BOSTON, Mar 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –The last month has dramatically changed the role of WiFi for mobile operators. WiFi has transitioned from a useful unlicensed wireless option for ‘offloading’ excess mobile video traffic to an intelligent, managed network where subscribers can roam securely. A new report from Strategy Analytics, WiFi was…

Amid the inevitable rush of last-minute iPad rumors we’re trying desperately to avoid, one report in particular caught our eye. It suggests that Apple may include an emerging tactile technology in its third-generation iPad display that is as fascinating as it is unexpected. Speaking with Pocket-lint last week during the…

NEW YORK Apple is holding an event Wednesday in San Francisco, and has hinted that it will reveal a new iPad model. Rumors speak of an updated tablet with a speedier processor, a sharper screen and an option for faster wireless broadband access. If last year’s launch of the iPad…

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook has had the first update to its operating systemalmost a year after its launch. While OS 2 isn’t a revolution fortablets, it at least gives the PlayBook a fighting chance againstthe marauding hordes from Apple and Android. We take a second look at thePlayBook and look to Email…

Even as Apple Inc. counts down to the launch of its latest iPad tablet, a tech site has reported signs of an iPad with a high-resolution display running iOS 6. Here’s the intriguing part: Ars Technica said its server logs showed the traces of the possible new iPad came from where…

In order to make shelf space for new models that will be arriving in stores soon, retailers are discounting the units they still have in stock. What’s more, a new incentive system will be introduced this spring, making it a lot less likely for stores to mark down TVs in…

The high definition 2012 line of LED TVs from Samsung have been revealed, and everything from the massive 65-inch ES8000 all the way down to the 26-inch EH4000 are up for grabs throughout the year. With only 6 out of a vast list of new models being TBA for availability Though features…

SAN FRANCISCO Facebook games star Zynga has opened an online playground where users can enjoy hit titles without having to visit the world’s top social network. Zynga.com launched with CastleVille, Words With Friends, CityVille, Hidden Chronicles and Zynga Poker, along with a promise of lots more social games by the…

FLINT In its inaugural season as a team in the FIRST Robotics ranks, Saginaw High School is already showing that it can hang with the traditional powers. Saginaw High earned the “Highest Rookie Seed” award at its first FIRST Robotics event Friday and Saturday at Kettering University. The team finished…

enpproperty 2012-03-05 08:07:05.0He WeiTablets topple netbooksTablets topple netbooks1161355Business 2@cndy/enpproperty Customers looking at netbooks at a Gome Group store in Beijing. Cheap, portable and document-processing friendly, netbooks seemed to meet all the needs of professionals. But today they are losing out as touch screen tablets including the iPad…