personal-tech: Peripherals
Can Waze Save Apple Maps?
Incorporating Waze navigation and local search into Apple's Maps app and service would address many of the problems that have earned Apple its...
Ubuntu For Phones: Beautiful, Elegant, Doomed
How good could an UbuntuPhone really be? It can't possibly be unique enough and have enough of a value proposition to break into a market that's...
Apple Tests iPhone 6? Not A Shocker
Server logs show that Apple is already working on the next-generation of its iPhone and iOS platform. Um, no kidding.
Windows 8 Tablet Launch #Fail
Microsoft Windows tablets, in spite of a superior Intel processor, suffer from hardware and software problems — and are overpriced. The PC...
Mobile's Biggest Losers In 2012
The last twelve months have been turbulent for smartphone makers and wireless network providers. Here's who took it on the chin hardest.
iPhone Prices Under Competitive Pressure
Phone prices are being aggressively lowered by Apple's competition and Apple appears to be responding with price cuts, something we haven't seen...
China Tries Again To Control Internet
The Great Firewall of China is increasingly effective in stopping anonymous VPN-based access in and out of the country after a recent upgrade, and...
Google/Motorola 'X phone' Tries To Push Tech Limits
Google and Motorola are trying to make the hottest phone on the market and running into the problems that kept everyone else from making such a...
Android Fails in Mobile Malware Research
There are many more malware-infected Android devices out there than you might think. It's all because the Android ecosystem and Google Play store...
Apple Must Settle With Samsung
Apple Needs To Cut The Patent Nonsense. If Apple really thinks they need to sue the competition out of the market then they must think they're in...
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Where Are All The iPhone/iPad Lightning Accessories?
November 29, 2012Where are all the Lightning accessories? It's now almost December -- two months after Apple's new Lightning connector debuted on the iPhone 5 --...
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BYTE's BYOD Holiday Gift Guide
November 26, 2012This year, get friends and family a gift they can really use: A bring-your-own-device -- BYOD -- gadget, something that makes it easier to use...
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Mobility Tips: Planning For The Next Power Outage
November 01, 2012Hurricane Sandy cut off millions of people from the power they needed for their mobile devices to call and text friends, relatives and coworkers....
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Windows 8 As It Was Meant To Be
October 29, 2012When I heard that Windows 8 would be a dual-use PC/tablet operating system, I had a vision of how I would want to use it. That vision has come to...
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Microsoft: Windows 8 Ends Tablet Era
October 26, 2012With Windows 8, Surface, and the many OEM Windows 8 systems being released, Microsoft is attempting to redefine the personal computing market. In...
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Cool Factor: Future Of Computing Looks Like 'Minority Report'
October 01, 2012
Minority Report might soon be coming to a conference room near you. BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson pays a visit to John Underkoffler, builder of the...
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Twilio Hacks: Home Automation To Dog Treat Dispensers
August 23, 2012Looking for a legit DIY hacking project? Twilio developer evangelist Jon Gottfried describes some of the useful hacks the IaaS makes possible when...
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Lenovo Celebrates ThinkPad 20th, Releases Windows 8 Tablet
August 10, 2012Twenty years of ThinkPads! Lenovo takes a little stroll down memory lane. It also releases two new ultrabooks, and a Windows 8 tablet that appears...
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USB Poised To End Power Brick Hell
August 09, 2012The new USB Power Deliver (USB-PD) standard and several associated standards put USB on a path to being the universal electronics connector,...
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Windows RT Won't Run Some Old Printers
July 26, 2012Windows on ARM was always going to need a lot of new driver work, but it appears that Microsoft's commitment to supporting devices on the low-cost...
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