With new interfaces, smarter technology and deeper access to information about its users, Google is about to go places no search engine has ever gone.
Tablets
Reminder: Nobody but Apple Knows What’s Happening with the Retina iPad Mini
Consider this your routine reminder not to believe every single Apple rumor, especially those based on mysterious supply chain sources.
As Amazon and Barnes & Noble Slash Prices, the Cheap Tablet Wars Are Getting Interesting Again
Mother’s Day deals from Amazon and Barnes & Noble do look enticing, but they don’t represent your last chance to score a decent tablet for cheap. Hang tight; the next few months should be a lot of fun to watch.
I Hope I’m Wrong About Small Windows 8 Tablets
How will cramming full-blown Windows 8 onto even smaller screens help Microsoft’s tablet initiative?
Microsoft’s Strategic Blunder with Windows 8
Could Windows 8 eventually catch on? Perhaps it can over time. But Microsoft needs to do a better job of easing people into it
These New Acer Laptops Are Wild, Man
Say what you will about Windows 8. If it’s done anything, it’s gotten hardware manufacturers to rethink the tried-and-true laptop design. Case in point: two new machines from Acer.
State of the Tablet Market: 3 Takeaways
By now, it’s clear that anyone who thought tablets were a fad is dead wrong.
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.
“In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore.”
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.
Google Now: Now on the iPhone and iPad
One of Android’s best features arrives on iOS in an update to the Google Search app.
What the PC Industry of Tomorrow Looks Like
The companies I am not worried about — the ones who will be in the PC industry of the future — are the ones that understand mobility and consumer markets. Right now this is a very short list