Good news, Android users. Flipboard has officially made its reader app available in Google Play.
What is Flipboard? Ask someone with an iPhone — nearly 1 million of them downloaded the app after its first week of release, …
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Smartphonatics: How the Smartphone-Obsessed Are Changing Our Society
A new breed of smartphone users–smartphonatics–are changing the way we bank and play. A lot of it makes life easier. Some of it is just plain rude or obsessive.
via Smartphonatics: The Smart Phone Obsessed Are Changing Our …
6 Things Windows Phone 8 Still Needs to Succeed
With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft will redo the plumbing of its mobile operating system to allow more diverse hardware and easier app development.
At last, Windows Phone will support multi-core processors, HD screen resolutions …
BlackBerry 10: What We Know So Far
Research in Motion gave us just a small taste of BlackBerry 10 in early May, but lately it’s been showing off a little more.
Crackberry, Engadget and The Verge all recently spent some hands-on time with an early version of …
10 Cool Tech Twists for Any Summer Party
It’s summer — that means hot days, backyard barbecues and the gadgets, accessories and apps to help you enjoy it all.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 Event: A Partial Monty
At a press event in San Francisco this morning, Microsoft talked about the next version of Windows Phone–now officially named Windows Phone 8–for the first time. The biggest single piece of news is something we knew was coming: …
Another Day, Another Big Windows Event
On Monday in Hollywood, Microsoft told the world that it was going to make Windows 8 tablets. It was one of the biggest announcements in the company’s history, but there’s more Windows news to come.
Today, at an event in San …
We Are Watching the Reinvention of Microsoft
Its not every day that we get to watch a company that helped make personal computing a reality reinvent itself. Yet that is exactly what we are watching as Microsoft inches closer to one of its biggest operating system launches …
The New Math on Smartphone Plans and Providers
Considering the huge range in prices, as well as the recent changes in plans and providers in the marketplace, it’s time to at least start thinking about switching wireless services.
I Visit the U.S. Open: A Day of Golf, and No Tech
I can’t claim to be a serious golf fan–or, really, a golf fan at all–but for the past four years, I’ve been looking forward to attending this year’s U.S. Open at San Francisco‘s historic Olympic Club.
That’s because my wife …
10 Totally Awesome Gadget Gifts for Every Kind of Dad
I asked 10 very different dads, in all age ranges and personality types — from manly men to metro males — what would make a great gift.
Verizon’s New ‘Share Everything’ Plans: Good Deal or Total Ripoff?
Verizon’s been hinting at the arrival of shared data plans for over a year, and this week, the wireless carrier finally revealed how the so-called “Share Everything” plans will work.
Starting June 28, subscribers can pay a …