App overload: Which smartphone apps do you use most?
Jenna Wortham at the New York Times says she has 259 applications on her iPhone, but – like most smartphone owners – only uses a small fraction of those. She wonders if those who have smartphones and...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.12.2013
• Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business? – No one’s making big money off streaming music right now. For major tech companies, music is a loss leader. What does that say about music’s...
View ArticleAT&T still tops in LTE network speeds in Houston: PC Mag
In what's become an annual rite, PC Magazine has surveyed the network speeds of wireless broadband providers in 30 United States cities. Although the publication has tweaked its approach and metrics,...
View ArticleIf Instagram gets video, will you be happy or annoyed?
Back when it was at the top of the photo-sharing heap, Flickr began allowing its users to upload video. It seemed like a natural extension to the site’s mission at the time, but many of its users...
View ArticleThere’s a rumored iPhone 5C: Does the C stand for ‘cheap’?
f summer has neared its peak and fall approaches, that can only mean one thing: A new iPhone is coming. And that means, of course, that the Apple rumor machine is churning at full spin. A new version...
View ArticleMotorola’s Texas-built Moto X goes on sale this month
When Google bought Motorola, the search giant promised that the struggling handset maker would not get preferential treatment over the many creators of other Android-based handsets. Of course, that...
View ArticleReview: Motorola Moto X
The first product resulting from Google's acquisition is the Moto X, a 4.7-inch smartphone that runs Android 4.2. This is not the first time that Google has controlled the hardware for a smartphone –...
View ArticleEight things to love about iOS 7 [Updated]
I'll admit it: I was leery about installing iOS 7 on my iPhone 5 and iPad 3 when it rolled out Wednesday. I'd played briefly with the beta on some developers' phones and was not particularly impressed....
View ArticleZTE becomes the ‘official smartphone’ of the Houston Rockets
You may not be very familiar with Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE, but that's about to change, in part because of a new partnership the company announced with the Houston Rockets.
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.3.2013
• Apple Buys Twitter Analytics Startup Topsy Labs – The Wall Street Journal reports Apple is paying more than $200 million for Topsy, one of the few companies will full access to Twitter’s complete...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.11.2013
• NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking – Google uses cookies to track its users’ activities on the Net. The NSA figured out it can piggyback on those cookies to help identify...
View ArticleiOS 7.1 gives a boost to older iPhones, iPads
With the release of iOS 7.1 on Monday, owners of older Apple products got some relief. The besides tweaking the new iOS 7 interface and bringing a handful of new features, iOS 7.1 also provides better...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy S6 gives up storage expansion, replaceable battery
Whenever Samsung Galaxy S smartphone loyalists argue the merits of their preferred hardware over Apple's iPhone, they usually bring up two things. First, they tout that Samsung's devices allow you to...
View ArticleSurprise! Microsoft beats Google at the cross-platform game
Windows guru Paul Thurrott says that Apple’s iOS platform is now the place to be if you’re a fan of Microsoft’s software and services, which will be a mind-blower for those still clinging to the old...
View ArticleAT&T takes top Houston LTE spot in PCMag’s 2015 carrier test
Each year, PC Magazine takes to the nation’s highways, testing the speeds of mobile networks in cities and rural areas. The results from the 2015 survey are in, and in Houston, the crown for fastest...
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