Cisco kills its business-focused Cius tablet

Cisco plans to effectively kill off its misguided Cius enterprise tablet, the company has announced in a blog post.

“Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no further enhancements will be made to the …

Hackers release untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, works on most iOS devices

You just can’t stop those wily jailbreak hackers. Today new software has been released that will fully jailbreak almost any iOS device running the latest iOS update, including the iPhone 4S and new iPad.

Hackers from the Chronic Dev Team …

DocStoc unleashes 30 free iPad and iPhone apps for business types

If you use your iPad for work, have we got a haul for you. DocStoc has just dumped a massive hoard of iPad apps for business users onto the App Store, and they’re all free.

The apps will also work …

OoVoo delivers 12-way video chat app for Facebook and iPad

Can’t stand being away from your friends after graduating from college? Never fear; ooVoo will let you video chat with multiple friends at one time. The cloud-based video chatting service rolled out new apps for the iPad and Facebook today …

CrowdStar expands into China and South Korea with mobile game partners

CrowdStar is announcing today that it is partnering with China’s Tencent and South Korea’s Gamevil to expand its mobile gaming business into Asia.

Burlingame, Calif.-based CrowdStar recently scaled back its investments in Facebook games, but the company plans to invest …

Adobe adds time-saving and money-making features to tablet publishing suite

Adobe announced a handful of new features for producing, publishing, and promoting tablet publications created with its Digital Publishing Suite on Tuesday, including the ability to publish to the iPhone, tightly controlled sharing options, and a little something that could …

Apple backs down from iPad 4G controversy, calls it only “WiFi + Cellular”

Apple has changed the name of the latest generation of its cellular-connecting iPad in some countries, calling it simply “iPad WiFi + Cellular,” after a wave of complaints from people claiming that Apple’s previous branding was wrong and misleading.

The …

Judge throws out Proview’s iPad trademark suit against Apple in the US

Apple had a small win in the US today when a Santa Clara judge threw out Chinese technology company Proview’s trademark infringement case.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Judge Mark Pierce of the Superior Court of the State of …

Evernote acquires Penultimate, works on its handwriting skills

Digital notebook Evernote has acquired digital handwriting notebook app Penultimate, a move that will bring more handwritten notes to Evernote.

Penultimate was developed not long after the first iPad was released and has become the fourth best-selling iPad app of …

Total tablet sales down in first quarter, but iPad market share back up to 68 percent

Overall tablet sales were down 1.2 million units in the first three months of 2012, but strong iPad sales boosted Apple’s market share to 68 percent, according to market researcher International Data Corporation (IDC).

IDC had estimated sales of close …