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BUYER'S GUIDES
Long-form, independent buyer's guides for consumer technology. How to pick the right product for your specific use case, from a publication that takes no affiliate compensation.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · SEP 26
A wire-service explainer on what an AI nutrition coach actually does, what the self-monitoring research says drives weight-loss results, and the five things worth checking before you let one read your food diary.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · AUG 1
Campus food breaks the usual calorie-tracking routine: you did not cook it, you cannot weigh it, and the portion depends on who is serving. This guide works through the dining hall station by station, lays out a plan for a full term, and names the app that suits a meal plan best.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · JUL 15
A wire-service, app-by-app guide to pulling your logged nutrition history out of MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, Cronometer, Noom and other calorie trackers before you delete the account — so switching apps doesn't mean starting from zero.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · JUL 8
Type 'calorie tracker no credit card' into an app store and every result claims to be free. Some are free for good, some are paid plans with the bill postponed, and some are free in name only. Here is how to tell them apart, and which trackers let you start without a payment method.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · JUN 16
A wire-service how-to for canceling a MyFitnessPal Premium subscription on iOS, Android and the web, plus the refund and chargeback steps to take if the charges keep coming.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · APR 27
A wire-service buyer's guide to selecting a consumer calorie-tracking application, organized around the four user profiles that account for the overwhelming majority of category use.
GUIDE · HEALTH TECH · BOSTON · APR 15
A practical evaluation framework for picking a calorie-tracking application in 2026, organized around the eight criteria that actually predict whether you will still be using the app in ninety days.
GUIDE · AI TOOLS · SAN FRANCISCO · MAR 22
A practical guide to picking a primary AI chatbot for daily knowledge work in 2026, organized around six work profiles and the model that actually fits each one.
GUIDE · PRODUCTIVITY · NEW YORK · MAR 5
A buyer's guide to assembling a productivity app stack in 2026, organized around the seven categories that account for nearly all knowledge-worker productivity software, with specific recommendations and the trade-offs that determine the right choice.
GUIDE · PRIVACY & SECURITY · LONDON · FEB 14
A buyer's guide to picking a consumer VPN in 2026, organized around the seven evaluation criteria that actually predict whether the provider will protect what you think it is protecting.
GUIDE · SMART HOME · SEATTLE · JAN 18
A buyer's and setup guide for building a smart home in 2026 that actually maintains a defensible security posture, organized around the decisions that matter most and the ones consumers most often get wrong.