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The Slow but Almost Certain Demise of Apple’s OS X Dashboard
How long until Apple takes Dashboard off the menu? Guess away, but the development community seems all but inoperative. I’d be sadder than usual to see it go.
Finally, Full-Blown Flickr on the iPhone
Yahoo’s photo-sharing service gets a meaty, much-needed iOS update.
Three Things Apple Didn’t Get Right in iTunes 11
While I haven’t run into bugs or visual glitches on my Retina MacBook Pro, I have stumbled on a few quirks as well as at least one conspicuous hangover that altogether render iTunes 11 a less-than-premium experience.
The Trouble with Windows Phone 8: It’s Not the Apps, It’s the Basics
After two years of iteration by Microsoft, I can’t get into Windows Phone, and the paucity of apps–real or perceived–has nothing to do with it.
How Teachers Use Skype in the Classroom
“Skype in the Classroom” was created for teachers so that they could introduce their pupils to cultures and experts worldwide in real time.
Windows 8 Is Here, but Where Are the Tablets?
Now’s not the best time to go Windows 8 tablet hunting.
25 Free Android Apps to Get You Started
A smart phone won’t get you too far without at least a few great apps, and Android’s no exception. As you customize your new phone to your liking, here are 25 of the best (and free!) Android apps to get you started
Windows RT Is Having an Identity Crisis
If you don’t keep a close eye on tech blogs–and, perhaps, even if you do–you’d be forgiven for not knowing that Microsoft will launch two new versions of Windows on October 26.
Pokki Aims to Fix Windows 8 with Replacement Start Menu
Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back.
SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the latest to try with a new …
10 Essential iPhone Tips, New and Old
The iPhone is known for its simplicity, but not everything about it is obvious. Beyond its straightforward grid of apps lies plenty of tricks that make Apple’s phone easier to use. Here are 10 essential iPhone tips and tricks, …
BlackBerry 10: Good Enough Won’t Be Anywhere Near Good Enough
So help me, I want to be excited about BlackBerry 10, the all-new operating system powering the BlackBerry handsets which are now supposed to show up in the first quarter of 2013.
I was keeping an open mind about it almost a …