Electronics

There was a time when owning a smartphone meant you owned a BlackBerry. For those with high-speed jobs who needed to stay connected on the go, owning a BlackBerry meant owning the best in production on the go. After Apple and Google rode into town and began dominating the market with iPhones and Androids, BlackBerries Continue Reading →

It’s worse this time. Microsoft was roundly pilloried for low functional storage rates in the Surface RT tablet. It appears that the big sibling to that device, the Surface Pro, suffers from similar woes. The 32 gigabyte Surface RT had 16 gigabytes of free space. The 64 gigabyte Surface RT had 46. In short, for Continue Reading →

With reports that Apple’s iOS 6.1 software had references to a 128GB iOS devices, Apple has confirmed the existence of such devices with issuing of a press release detailing launch a 128GB versions of its fourth-generation iPad with Retina display. The company says that the new 128GB versions of the fourth-generation iPad will go on Continue Reading →

Are you ready for an iPad with beefier memory? A new fourth-generation iPad with Retina display — and perhaps as much as 128 gigabytes of memory — is being readied for release, sources tell 9to5Mac. The upcoming slate would not be a new design but rather an addition to the current fourth-generation line, with the Continue Reading →

All the salacious headlines are (mostly) true — as of Saturday, you can’t unlock a carrier-subsidized smartphone on your own before the contract associated with it runs out without technically running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Granted, I’d wager that the number of people who faithfully stick to their multi-year wireless contracts far Continue Reading →

In October, Google was granted a patent for a smartwatch with a flip-up display, however it was assumed that the concept, like most patents, would never move beyond the drawing board. A new report from Business Insider claims that the company is now “actively exploring” the idea of producing its own smartwatch and is even Continue Reading →

Chip maker Intel and mobile operator Safaricom have announced the Yolo, the first smartphone for the African market with an Intel processor. Intel claims the Android device is aimed for “cost-conscious and first-time buyers in Kenya,” but its specifications aren’t as shabby as that characterization might imply. It’s powered by the Intel Atom Z2420 processor Continue Reading →

Amazon has acquired text-to-speech technology provider Ivona Software for an undisclosed amount, broadening its in-house capabilities as the Internet retailer continues to push its tablet business. The two companies have collaborated in the past, Amazon noted, with Ivona’s technology powering the text-to speech, voice guide, and explore by touch features on Kindle Fire tablets. In Continue Reading →

Netflix and YouTube have teamed up to launch DIAL, a protocol that helps developers of second-screen apps to discover and launch applications on smart TVs and connected devices. The effort is already getting support from a number of notable players, including Samsung, Sony, Hulu and the BBC. DIAL could become a key piece in efforts Continue Reading →

It’s the end of an era: Intel has announced that, over the next three years, it will wind down production of desktop motherboards to zero. The company will continue to supply chipsets for use by third party motherboard manufacturers—the likes of ASUS, ASRock and Gigabyte—but after 2013 it won’t make more motherboards itself, reports Anandtech. Continue Reading →