Jan 3, 2013 | Android, Google, mobile, phone, tablet
If you have a new Android phone running the latest version of Android (“Jelly Bean,” Android versions 4.1 or 4.2), you can turn on Google Now, one of the most interesting and forward-looking smartphone apps available on any platform. I don’t have a Jelly Bean phone,...
Dec 6, 2012 | Android, broadband, iPad, mobile, phone, tablet
An email arrived tonight from Verizon announcing that 4G LTE service has officially arrived in Santa Rosa and nearby areas in Sonoma County. Verizon actually turned on LTE up here about a month ago; I noticed the LTE indicator lighting up on my Verizon devices and...
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 17, 2012 | hardware, laptops, Lenovo, mobile
Good news! Batteries are improving rapidly. It might be hard to believe on the days when the low battery alert flashes too soon but the improvements are quite real and there is reason to hope that things will keep getting better. Our lives are ruled by batteries. The...
Aug 27, 2012 | Amazon, Android, Apple, computers, Dell, Google, HP, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, mobile, phone, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Get some popcorn, keep a grip on your wallet, and settle down. The action is about to begin. There are big changes coming up in the world of mobile devices, and the thrilling conclusion will affect your computers as well when Microsoft officially releases Windows 8....
