One year ago, a pair of Boeing engineers decided to revive the spirit of a dead Microsoft project called Courier, but as an iPad app. They named this project “Taposé,” and began a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for …
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More on ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’: Not Fair, but Not Unreasonable
Over the weekend, a mini-controversy broke out when a Microsoft Store in Silicon Valley refused to declare blogger Sahas Katta’s Android phone as the victor in its “Smoked by Windows Phone” competition, even though it seems to …
China Welcomes Apple CEO Tim Cook, Approves New iPad for Sale
The China Quality Certification Center has given the green light for Apple to sell the Wi-Fi version of its new iPad.
via China Welcomes Apple CEO Tim Cook, Approves New iPad for Sale | Business | TIME.com.
Nine Possible Explanations for the Lousy State of Android Tablet Apps
PCMag’s Sascha Segan has created a slideshow comparison of iPad apps and Android tablet apps. The more enthusiastic you are about the potential of Android tablets, the more distressing the show is: with one or two exceptions, the …
Finally, a Bluetooth Fridge Magnet That Orders Pizza with a Single Touch
Behold the latest installment in our hard-hitting series of practical innovations that have changed the world in immeasurably positive ways! This is a refrigerator magnet with a built-in Bluetooth connection that, when pressed, …
Sweet! A Much Nicer SugarSync for iPad
At the new iPad launch, Tim Cook took time out from saying glowing things about Apple products to say something critical about Android tablets: Many apps available for them feel like nothing more than smartphone software that’s …
Our Fabulous Future: Corporate America’s Great Tech-Utopia Movies
The wonders of tomorrow, as revealed by GM, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Microsoft and other companies in seven decades’ worth of self-serving mini-epics.
With Sony, Chromebooks May Get New Blood
Google’s Chromebooks have fallen off the radar lately, but they may soon get new life with Sony hardware and an updated interface.
As Laptop Reviews reports, photos and specs of a Sony Chromebook have appeared on the Federal
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Intel and Microsoft’s Secret Weapon Against Apple
Intel and its partners are about to launch the biggest promotion of a new product category called Ultrabooks since the company’s wi-fi based Centrino launch early last decade. And Microsoft is about to launch a major update to …
Goodbye ‘Card Case’, Hello ‘Pay With Square’
Square’s Card Case app is pretty nifty: It lets iPhone users pay for stuff at over 40,000 retail locations without even removing their phone from their pocket. It may be a sneak peek of the way we’ll all eventually pay for …
Microsoft’s ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ Gets…Smoked?
[UPDATE: As The Verge’s Nathan Ingraham reports, Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph has a laptop, a phone and an apology for Skattertech’s Sahas Katta. Controversy over!]
Microsoft is holding a “Smoked by Windows Phone” contest which is …
Fuzzy Math: The New iPad’s Battery Keeps Drawing Power Past 100%
The new iPad’s been in the media crosshairs all week for alleged battery-related problems. First, we heard the system was notably toastier than its predecessor — a problem naturally exacerbated by using it while the battery …