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iPhone, iPod touch meet NERF Lazer Tag

Hasbro, realizing that iPhone and iPod touch enthusiasts might have such a hard time putting down their gadgets to actually play NERF Lazer Tag, will soon combine Apple technologies with its popular shoot-em-up game.

By Bob Brown | 09 February, 2012 10:33

Tags: WowWee, wireless, networking, NERF iPhone, iPod touch Lazer Tag app, iPhone Lazer Tag app, iPhone Lazer Tag, Hasbro, Apple
Adobe confirms no Flash for Chrome on Android

Chrome for Android will not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has famously banned, Adobe confirmed yesterday.

By Gregg Keizer | 09 February, 2012 04:56

Tags: World Wide Web Consortium, W3C, software, smartphones, Mobile Apps and Services, Google, consumer electronics, browsers, applications, Apple, 3C
Apple v Samsung: Apple compromises on split iPhone hearing

Apple has come to a compromise on a hearing proposal presented by Samsung in the Federal Court today in relation to the case brought against the former for alleged patent infringement in the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S.

By Chloe Herrick | 08 February, 2012 14:16

Tags: samsung, Justice Annabelle Bennett, Apple vs Samsung, Apple
IBM boosts flagship array speeds by 3X with SSD caching

IBM Tuesday unveiled several upgrade options for the flagship grid-based XIV Storage System, including the ability to use solid-state drives (SSDs) as cache to increase performance by up to three times.

By Lucas Mearian | 08 February, 2012 09:21

Tags: Storage Hardware, storage, smartphones, netapp, IBM, EMC, consumer electronics, Apple
Apps-related jobs tallied at 466K in U.S.

Nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. have been created because of the 1 million-plus applications designed for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, according to a new study.

By Matt Hamblen | 08 February, 2012 06:40

Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, training, technet, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, Management and Careers, it management, industry verticals, Education/Training, education, Apple

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Tutorials about Apple

How to create custom notification tones in iOS 5

Apple's latest iOS 5 operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices went live last week and one of its new features is custom notification tones.

By Ross Catanzariti | 18 October, 2011 09:39

Tags: smartphones, mobile phones, iPhone, iOS 5, Apple iPhone 4S, Apple iPhone 4, Apple
Enable iTunes Home Sharing in iOS 4.3

The next major iOS update is slated to be released this Friday, March 11, alongside the ultra-hyped iPad 2. One of the key features is a little something called iTunes Home Sharing, which allows users to stream music, podcasts, movies and more from PC to iOS device.

By Mike Keller | 09 March, 2011 04:54

Tags: software, iTunes, applications, Apple
iPhone 4 newbies: 10 essential tips and tricks

You soon-to-be Verizon iPhone 4 customers can learn from the experiences of others. Take it from iPhone old-timers, you're about to enter a magical world of awesome apps running on the most simplistic, addictive device on the planet.

By Tom Kaneshige | 09 February, 2011 07:33

Tags: Verizon Wireless, Phones, iPhone, consumer electronics, Apple
Delete iPad documents in iTunes

If you're an iPad user, you may have discovered a rather strange quirk in iTunes. Although the program makes it blissfully easy to add documents to certain apps by way of its File Sharing feature, there appears to be no way to delete those documents.

By Rick Broida | 22 September, 2010 01:58

Tags: tablets, software, iTunes, document management, applications, Apple
Root Google Android the easy way

Google's Android operating system is riding a wave of popularity that has rapidly eclipsed Apple's iOS, and by the end of 2010 it's expected to overtake RIM's BlackBerry as the world's leading smartphone platform. However, despite the relative openness and flexibility of the OS, your Android phone still isn't as powerful and customizable as it could be. To unlock all of your phone's potential, you'll need to root it.

By Robert Strohmeyer | 15 September, 2010 23:15

Tags: Phones, mobile phones, Google Android, Google, consumer electronics, Apple, Android

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Features about Apple

Analysis: 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.

By Ryan Faas | 01 February, 2012 02:49

Tags: software, operating systems, Mac OS, hardware systems, Apple
Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features

Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.

By Ryan Faas | 28 January, 2012 10:52

Tags: software, operating systems, Mac OS, Apple
In depth: Apple's new vision of education

Apple has made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

By Ryan Faas | 24 January, 2012 02:35

Tags: tablets, iPad, hardware systems, Apple
What smartphones will be like in 2012

Since the advent of the first modern smartphone--arguably the original Apple iPhone in 2007--the power of these mobile computing devices that also happen to make phone calls has advanced by leaps and bounds.

By Jared Newman | 12 November, 2011 01:31

Tags: Windows Phone, verimotorola, t-mobile, smartphones, Siri, samsung, qualcomm, Phones, nvidia, Mobile OSes, mobile, Micro Express, iPhone 4S, htc, Google, consumer electronics, Components, Batteries / fuel cells, batteries, apple iphone, Apple, Android
Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps

Wouldn't you like to have your very own gofer dedicated to doing all the menial tasks you hate? That's a big part of the appeal of the iPhone 4S: Siri, the voice-driven virtual assistant, turns anyone with a couple hundred bucks into a CEO attended by a full-time lackey. But can you get the same kind of slavish devotion from an Android phone?

By Edward N. Albro | 09 November, 2011 01:52

Tags: voice recognition, software, smartphones, Phones, Google, consumer electronics, apple iphone, Apple, Android

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