Gadgets

Blue Mo-Fi headphones review: powered-up hi-fi headphones

26 Aug 2014: These headphones have their own amplifier for powerful, driving music – even from wimpy smartphones. By Samuel Gibbs

iPhone 6 could come with reversible USB cable

18 Aug 2014: New version of Lightning cable could be reversible at both ends that can be plugged into a USB port either way up. By Samuel Gibbs

Dolby Atmos: Hollywood's 3D sound now ready for home cinemas

15 Aug 2014: Atmos was used to create more lifelike surround sound for the film Gravity, projecting ‘sound objects’ around the audience. By Samuel Gibbs

Samsung launches its first metal smartphone to take on the iPhone 6

13 Aug 2014: Noting criticism of flimsy plastic phones, Samsung has announced the metal Galaxy Alpha which will go on sale in the UK from September. By Samuel Gibbs

Parrot Minidrones Jumping Sumo review: rolling, jumping robot

13 Aug 2014: Mini smartphone-controlled robot rolls, hops and jumps up to 80cm through the air at the touch of a button. By Samuel Gibbs

Parrot Minidrone Rolling Spider review: an indoor drone for big kids

12 Aug 2014: It has a tiny battery life, but this robust minidrone will whet the appetite of drone-curious pilots for £90. By Samuel Gibbs

Surface Pro 3 review: the most lappable tablet yet

11 Aug 2014: Redesigned to remove almost all the problems, except the most fundamental one: do you really want one device to replace both a tablet and a laptop? By Jack Schofield

Apple University: where employees are not born, but made

11 Aug 2014: Company’s secretive university teaches what it is to be an Apple staff member, how to think like Steve Jobs and compares the company to Picasso. By Samuel Gibbs

Boot up: Valve, Vice, monkeys and more curved TVs

8 Aug 2014: Plus, Siri for Mac, wireless charging from across the room, Emu app and piracy arrest. By Samuel Gibbs and Alex Hern

If you do it, flaunt it. Sharing your exercise routine is no bad thing

7 Aug 2014: Rupert Myers: Runners are worryingly keen to upload their penis-shaped jogging routes – but at least they’re less tedious than snaps of babies or posh food

The best domestic water-saving gadgets

6 Aug 2014: Shower heads to taps, flush reducers to bathwater diverters, Erica Buist picks out the best household items to help reduce your water usage

From cameras to keycards, everyday devices killed off by the smartphone

4 Aug 2014: The smartphone has left a long list of redundant gadgets in its wake. But what things could it never displace? By Samuel Gibbs

Driverless cars get green light for testing on public roads in UK

30 Jul 2014: Vince Cable announces £10m fund for driverless car research and road law changes. By Samuel Gibbs

Vibrating smartshoes put Google Maps at your feet

25 Jul 2014: The creator of the Lechal smartshoes says we may leave the house without a smartwatch, but we'll never leave the house without shoes. By Samuel Gibbs

Smartwatches will revolutionise treatment for chronic conditions

Guardian Professional, 25 Jul 2014:

Google, Apple, and Samsung are racing to develop wearable technology that could be used to monitor and track personal health and diagnose disease, explains Chris Duffey