Microsoft has been pretty noncommittal when it comes to creating business tools for the iPhone and iPad. The company has dipped its toes in the iOS pool with consumer-oriented release of My Xbox Live and an iOS port of its Kinectimals virtual pet game. ...Refurbished Motorola Xooms came with private data from previous owners
Motorola facilitated the sale of a bunch of refurbished Xoom tablets with former owners' data still on them, the company announced in a press release Friday. The Xooms were part of a deal on flash sale site woot.com last...
The route to a Kindle owner’s heart goes through the wallet
A customer satisfaction survey of Kindle Fire owners shows that while the vast majority are satisfied with their purchase, it is mainly the low price fueling their happiness. ChangeWave Research asked a sample of new Kindle Fire ...
Samsung in hot water with EU over 3G FRAND patent lawsuits
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it has begun a formal investigation into Samsung's strategy of using FRAND-encumbered patents related to 3G wireless networking standards in lawsuits. The announcement comes...
2012: The year websites optimize for tablets
Mobify's CEO Igor Faletski, whose company helps sites optimize for mobile, said almost all of Mobify's work thus far has been to optimize for smartphones. But he said this year many sites are preparing to build specifically for tablets, taking advantage of their unique capabilities. 
Kindle Fire dwarfs other Android tablets in market share after just three months
The Kindle Fire is crushing standard Android tablets in market share after only three months, according to data collected by Flurry Analytics. Measured in application sessions on Android from November 2011 to January 2012, the K...
Kindle Fire dwarfs other Android tablets in market share after just three months
The Kindle Fire is crushing standard Android tablets in market share after only three months, according to data collected by Flurry Analytics. Measured in application sessions on Android from November 2011 to January 2012, the K...
Two years, 55M iPads later, Apple still rules tablets
Just under two years since Apple introduced the original iPad, the company said Tuesday that it's now sold a total of 55 million units. And in the last three months of 2010 alone, Apple sold 15.4 million, a company record.
Tablet and e-reader ownership jumped 60 percent after holiday season
E-reader and tablet ownership nearly doubled over the 2011 holiday season, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. The percentage of people who reported owning a tablet jumped to 19 percent from December 2011 to J......




