Nov 5, 2012 | Android, Apple, Dropbox, hardware, iPad, laptops, LastPass, Lenovo, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Previously: Some Thoughts On The Microsoft Surface Tablet (Part 1) Because it is built on an operating system that appears identical to Windows 8, Microsoft’s Surface tablet has some features that set it apart from an iPad. This isn’t a full review of the Surface,...
Oct 30, 2012 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, phone, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Let’s catch our breath for a minute and do a quick recap of where things stand as we head into November. COMPUTERS Windows 8 is becoming available, at least as an option, on new computers from the major manufacturers. At the moment everything is in transition, so you...
Oct 16, 2012 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, Office, phone, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 is a term that will be used to refer to several different things. It is the next operating system for Windows computers, but you’ll also see the name used loosely to describe a tablet operating system, a phone operating system, the environment for apps that...
Oct 14, 2012 | Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, mobile, phone, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
In order to understand why Microsoft has created Windows 8, you have to look at the long-term, fundamental change in the way the world uses technology. We are in the middle of a massive structural shift from computers to phones and tablets. Mobile devices, not desktop...
Sep 24, 2012 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Microsoft, phone, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8
HTC previewed the Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S at a press conference last week, with Steve Ballmer beaming onstage like a proud father. The phones will be available sometime in early November, along with the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820, the Samsung Ativ S, and...
Sep 12, 2012 | Apple, phone, web_services
Apple dominates the news today but perhaps not the way it was hoping: an underwhelming introduction of the iPhone 5 at the press conference yesterday, and some dissatisfaction about an extended outage of iCloud mail. iPHONE 5 First, the good news: the iPhone 5 is the...
