Kudos to Sony for trying something new—very new—with its upcoming Android tablets, with one that looks like a folded-over magazine while the other, dual-screen tablet boasts a hinged folio-style design. The Sony Tablet S—that’s the one with the curled edge—is...
Worried that consumers like us will be the losers if AT&T manages to gobble up T-Mobile? Well, it looks like the U.S. government couldn’t agree more. Bloomberg reports that the Justice Department is moving to block the proposed merger, arguing that the...
Don’t get me wrong: I like pinching and swiping as much as the next person. But when it’s time to balance my checkbook in Quicken, I long for an old-fashioned number pad—you know, the kind with ten number buttons and the oversize “enter” key....
If you’re still signed up for one of Netflix’s cheaper streaming-and-DVD combo plans, it’s almost decision time. That’s because starting September 1, Netflix’s combination DVD and streaming plans will be replaced by new plans that...
Want to take your TV with you to the big game, or the great outdoors? Well, you could always bring your smartphone or a tablet—or if you’re really serious, maybe even a portable satellite dish. The new “Tailgater” from Dish Networks could almost be...
The first time Steve Jobs amazed and delighted me was in 1979, when I was about 10 years old. My dad had just bought our very first computer—the Apple II, complete with a whopping 48 kilobytes of memory—and my parents and I sat and gawked at this beautiful beige...
Disheartening news for Apple fans. Steve Jobs, the tech visionary and master showman who co-founded Apple and oversaw the development of such legendary products as the Apple II, the Macintosh, the iPhone, and the iPad, is stepping down as CEO, the company announced...
Logitech’s new, honest-to-goodness keyboard for the iPad 2 promises the best of both worlds: a full-size physical keyboard that fits into an iPad-size case. What’s the secret behind Logitech’s Bluetooth-enabled keyboard? It splits down the middle,...
Starting in just a few days, you won’t have to go digging deep into Facebook’s confusing privacy center to hide the name of your home town, block someone from tagging you in a photo, or check how the rest of Facebook sees your profile. The wide-ranging...
At first, I thought I was just woozy after a few too many cups of coffee. But then my chair—heck, the whole building—kept on shakin’, and soon millions of worried cell phone users were dialing each other to ask, “Did you feel that?” Naturally, the...
