In last week’s episode of “Can you top this dumb patent?” we discovered that Apple had patented the design element of sliding to unlock a device. Gosh, and I recall my grandpa’s front gate having a slide-to-unlock device in the […]
Evolving Tech Trends in Small and Medium Enterprises
Adoption of new technologies such as tablets, social media and cloud computing is expected to transform the small and medium enterprise landscape within the next year, according to new research by CompTIA, the global IT trade association. Best Microsoft […]
Steve Jobs’ last big project: The next iPhone
The iPhone 4S is not the last major project that Steve Jobs worked on, according to one analyst. That would be the next iPhone–let’s call it the iPhone 5. The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was […]
Quotations from Chairman Steve
A mosaic of Apple leader Steve Jobs’ on-the-record opinions and musings Apple’s former CEO, and now chairman, Steve Jobs does not think in sound bites. Reading through the wealth of interviews in his career, one is conscious of a mind […]
IRS crosses 1 billion e-filed tax return mark
The IRS today said it crossed the 1 billion mark for individual tax returns processed via its e-file system. The Internal Revenue Service’s electronic filing program started as a pilot project in 1986 and became available nationally in 1990. Prior […]
4G faceoff: ThunderBolt vs. Galaxy
With 4G smartphones hitting the market in a big way, we decided to test a couple of devices to get an overall sense of how 4G compares with 3G, how specific devices perform and how the underlying networks differ. […]
Remember the Milk is fresher on iPad
The online Remember The Milk service is one of the easiest and most popular ways to keep track of shopping lists, manage a list of thing that need to be done and anything else that needs to be remembered. An […]
iPad Has Already Overtaken Linux in Browser Usage
Just a little more than a year since its launch, the iPad is already accounting for more views on website pages than longstanding open source operating system Linux. According to data from StatCounter Global Stats, iOS accounted for 1.17% of […]
The Top 40 Free iPhone Apps 2010
21. NYTimes 2.3.3 21. NYTimes 2.3.3 The New York Times Company, www.nytimes.com So you’re wondering why a news app would be included in a list of a top apps when you can just go to the Web site? Simple: It […]
How Other Tablets Could Hold Their Own Against iPad 2
With yesterday’s unveiling of the HP TouchPad tablet, at last the players sitting across from the iPad are pretty much set. Over the past several months, tablets from multiple manufacturers have been revealed, and all we’re waiting for now is […]