here’s the thing will be taking a breather Friday, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to hear your questions—particularly about smartphones. Confused about the difference between Android and the iPhone? Want to know how to easiest way to get the...
Wish you could send that cute picture of your kids at the beach to your friends back home … but maybe in more of a classic, old-school way than as a picture message? Enter Postagram, an iPhone and (as of today) Android app that plucks snapshots from your...
Rita writes: I really do want to replace my cable, but it seems like such an effort and it might not even save me money. Is Apple TV worth it? The only shows my family watches are Dora the Explorer (for the kid), Daily Show (for me), MLB (for my husband). Well, Rita,...
Hackers have declared open season on the biggest online companies, with the latest target being Citibank—you know, only one of the largest banks in the world, and it appears that Citigroup knew about the break-in since last month. Wonderful. As Citi execs and federal...
Remember Palm? The legendary mobile company built one of the original, pre-iPhone smartphones, the Treo, and made some serious waves a couple years back with its gorgeous but slow-selling Palm Pre. Well, Palm is no more—it got gobbled up by Hewlett-Packard last...
Netflix unveiled a dramatically revamped home page Wednesday that “provides more focus” on its streaming movies and TV shows—and it looks like this latest site makeover is about as popular as the others (which is to say, not very). The redesign, which...
Derek writes: Ben, tell us: AT&T or Verizon for iPhone 4? A New Yorker wants to know! Hi Derek! Great question. While the actual iPhone 4 handset costs exactly as much on Verizon Wireless as it does on AT&T, there are a few key pricing differences in terms of...
Turns out that a full 82 percent of gamers are adults, according to a new survey from the gaming industry (which, of course, has a vested interest in promoting video game sales). Among the other findings from the Entertainment Software Association’s survey: the...
Nancy writes: I appreciate your info on the cloud. Doesn’t storing so much of your data in the cloud mean hacking it is easier? Greetings Nancy! Yes, you’re right: theoretically, any time you put data on a Net-connected server like Apple’s upcoming...
Remember how hard it was to track down a spare Nintendo Wii gaming console just a few short years ago? Well, guess what: there’s a new Wii on the horizon, and your kids will almost certainly be desperate to get their hands on one. That’s the bad news—or at...
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