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The Internet has been blamed for the death of the mail, but now it’s offering hope to the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service. Amazon announced Monday that it will begin Sunday deliveries using the government agency’s fleet of foot soldiers, office workers and truck drivers to bring packages to homes seven days a week. To accommodate Continue Reading →

According to sources in the TV supply chain, it appears that Apple’s long-rumored TV plans, which were far from concrete anyway, have been put on hold again, possibly to be replaced by a rollout of wearable devices. Although many financial and industry analysts have been speculating about Apple’s entrance into the TV business via an Continue Reading →

Motorola’s Moto X is a solid phone, but part of its appeal are the customization options that allow users to engrave things into the back, change the color and even material of the back case and more via the Moto Maker online tool. But that started out as an AT&T exclusive, and remained so until Continue Reading →

I think at this point we can pretty safely say that BlackBerry’s BB 10 relaunch was a bit of a disaster for the once-mighty Canadian smartphone makers. I mean, you don’t give your CEO the boot for nothing right? And it now seems the company is ready to fully capitulate to its Android rival. How? Continue Reading →

Tim Kreider lit a fire under the blogosphere in late October with an opinion column in The New York Times called “Slaves of the Internet, Unite!” In the piece, Kreider gripes about hard-working young writers who contribute to various web sites and receive no compensation — even when the work generates massive traffic and thousands Continue Reading →

Apple is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, said a person familiar with the plans. Two models planned for release in the second half of next year would feature larger displays with glass that curves downward at the edges, said the Continue Reading →

A new report is detailing Google’s plans to use your verified phone number to display your name and Google+ profile photo as your caller ID. The feature comes as part of Android 4.4 KitKat’s smarter caller ID, where it will display business names when a business calls you, should you not have the number stored Continue Reading →

We got our first peek at Panasonic’s 4K Toughpad tablet last January at CES, and now the company says it will go on sale in the US about a year later, for $5,999. Panasonic announced two devices for Europe, but here in the US there’s only the higher end UT-MB5 that packs Windows 8.1, 8GB Continue Reading →

Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft’s chief executive officer, would consider breaking with decades of tradition by focusing the company’s strategy around making the popular Office software programs like Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on a broad variety of smartphones and tablets, including those made by Apple and Google, said three Continue Reading →

Our smartphones are our go to devices for so many things… we’ve outsourced our memory to the apps that provide access to the body of knowledge of mankind such as Google, Wikipedia, IMDb, etc. We’ve outsourced our way-finding to maps and navigation systems. We’ve pushed just about everything we do to our phones. I’ve seen Continue Reading →