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Kevin Casey
Windows 8: 4 Things I've Learned
May 21, 2013 09:06 AM
After spending two weeks on a touchscreen laptop, I've revisited my initial assumptions about Windows 8. But don't kid yourself: Joe and Jane user will need training.
Thomas Claburn
Google Glass Gets Smeared: 11 Improvement Ideas
May 07, 2013 02:49 PM
Comedians and pundits are making a mockery of Google Glass. Here are 11 ways Google could get the last laugh.
Michael Endler
4 Reasons PC Market Won't Rebound
May 06, 2013 09:50 AM
PCs aren't dead, but laptops and desktops have seen their best days.
Jeffrey Hammond
9 Challenges To Your Mobile App Strategy
May 01, 2013 09:07 AM
Mobile application development will test many IT teams as they deal with everything from mobile context to Google Glass-like displays.
Mathew Schwartz
Android Smartphone Sellers Should Patch, Refund Or Perish
April 22, 2013 09:06 AM
FTC should crack down on wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers that put their customers at risk by failing to update Android devices.
Fritz Nelson
94Fifty's Sensor-Laden Basketball Shoots, Scores
April 16, 2013 09:06 AM
"Freakishly smart" sensors embedded in a basketball send shooting and dribbling data to a smartphone app and provide new level of coaching.
James McQuivey
Digital Disruption Can Expand Your Business
April 12, 2013 09:06 AM
UPS's My Choice service shows the power and potential of the new consumer-funded digital infrastructure.
Mike Feibus
Smartphone Battery Life: Back To The Future
March 29, 2013 11:06 AM
Three innovations could help you squeeze a full day's work out of your smartphone battery. Many of us haven't seen that since 2007.
Thomas Claburn
Google Backlash: For Real This Time?
March 23, 2013 09:16 AM
Unhappiness about Google Reader's impending closure and mistrust about Google's commitment to new products won't last.
Thomas Claburn
Android, Chrome OS Marriage Denied
March 22, 2013 08:52 AM
But Google's word on the matter may be subject to change.
David Berlind
The End Of BYOD As We Know It?
March 21, 2013 09:06 AM
Will IT need to limit which devices can connect to the corporate network? It feels like we're heading for separate Internets, aligned with mobile OSes and their respective clouds.
Keith Fowlkes
Can Colleges Tame The Bandwidth Monster?
March 13, 2013 10:45 AM
Not likely. But OpenFlow and other new networking technologies provide some hope.
Mike Feibus
Wireless Capacity Crunch Answers At MWC 2013
March 08, 2013 09:06 AM
I traveled to Mobile World Congress to learn about possible solutions to the looming mobile data capacity crunch. Meet the small cell, for starters.
Eric Zeman
For HTC, The One Can't Come Soon Enough
March 07, 2013 09:06 AM
HTC saw another precipitous revenue decline in February, putting even more pressure on the One smartphone's success.
Fritz Nelson
No Google, No Microsoft, No Problem: MWC 2013
March 06, 2013 09:28 AM
Mobile World Congress 2013 was notable for its workmanlike flavor. What didn't happen there was also conspicuous.
Fritz Nelson
EBay, PayPal Fuel Future Of Mobile Commerce
March 01, 2013 12:40 PM
Hungry, time-pressed Mobile World Congress reporters prove mobile payments may, in fact, be as exciting as advertised.
Thomas Claburn
Attention Google: 12 Ways To Make Smartphones More Manly
March 01, 2013 09:16 AM
Google co-founder Sergey Brin sees smartphones as "emasculating." We can fix that.
Eric Zeman
Google Not Impressed With Motorola Smartphone Pipeline
March 01, 2013 09:06 AM
Google exec says inherited Motorola product pipeline doesn't deliver the "wow."
Eric Zeman
HP Slate Android Tablet: Pros And Cons
February 25, 2013 09:55 AM
HP's first Android tablet, the $169 HP Slate, delivers a price consumers will like, but skimps on display and processor.
Eric Zeman
What Won't Kill BlackBerry? Instagram Flap
February 25, 2013 08:36 AM
Apps are essential for smartphone and tablet ecosystems -- but lack of a single app won't make or break any platform.
Mike Feibus
Mobile World Congress 2013: What We Want
February 22, 2013 11:06 AM
Mobile World Congress 2013 will feature glitzy new hardware and exciting apps. But what I really want to see is technology to keep the wireless data network humming.
Eric Zeman
Samsung Looking To Elbow Past BlackBerry In The Enterprise
February 22, 2013 10:22 AM
Samsung needs to overcome questions about Android security as it tries to steal business and government customers from BlackBerry and Apple.
Tom LaSusa
Apple iWatch: Readers Speak Out
February 20, 2013 09:12 AM
Does a smartwatch make sense in the new world of smartphones and tablets? Does anyone even wear a watch anymore? Readers weigh in.
Eric Zeman
HTC One Can Compete With Apple, Samsung
February 20, 2013 09:06 AM
HTC One offers world-class hardware, slick software enhancements and a really cool camera.
Eric Zeman
Wireless Device Chargers: Right Idea, Wrong Price
February 12, 2013 11:43 AM
Google's new $60 wireless charger for the Nexus 4 smartphone exemplifies a problem facing the entire industry.