By now, it’s clear that anyone who thought tablets were a fad is dead wrong.
Gadgets
Barnes & Noble Puts Google’s Play Store and Apps on the Nook
The walled garden around the venerable bookseller’s reading-centric tablets is coming down.
Intel ‘Iris’ Chips Boast Improved Graphics Performance for Gaming
The rule of thumb for PC gaming used to be that if you wanted to play anything serious, you needed a dedicated graphics card. That’s not really true anymore.
The Real Privacy Implications of Google Glass
The real concern with Google Glass and privacy doesn’t have to do with surveillance or collection of personal data, but with the way it will make us behave in the real world.
How to Maximize Your iPhone Battery
We’ll take a look at what types of apps commonly drain your battery power and look into the ways you can keep your iPhone juiced up.
AT&T Is Offering $100 (or More) for Your Old Smartphone
Starting May 1 (and for a limited time), if you bring a smartphone that’s less than three years old and still in “good, working condition” into an AT&T store, you can get $100 or more to use toward the purchase of a new phone.
Marshall Monitor Headphones Review: Exemplary Audio from Tiny Cans
Marshall’s Monitor headphones offer premium, customizable sound in a powerful portable package.
Jawbone’s Fitness Future: A Platform and an Acquistion
The Bluetooth audio maker is letting other apps and services talk to its Up band, and adding BodyMedia’s products to the lineup.
iFlask Looks Like an iPhone but Its Only App Is Booze
Just in time for Outdoor Drinking Season (capitalized because of its importance), here’s the iFlask.
“In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.”
— BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, in an interview with Bloomberg.
The Future of iOS Is Looking Flat
The odds are looking good that Apple will ditch the textured, bubbly look of its iOS software in favor of something more modern
How to Block Porn on Your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
We’ll walk you through where your youngster might be able to find inappropriate content on an Apple iOS device, as well as the tools Apple provides to keep them out of it.
