| Smartphone Shipments Outpaced PCs in 2011 for First Time |
| Smartphone shipments overtook personal computers -- including tablets, laptops, netbooks and desktops -- for the first time in 2011, according to new research from Canalys.
02/02/2012
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| More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet |
| Ever since the news broke last weekend that a fully open tablet is on the way, the excitement has been tangible in the Linux community.
02/02/2012
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| Putting Your Amazon Kindle Fire to Work |
| Amazon hit a home run with the Kindle Fire. It has the combined benefits of being a product of Amazon, being a Kindle, and being an Android-ish tablet. Amazon has positioned the device as a consumer-oriented gadget a a sort of gateway to all things Amazon. But, its Android roots also give it the functionality and flexibility to get some real work done as well.
02/02/2012
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| Apple to Launch IPad 3 in March, Japanese Report Says |
| The iPad 3 rumor mill has heated up this week, fueled by a report from Japanese Apple blog Macotakara that the much anticipated tablet will come out in March.
02/01/2012
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| Apple Surpasses LG As World's Third-Largest Phone Maker |
| Apple is now the world's third-largest phone maker by shipments and market share, according to a study from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Only behind Nokia and Samsung, Apple took the third spot globally from LG, up from the fifth spot last quarter.
02/01/2012
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| Steve Jobs Imitation with Angel Wings Promotes a Tablet in Taiwanese Ad |
| A new television advertisement airing in Taiwan has an actor with angel wings and a halo doing a thinly-veiled imitation of Steve Jobs, to promote a tablet called the "Action Pad."
01/31/2012
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| Apple Forcing IT Shops to "Adapt Or Die" |
| Many IT departments are struggling with Apple's "take it or leave it" attitude, based on discussions last week at MacIT, which is Macworld|iWorld's companion conference for IT professionals.
01/30/2012
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| LinkedIn Tip: How to Opt-Out of Social Advertising |
| LinkedIn's social ads, which automatically opt you in, may use your name and photo to promote brands that you follow. Here are step-by-step instructions for how you can opt-out.
01/30/2012
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| Will This Be the Year of Apple in the Enterprise? |
| Apple has never been considered an enterprise technology company, but it owns a significant share of the mobile enterprise market, largely due to the success of the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.
01/30/2012
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| Phoney IPads, IPhones Put Apple Engineers' Trustworthiness to Test |
| One way Apple keeps details of anticipated products such as the iPad 3 or iPhone 5 under wraps is reportedly by ensuring its engineers are super trustworthy.
01/29/2012
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| Are Google and Apple Really 'Monopolies'? |
| Everybody's dropping the 'M word' about Google in the search market and Apple in tablets. But is it true?
01/29/2012
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| Apple in China: Should We Applaud Instead of Condemn? |
| Apple is wrongfully taking heat for poor working conditions at Chinese factories that make iPads and iPhones, says CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige. American consumers fixating on prices are really to blame. Here's why.
01/29/2012
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| Apple's Dramatic Rise in the Enterprise Tests CIOs |
| One in five information workers now uses an Apple product for work, says Forrester. Is Microsoft's dominance at an end? One thing is for certain: CIOs must deal with the Apple impact.
01/26/2012
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| MacIT: IT Groups Grapple with Managing Fast-Growing IOS Devices |
| Apple recently has improved its mobile device management features, but IT groups are discovering a new set of challenges when they start to move to larger numbers of iOS devices, MacIT conference attendees are confirming this week.
01/26/2012
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| Apple Number One Smartphone Vendor Again, Say Research Firms |
| Samsung had overtaken Apple in the third quarter, as customers waited for the iPhone 4S
01/26/2012
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