We’re half-way through the year and, so far, we’ve had more than one corporate apology per month in the tech sector. This article looks back at some of the events of the first part of the year.

WiseTrend has announced a new OS-independent Web-based OCR API for image cleanup, text extraction, and conversion of images to useful text formats with special features for mobile devices.

The antenna on the new iPhone has a problem, particularly for lefties. Apple offers a rubber bumper to fix the problem, for $29. Or. You can use Scotch Tape. This article includes a short video showing how.

If you use Gmail, there are some changes coming. Google is changing from the Document Object Model (DOM) method of rendering pages to HTML5 and CSS3. The change will speed up page rendering.

Amazon sends out a lot of mail. Now someone is sending out spam that looks a lot like a message from Amazon. The main difference, the spam includes a Trojan virus. This article tells you how to spot the spam.

This 10-minute video podcast discusses features of new smartphones, apps for the iPad, and more (including the iKamasutra XL app).

After reports from SMobile Systems researchers concerning malware-laden Android apps, Google decided to remove two “security” apps. The apps were removed from the Android Market and users’ devices.

There are areas of life where you welcome innovation. But, if your internet service provider (ISP) starts “innovating”, is it something you really want?

Apple may have set a new retailing record by selling a million iPhone 4s in one day. Fans lined up to pick up the new devices, with some waiting in line for as much as 48 hours.

Motorola’s Droid X and Apple’s iPhone 4 are both on the market, offering the latest and greatest to their fans. This article compares the specs on the two phones to help you decide.