Bringing your new iPad 2 to work
As most companies have looked to cut costs any way they could, the result has been a workforce equipped with underpowered devices, plastic enclosures and an outdated mobile…
Mobile and Handheld Technologies
As competitors pop up, iPad keeps price advantage
The new iPad model hitting stores Friday comes with several improvements over the original version but the same price tag, hobbling efforts by rivals at breaking Apple Inc.'s…
A tougher, greener battery could power phones in Africa
Fenix International, a San Francisco-based design firm, may have a better solution for these communities: a new ruggedized battery and generator system called ReadySet, LiveScience reports.
Review: Xoom emerges as first real iPad competitor
Motorola's Xoom has been hailed as the most likely tablet computer to rival Apple's iPad--the first with the goods to compete against the uncontested leader in this nascent…
Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2
Apple is back with a second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell while keeping prices in check. Underscoring the tablet's importance to Apple, CEO…
Hands-on review: Motorola Xoom tablet
Come Thursday, a formidable new player in the budding tablet market—the Android-powered Motorola Xoom—will land in stores, Yahoo! News reports.
Report: Apple to unveil iPad 2 on March 2
If the latest chatter is true, we may finally get our first glimpse at the next iPad in a little more than a week, reports Yahoo! News.
Cellphone use tied to changes in brain activity
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have found that less than an hour of cellphone use can speed up brain activity in the area closest to the…
Blackboard mobile app designed for potential iPad competitor
Blackboard Inc.’s Mobile Central application, released this month on more than 100 college campuses, will be usable on Hewlett Packard’s TouchPad, an eReader device that could gain traction…
Motorola CEO confirms $800 price tag for Xoom tablet on Verizon
Those leaked ads showing an $800 sticker price for the Android 3.0-powered Xoom tablet through Verizon Wireless have been confirmed by Motorola's chief exec, who adds that a…