Per Paul Demery of Internet Retailer: Is it an e-reader or a tablet? At less than half the price of an iPad 2 and small enough to fit in a handbag, the latest version of Barnes & Noble Inc.42BarnesandNoble.com Inc. Books / Music / VideosOnline Sales:$493,000,000 (IR estimate)Growth:5.8%See More. ’s Nook Color is chockfull of [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Nook Color Steps Up Its Tablet Game
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Sony Dives Into Tablet Race
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011According to CNN Money: Sony is diving into the tablet race, announcing Tuesday that is working on two gadgets that will hit the market this fall. One of the tablets, code-named S1, will be a flat slate with a 9.4-inch screen, just a touch smaller than Apple’s iPad. Its S2 tablet will be more unusual, [...]
NY Case Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Dangers
Monday, April 25th, 2011According to Carolyn Thompson of the Associated Press: Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn’t need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents. [...]
Introducing the iWatch!
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Apple Slammed Over iPhone, iPad Location Tracking
Friday, April 22nd, 2011According to Jordan Robertson of the Associated Press: Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users — records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to disgorge. It’s not clear if other smartphones and tablet computers are logging such [...]
Per Sources, Apple To Ship New iPhone In September
Thursday, April 21st, 2011Per Kelvin Soh of Reuters: Apple’s next-generation iPhone will have a faster processor and will begin shipping in September, three people with direct knowledge of the company’s supply chain said. The production of the new iPhone will start in July/August and the smartphone will look largely similar to the iPhone 4, one of the people [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Can Succeed In Market Dominated By Apple iPad
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011According to The Canadian Press: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion launched its new PlayBook tablet to little fanfare Tuesday, but experts say the Canadian gadget can still be successful in a growing industry dominated by hoopla surrounding Apple’s rival iPad. Few people lined up at downtown Toronto electronics stores to buy the tablet, a stark [...]
Smartphone Photos Can Reveal Private Information
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011According to a report by WSOTV: Smartphone users and their children could be targets of a new kind of stalking without ever knowing it. Many parents don’t realize that pictures taken with smartphones and uploaded to the Internet could give a predator all the information needed for stalking or even an abduction. Police Detective Walt [...]
Office 365 Isn’t Mobile Enough
Monday, April 18th, 2011According to Tony Bradley of PCWorld: One of the most compelling aspects of Office 365–aside from its overall value–is that you can access it from virtually anywhere. Because it is delivered from the cloud, the tools and services in Office 365 are not tied to a single PC or device, and data can be accessed [...]
Sprint CEO Blasts AT&T/T-Mobile Mega-Deal
Friday, April 15th, 2011Sprint Nextel Corp CEO Dan Hesse attacked rival AT&T Inc’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA on Friday, saying a tie-up between the two would hurt innovation and set the country’s wireless industry back. The chief executive of the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator lashed out against the $39 billion deal, now undergoing regulatory scrutiny, echoing [...]

