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Microsoft invited reporters and industry experts this week to a special event on Monday in Los Angeles, where it promises to make a "major" announcement. Since then, speculation has been rampant about exactly what that announcement will be, though Microsoft has not released any further details. Theo...
Sony has launched its first Xperia smartphone since buying out Ericsson in February. The Xperia Ion is a 4G LTE device that will be available from AT&T June 24 for $100 with a two-year agreement. The Ion has a 4.6-inch 1080p HD Reality Display powered by Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine and can be ho...
Unlocking a GSM device allows you to use pay-as-you-go or prepaid SIM cards from other carriers. Prepaid accounts can work out cheaper than postpaid accounts because even though the per-minute charges can be higher, there's no monthly commitment.
After several missed deadlines, Asus has finally introduced a combination smartphone, tablet and notebook computer aimed at consumers who are tired of toting around disparate devices. However, delays in bringing the product to market, coupled with developments in wireless pricing and cloud storage, ...
The adoption of tablets has reached critical mass in the U.S., according to comScore. In fact, one in every four smartphone owners also used a tablet during the three-month period ending April 2012. What stands out most about this particular study, though, is the link it makes between TV and online ...
Windows 8 is a make-or-break platform for Microsoft and likely the most complex operating system launch ever attempted. It comes at a time when Microsoft is losing share on both operating systems and browsers, when Apple has once again replaced Microsoft at the top of the tech heap, and many would a...
One in three high school students has texted or emailed someone while driving a vehicle over the past 30 days, a study by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. The CDC said motor vehicle crashes account for more than one-third of U.S. teen fatalities each year. Thos...
On today's information technology landscape, one thing is glaringly obvious: Security concerns associated with employees bringing personal devices onto the corporate network -- both internal and external -- are keeping IT managers up at night. The "consumerization" of IT is having an enormous impact...
Foursquare has released a fully made-over version of its geolocation app. "They told me it was a byproduct of everything they learned over the past three years," Greg Sterling, senior analyst at Opus Research, told TechNewsWorld. "They wanted to create a better experience and wanted to make it more ...
Google unveiled new features to its mapping technology Wednesday, including an offline mobile version of Google Maps and 3D enhancements to Google Earth. The announcement comes just before Apple is expected to drop Google Maps from its built-in mapping application on the iOS platform and pursue adva...
If you've been waiting with the patience of biblical figure Job for your handset maker to release a hardware-specific version of Android's latest incarnation, the 4.0 operating system called "Ice Cream Sandwich," or ICS, and it hasn't yet, you can try cloning it. You can achieve this without rooting...
The growing consumerization of IT is turning into a security nightmare for many IT departments, but it's perhaps hitting the healthcare industry worst. "BYOD is an emerging issue in healthcare, as staff bring their latest and greatest devices and ask to use them in their work," said Christina Thiels...
Asus on Monday unveiled an array of new hardware, including a hybrid Windows 8 desktop-cum-Android tablet at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. The Transformer AiO has an 18.4-inch screen that can be detached and used as a standalone tablet. The Transformer AiO boots into Windows 8 and will only tra...
Any vendor can be beaten, and Apple was beaten badly in the years between Steve Jobs' termination at the company and his triumphant return. On the other hand, Apple continues to execute very well, even though Cook is making what appear to be critical early mistakes in terms of priorities. The compan...
With Verizon's recent announcement that it intends to drop its grandfathered unlimited wireless data plan for existing customers who were around before tiered its pricing came into being, crackdowns are in the air. Both T-Mobile and Sprint continue to offer unlimited data plans, although T-Mobile sl...
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