If modular computing is the future, Asus is trying to get a head start with the Padfone.
On its own, the Padfone is an ordinary Android smartphone. Its above-average specs include a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3-inch …
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Google: Android Apps Have Tripled to Nearly Half a Million Since Last Year
Google has something to boast about at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, it used the event to announce that its Android Market had accrued an impressive 150,000 apps. Today, the company announced that the …
50 ‘Starz’ Movies That Are About to Disappear from Netflix Streaming
The sun is quickly setting on Netflix’s streaming partnership with Starz. As previously reported, the two companies couldn’t hammer out a deal and, as a result, some 1,000 or so Starz titles — many from Sony and Disney — will …
iPad 2 Gets Best Buy Price Drop Before iPad 3 Launch
With the launch of Apple’s iPad 3 reportedly weeks away, Best Buy is trying to dump its iPad 2 inventory at a $50 discount per model.
The 16 GB iPad 2 now costs $450 at Best Buy. The 32 GB model is selling for $550, and the 64 …
Photoshop Touch: The Best iPad Image Editor Yet
When I do graphics stuff on a computer, I spend 99.994% of my time in one tool: Photoshop. When I do it on my iPad 2–which I’m doing more and more–I jump between multiple apps, including PhotoForge2, iResize, Snapseed, …
Why the iPhone Has a Head Start on the Future of Personal Computing
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies, Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
OnLive Desktop Plus: Windows at Its Speedy Best — on Your iPad
Last month, cloud gaming pioneer OnLive put its sophisticated technology to a new purpose: running Windows 7 on an iPad. It launched OnLive Desktop, a free service that let you use Word, Excel and PowerPoint–the real, …
The Return of Television Rabbit Ears
Getting TV stations through the airwaves may seem like an anachronism in the age of streaming video online. But actually, the rise of Hulu and Netflix seems to be helping the rabbit ear industry.
via TV Antenna Comeback: …
New Comcast Service Aims at Netflix as Video Wars Heat Up
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is launching a new video-on-demand service aimed squarely at Netflix, in a move that illustrates accelerating competition for advantage over the digital living room.
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New Study Finds iPads in the Classroom Boost Test Scores
A new study shows that students who use iPads in the classroom score better in literacy tests than those who don’t. As previously reported, educators in Auburn, Maine began instructing 266 kindergarteners using the iPad 2 this …
Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Living with a Gigantic Smartphone
Thanks to an over-the-top Super Bowl ad, millions of people have heard of Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone — but for the wrong reason.
Although the Galaxy Note’s stylus was the focus of the commercial, the real …
Two Minute Video: Samsung’s 5.3-inch Galaxy Note – Phone or Tablet?
Samsung’s 5.3-inch Galaxy Note sits in the somewhat uncharted space between a large smartphone and a 7-inch tablet. The screen’s size and its 720p resolution are the real draws here, especially for navigating web pages and …