Features

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• The most annoying Android apps

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 19 April, 2012 23:35

  Not all Android apps are created equal, and most are far from perfect.

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) review: A nice price, but where's the 'wow'?

  By JR Raphael | 12 April, 2012 09:18

  Android devices - both smartphones and tablets - are getting increasingly affordable. With its new Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) tablet, Samsung is obviously hoping to claim its piece of the budget-price pie.

• In depth: Nokia's great Windows Phone hope - Beauty without brawn

  By Galen Gruman | 10 April, 2012 20:13

  Nokia may sell more cellphones than any other company in the world, but it's been all but excluded from the United States for years -- and it's seen its global sales steadily shrink as the iPhone and Android smartphones have become the darlings of buyers in an increasing number of countries. Nokia's relevance has been fast receding, and its Symbian, Maemo, and MeeGo efforts became a pattern of failure for a company that just didn't get it. In response, a year ago, Nokia bet its future largely on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

• Embracing the educational iOS device

  By Christopher Breen | 11 April, 2012 03:03

  I recently offered some advice on how to configure an old iPad for a child, and while the subsequent reaction was largely positive, there were the few (and expected) replies that suggested exposing a child to an iPad would lead to a machine-dependent future, devoid of fresh air, firm muscle tone, and true human interaction.

• MDM: Part of the mobile security solution?

  By George V. Hulme | 10 April, 2012 01:27

  The good news for enterprises: Mobile devices are packed with power. A new iPhone is 100 times lighter, 100 times faster, and 10 times less expensive than the luggable notebooks of the early 1980s.

• iPad in the Enterprise: A videoconferencing dream machine?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 April, 2012 08:09

  Three IT workers with iPads gathered around a whiteboard in a conference room in Boston to figure out how to improve a long-standing technical service- and running into more questions than answers.

• Mobile malware: Beware drive-by downloads on your smartphone

  By Meridith Levinson | 23 March, 2012 07:39

  While Jeff Schmidt, the CEO of JAS Global Advisors, was surfing the Web on his new Android smartphone (his first Android phone) earlier this year, what appeared to be an ad popped up on his screen. The "ad" looked like the prompt that appears when his phone rings. He clicked the button on the ad to pick up the putative call, and the ad began downloading a binary file - malware - onto his Android phone. Schmidt had been hit by a drive-by download, a program that automatically installs malicious software on end-users' computers--and increasingly, smartphones--without them knowing.

• Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

  By Robert L. Scheier | 12 March, 2012 21:07

  Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

• A deep dive into Windows 8 Consumer Preview

  By Preston Gralla | 06 March, 2012 05:04

  Windows 8 Consumer Preview is one of the biggest changes that Microsoft has made to Windows, moving it from an operating system aimed at a single class of hardware (PCs and laptops) to one that spans a wide range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

• I dumped my iPhone 4 for the Android Galaxy Nexus

  By Scot Finnie | 02 March, 2012 21:54

  I like a lot of things about my iPhone 4. For starters, the whole "antennagate" thing was overblown. Lots of phones drop bars if you grip them a certain way while in a weak signal area. (My new Galaxy Nexus does.) And although I live in a dead zone for both AT&T and Verizon, right out of the box my AT&T iPhone 4 got noticeably better reception than my original iPhone. A simple iPhone 4 case prevented any loss of signal reception due to hand shielding.

• Weird and wonderful music-making apps and toys

  By Mark Sullivan | 24 February, 2012 01:41

  Tablets and smartphones are making music more fun for musicians and nonmusicians alike. These devices--mainly iPhones and iPads at the moment--have brought about a wave of innovation in tuneful apps. Here are some of the coolest ones out there.

• OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?

  By Ryan Faas | 19 February, 2012 09:13

  Apple surprised the tech world by unveiling a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, the next generation of its desktop operating system set to ship this summer - just a year after OS X 10.7 Lion arrived.

• Guide: How and when to build a mobile website

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 16 February, 2012 03:39

  As of November 2011, 91.4 million people in the United States-owned smartphones, according to comScore. That was an 8 per cent increase over just a few months before. And if the trend continues, as most analysts and smartphone vendors believe it will, the number of individuals in the United States with a smartphone will be close to, if not exceed, 100 million by March 2012 - that's nearly one out of three Americans. And that's not including the number of people using iPads and tablet PCs, which was well over 15 million as of June 2011, per CTIA, the Wireless Association.

• Feature review: Noteshelf for iPad

  By Lex Friedman | 14 February, 2012 01:35

  The iPad is just a bit smaller than a traditional sheet of looseleaf paper. Sometimes, however, the tablet doesn’t seem quite as useful as pen and paper—especially when you want to jot down some quick notes. Sure, Apple’s stock Notes app works fine, but only if you have the time to tap out your notes on the iPad’s virtual keyboard. When you need to scribble some notes down in a hurry, or when you crave the ability to scrawl down more than just typewritten text, it’s time to take a trip to the App Store.