Maps, better photo-sharing likely from Apple, analysts say
Advances in mapping and photo sharing for mobile devices are expected to take center stage as Apple kicks off a big week for product announcements in San Francisco on Monday. By Nancy Blair, USA TODAY The Apple logo is displayed on the exterior of the Moscone West Center in San…
Fears about UK border queues ahead of Olympics
LONDON The first taste of British life for most travelers landing at Heathrow Airport these days is the queue. That long line snaking back and forth to passport control can be maddening, and even the British masters at manners when it comes to waiting in line are beginning to lose…
London subway system launches WiFi service
Travellers on London’s Underground need no longer fear being out of touch. The subway network began launching WiFi yesterday, rolling out the service to a handful of stations this week as part of a build-up before the Olympics, which run from July 27 until August 12. By the end of the year,…
Windows 8 Tablets: Computex Sneak Peek
The just-concluded Computex techfest in Taipei was all about Windows 8 this year, as vendors took the wraps off a range of new systems–from tablets to hybrids to laptops. The introductions are the latest evidence that Windows 8 may arrive sooner, rather than later, with some industry watchers expecting a Whenever Windows…
WPI robotics engineering team again wins NASA competition
WORCESTER For the second year in a row, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student robotics engineering team has won a NASA-sponsored competition. The tournament, the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage Exploration Robo-Ops Competition, was organized by the National Institute of Aerospace and held May 30 to June 1 at NASA’s The robot…
Research In Motion woes worry BlackBerry users
LOS ANGELES The darkening prospects for Research in Motion Ltd. are conjuring a nightmare scenario for its nearly 80 million users: What if they woke up one morning to find their BlackBerry phones had become paperweights? Though it may not quite come to that, life as a BlackBerry fan is likely…
Will Windows 8 Take on Apple?
TAIPEI–Apple Inc., maker of the iconic iPad, was absentas usualfrom the Computex computer show this week, but despite that the company’s influence was everywhere. Showcasing this year at the show, one of the industry biggest annual trade gatherings, were tablets and personal computers powered by Microsoft Corp.’s next-generation Windows 8…
Let’s Just Say It: Nobody Has a Clue What Smartphone Market Share Will Be in 2016
Research firm IDC has released its latest estimates of current market share for major smartphone operating systems, and its forecast for what the business will look like in 2016. The new datawhich says that Android and iOS will go into decline while BlackBerry flatlines and Windows Phone booms is getting But…
Review: Logitech makes the perfect iPad keyboard
The iPad is a content consumption device. It was designed to load up with movies and music and books to let the user consume all those things effortlessly. It was not meant to be a content creation device – at least not at first. I know plenty of people, including…
iPad installations at airports take some of the stress out of traveling
The next time you’re waiting to catch a flight, an iPad could be on hand to make the wait a little easier. Travelers at airports in New York, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Toronto will be able to use iPads to order food, check their flight status, and surf the Web, with…
