top edge so you can beam on-screen content onto a wall or other large surface. As well as projectin

The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Paperwhite-Touch-light/dp/B007OZNZG0">Kindle Paperwhite</a> is Amazon's latest ereader. After four generations of devices, Kindle users expect

Sometimes it's nice to share a good book, and if you know me then you know that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/28/the-paper-i-buy/">most of the books I'm buying</a> are comics and graphic no

When Lenovo first announced the Yoga in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/09/lenovo-introduces-the-ideapad-yoga-11-and-13-the-first-tablet-laptop-ultrabook-hybrid/">October</a> nobody knew what

The Nokia Lumia 920 can be used with any gloves: it's a miracle. But for the vast majority of other smartphones, that's not the case, so there are a variety of sellers making touchscreen compatible gl

One of our favorite hardware startups is pushing the vape-velope with their new <a target="_blank" href="http://thermovape.com">Cera</a>, a battery-powered vaporizer made almost entirely of stain-resi

Back in the olden days, before the kids had their smartphones and their Nintendo tapes and their Tivo, families used to get together in a room, open a paper box, and remove a set of boards and pieces.

Lytro promised that its camera was only the beginning of the new technology, which allows the user to change focus of the picture after it's taken. The data contained in a single digital image taken w