Mobile & Wireless

This week on Digital Life: Are E-Books really outselling hardcover books? Peter Hildick-Smith president of the Codex-Group sets us straight. How hot is the Verizon Droid X? And, is Apple really going to sell iPhones on T-Mobile? Plus, how safe is your home network? I’ll talk with wired.com’s John Abell about Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Continue Reading →

July 22, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Twitter & Facebook are currently a buzz over a new iPad app called Flipboard. Flipboard is a free app that turns your digital life into a magazine by combing through links your friends post on Facebook and Twitter. Are individualized, social-network based Continue Reading →

July 21, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Verizon will launch its new LTE network on November 15th with two new 4G data cards. You’ll get super fast wireless access in 30 markets, including New York, LA and Chicago. LTE is an abbreviation for Long Term Evolution, in case someone Continue Reading →

July 19, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Droid X Sold Out: The iPhone 4 isn’t the only phone that’s impossible to find these days. Motorola’s brand new Droid X is now sold out online and in scarce supply at most Verizon retail stores. The new phone should start shipping Continue Reading →

Apple is having a bit of a public relations problem. As everyone on the planet now knows, if you hold your iPhone 4 and cover the antenna on the lower left side of the unit, you can reduce the radio reception by up to 20 dB and that’s enough to drop calls. I’m not a Continue Reading →

July 13, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Consumer Reports Says “No” To iPhone 4: Consumer Reports announced that it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 due to antenna issues. They say that it’s a hardware bug, and they don’t believe that it is as easily fixable as Apples says it Continue Reading →

I hate being a criminal. It’s really no fun at all. I bet you hate it too. But the amount of casual piracy that is woven into the fabric of our digital lives is really starting to bother me. One of my good friends just sent me an email. He just returned from a weeklong Continue Reading →

July 8, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Ford Has Txting Solution: Ford is stepping up to the plate and taking on the problem of texting while driving. It just unveiled a new technology that allows drivers to receive audio SMS messages through Ford’s SYNC service. BlackBerry owners will be Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Is Verizon finally going to sell iPhones? If so, should you wait? And, can Steve Jobs stop iPhone sex chats? Plus, should you buy Amazon’s updated Kindle DX or just get an iPad? And, I’ll ask wired.com’s John Abell if there will there ever be enough wireless bandwidth. I’ll speak Continue Reading →

July 6, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Apple App Store Accounts Get Hacked: It looks like one or more hackers broke into an unknown number of Apple accounts and purchased hundreds of applications in the Apple App Store. Want to protect yourself, make sure you have and use a Continue Reading →