Last weekend I accompanied my 20-something sister-in-law to a Best Buy to purchase an iPad 2. She previously considered buying a Windows laptop, but as it turns out Apple's tablet does everything that she needs.
To all the companies who released new tablets this week, I have some bad news. They don't matter. And not because of the iPad's dominance. It's because the Amazon tablet is coming. Maybe you did...
This morning I turned on an Android phone and saw the brand flash next to the word Dual Core. Then the carrier's brand popped up, then useless messages such as Starting services and Prepari...
HP is officially dead as I know it. The world's number one PC maker is looking to spin off that part of the business and is killing off its entire webOS platform. (You know, the one HP spent $1.2 bill...
Google just spent $12.5 billion to fortify its defenses against Apple and Microsoft in the patent wars, and it got a smartphone maker in the deal. That's the gist of this blockbuster acquisition.
Top 10 Ways to Save Battery Life on Your Smartphone 10. Play a tune inside your head but keep your headphones plugged in--just so you can still look cool. 9. Turn off push e-mail and manually sync ...
One of the most underrated features of Apple's new Mac OS X Lion is the built-in Windows Migration Assistant. This tool transfers everything from your calendar and contacts to your iTunes library and browser bookmarks right to your new Mac.
When a flood of tepid reviews started coming in for the HP TouchPad, Jon Rubinstein did what any sensible leader would do: accentuate the positive. In a leaked internal memo, the senior VP and general...
RIM, You're Done Here. Alas, poor RIM and BlackBerry, we knew them well. The recent headlines regarding the one-time smartphone king read like obits, and the falling-sky rhetoric certain...
I recently stopped into Dunkin' Donuts to grab some breakfast and saw that there was a long line. Like everyone else, I whipped out my phone to kill time.