Smaller Apple iPad, bigger iPad, mini 2 delays, and date debate The iOSphere knows so much about the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 that it’s easy to overlook how little it really knows. A video of an alleged iPad […]
Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management
Unlikely that faulty hardware causing poor wireless connections Computerworld – The Wi-Fi reliability problems reported by iPad owners can probably be solved with a software update, a hardware expert said Friday. “It’s unlikely that hardware is the primary cause of […]
Can Apple really sue Google or Microsoft for using its patented sliding on/off switch?
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 […]
Android fans flocking to iPad for tablet fix
iPad to have majority of tablet market share through at least 2012, Canaccord Genuity projects As if more evidence of the iPad’s dominance of the tablet market were needed, market research firm Canaccord Genuity now claims that the iPad is […]
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 […]
Stupid user tricks 5: IT’s weakest link
We pieced it together: Smoke was coming out of one of the executive’s offices, and he had pulled the alarm. The fire department arrived and headed in. The exec talked to the firemen, all the while pointing over at us. […]
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 […]