TechnologizerSamsung
It’s been almost two years since the first iPad shipped, and no manufacturer has emerged as Apple’s primary archrival in the tablet business. But Samsung has been trying harder than anyone else, with scads of models that take on …
If you’re looking for a smartphone with a good camera, your options up until now have pretty much been limited to one with either a five-megapixel sensor or an eight-megapixel sensor. Nokia’s hoping you’re really hot for …
New details about what Apple allegedly did to secure the iPad trademark in China — Chinese monitor manufacturer Proview alleges deceptively, Apple argues legally — are coming to light. According to Proview, the third party …
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 …
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 …
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 …
TechnologizerMicrosoft
Microsoft opened the first two branches of The Microsoft Store back in October 2009. But its retail chain didn’t reach the San Francisco Bay Area until November of last year, when a branch opened up across from the Apple Store at …
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 …
Yes, I’ll admit it, I’m jealous — the folks at Mashable have dibs for the next 24 hours on Bruce Springsteen’s new single “Wrecking Ball,” from the eponymous upcoming album, due March 6. I’ve had a copy of Wrecking Ball …
TechnologizerApps & Software
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, …
Out of the frying pan, into the fire: Global intelligence firm Stratfor may have secured its perimeters after its servers were infiltrated late last year, but a mammoth email dump just hit the grid courtesy Wikileaks.
In …
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies, Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
