October 18, 2011
Apple's Siri personal assistant app on the iPhone 4S can do even more than Google's Voice Actions and provides intelligence that Android doesn't yet match
October 5, 2011
Apple’s visionary was born in the days of room-sized computers and, perhaps more than anyone, helped forge an age of personal devices with 1,000 times more power
August 28, 2011
AT&T's accidental disclosures regarding its proposed merger with T-Mobile prompt Americans to ask why the Federal Communications Commission's procedures are so opaque
August 15, 2011
Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility underscores the shift in the mobile market toward Apple's vertically integrated business model
August 9, 2011
The software maker's Vlad Sejnoha says speech is transforming from an alternative to text input into a more powerful tool to connect mobile users to information
August 8, 2011
Facebook and Twitter can fuel uprisings by allowing participants to coordinate action and to see themselves as part of a larger movement
August 8, 2011
What prompts a consumer to choose one carrier over another? Hint: For many, it's not speed, price, or unlimited data
July 27, 2011
A war between Apple's next iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S II looks to be shaping up in the U.S. over the next few months
July 6, 2011
Thanks to patent licensing deals with Android phone manufacturers, Microsoft is on its way to making big money with Google's mobile operating system
July 6, 2011
The Apple tablet is helping people with disabilities by reading e-mails, voicing directions, and zooming in on text
July 6, 2011
Companies and advocacy groups are stepping up efforts to provide jobs for the rising number of unemployed people with disabilities
June 27, 2011
For Apple, the broad patent amounts to defense of its user experience, not a hunting license in the smartphone industry
June 10, 2011
(Bloomberg) Hewlett-Packard Co. is developing mobile devices that will help consumers make purchases wirelessly, two people familiar with the company's plans ...
June 8, 2011
Ever since the iPhone and iPad arrived, publishers have spent millions building dedicated software to try to cash in on the app boom. Everyone who was ...
May 27, 2011
Magazine apps appear to be enjoying quite the bump, thanks to the introduction of in-app subscriptions to select titles. Wired, for example, is the fifth top-grossing ...
May 20, 2011
Groupon, the largest provider of online daily-deal coupons, plans to alert customers to nearby discounts using location data from the mobile-phone application Loopt. ...
May 10, 2011
(Adds comment from consultant in fourth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, is in talks to buy Skype Technologies SA ...
May 5, 2011
A couple of weeks ago Spotify, the European music streaming startup, came in for sharp criticism when it made the decision to place tight limits on the music you could...
May 1, 2011
Steve Jobs (AAPL) may have tried to bat away concerns over the iPhone's location data collection, but if you ever need a reminder why holding such information is ...
April 25, 2011
Amazon.com (AMZN) is giving new Verizon Android customers who buy a phone on AmazonWireless $25 worth of credits for apps in its Amazon Appstore. The promotion ends on...
April 11, 2011
On certain days, Twitter can feel like the world's biggest, fastest echo chamber. Since we tend to follow people who are similar to us, we often see our own views ...
April 7, 2011
Cisco Systems (CSCO) is in trouble. It screwed up and John Chambers acknowledged as much in his memo to employees Monday, Apr.4, which was later published on the ...
March 31, 2011
(Bloomberg) Ingenico, a French maker of payment terminals, is in discussions to buy the U.S. assets of Hypercom Corp., giving it a bigger foothold in North ...
March 31, 2011
Microsoft (MSFT) has delivered 1.5 million downloads of a tool kit to make applications for Windows Phone 7, a sign the operating system may be winning over developers...
March 29, 2011
Megan Kendrick, an editor in Phoenix, just discovered 12 plastic gift cards stashed in a drawer, dating as far back as 2003. The unspent balance topped $500. "I didn't...
