Microsoft is pursuing the ideal of OS platforms: a unified code base that runs from smartphones to servers, giving users …
Windows Developers Struggling With Mobile Apps
Windows developers are feeling the demand for mobile apps, but they say their current tools and skills are preventing them from delivering those apps.
Windows 8.1 to cost the same as Windows 8 for U.S. retail customers
While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers.
Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant
Nearly a year and a half ago, I predicted that Apple was hatching a ” secret plan to kill the …
Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel
New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel’s willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft.
Quick as a flash
Many businesses are doing away with their traditional storage systems, opting instead for all-flash arrays.
Micrografx targets Google, Motorola and Samsung with vector graphics patent suit
Graphics software company Micrografx sued Google, its subsidiary Motorola Mobility, and Samsung Electronics for infringing three graphic patents by running Google Maps and Chrome Browser on their Android devices.
Intel President James on wearable tech, Microsoft partnership
After calculators, PCs and mobile phones, Intel is now jumping into wearable devices with an extremely low-power chip called Quark, …
Report: Amazon wants to give you a free phone
There’s that old saying that the best things in life are free-and now Amazon has apparently decided that this maxim would make a formidable business plan.
Microsoft Xbox Music now available on Android, iOS and free online
Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Music service to iOS and Android devices, and also adding free streaming via the Web.
Intel emphasizes on power-efficient processors for mobile and tablet devices
Intel’s dominance of the chip market is starting to wane as PC shipments slump and smartphone and tablet adoption grows.
Review: The cooker that gets instructions via the internet
The connected fridge was for a long time seen as a joke, but companies like Philips are, with the help of smartphones and tablets, looking to resurrect the concept of connected kitchen appliances in various ways.
Review: Acer's DA241HL all-in-one Android desktop
Acer has chosen a different approach to the all-in-one PC, installing Android instead of Windows on its upcoming DA241HL, but the problem is that Google’s operating systems isn’t a desktop OS.
TVs and smartphones steal the spotlight at IFA
This year’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin offered smartphones, tablets, 4K TVs, a much-anticipated smartwatch and new spins on the camera.
Nikon gears up for the holiday season with new compact camera models
With the first inklings of the holiday season settling in, camera companies are right out there with brand new fixed-lens and point-and-shoot models that they hope have just the right mix of features to make buyers consider toting more than just a smartphone in their pockets.
Smartphone shipments to hit 1B – up 40 percent – in 2013
Sub-$200 smartphones and robust sales of smartphones in emerging countries are driving a rebound in the worldwide mobile phone market this year, IDC said Wednesday.
Lenovo's new Yoga hybrids strike a lighter, sleeker pose
Lenovo introduced a new wave of Yoga hybrids, shaving off size and weight so the devices are lighter when used as tablets, and faster in laptop mode.
Qualcomm to ship Toq smartwatch with Mirasol display in Q4
Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its own smartwatch that will have a low-power Mirasol display and be compatible with Android mobile devices.
With Nokia, Microsoft has missing pieces to attack mobile enterprise
With its $7.2 billion agreement to buy Nokia’s handset business, Microsoft is in a position to surpass Apple and Android smartphone makers in providing an enterprise-class mobile platform, experts say.
With Microsoft-Nokia deal, Stephen Elop's sitting pretty
Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia, announced early today, makes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop the frontrunner to head up Microsoft after Steve Ballmer departs, analysts said.