Soon Ubuntu Linux won’t just be a desktop OS for Linux nerds.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is now aiming to mimic iOS and Android by bringing the OS to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs, reports ZDNet. Canonical founder Mark …
[Update: HP has since said this is an "unfounded rumor."]
HP decided yesterday that it would, in fact, keep its massive PC business alive, but the webOS division will reportedly not be so lucky.
A report by the …
A new video created by Microsoft shows how the company imagines technology will progress in the future, with mobile devices and interactive touch screens playing an even bigger role in our lives.
The 6-minute video, titled “Productivity Future Vision (2011),” …
If BlackBerry fans weren’t already angry at Research in Motion (RIM) for the recent worldwide BlackBerry outage, they’re going to be peeved today. RIM has said it is delaying the release of a much-needed software update for the PlayBook tablet …
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The Indian government thinks the $35 Aakash Android tablet has the power to change the world. After testing one out, we’d tend to agree.
An Aakash tablet was brought to the VentureBeat office on Tuesday by Vivek Wadhwa, a visiting …
When does half a billion plus half a billion equal zero?
That’s the question that is on my mind this week, as Nokia has just unveiled news about its upcoming Windows Phone lineup at the annual Nokia World conference in …
A new Pew Research Center study shows that the behavior of tablet owners is changing significantly when it comes to consuming news, for good and bad.
Several studies have already shown that tablets create a higher level of engagement than …
While it’s not as exciting as the similarly priced Amazon Kindle Fire, Viewsonic’s new $200 ViewPad 7e Android tablet will be available in a matter of days, the company said.
If Google Android tablets have any chance of erasing the …
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For publishers and brands the tablet device is the new interface of the web. As tablets continue to invade the marketplace, both will have to provide a tailored interface for users. Below are a few concepts on how to approach …
It’s no secret enterprises have begun to adopt tablets with the same fervor of consumers. Since the debut of Apple’s iPad in Jan. 2010, the integration of tablet devices into our lives and work has progressed rapidly — so fast …
After revolutionizing the digital music business, smartphones and tablets, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was planning to take on an unlikely project: textbooks.
Jobs apparently wanted to hire textbook writers to create interactive digital versions of their books for the …
Cadillac debuted its new connected car system, dubbed CUE, today, and the in-dashboard interface clearly took a lot of notes from smartphones and tablets.
CUE, which Cadillac launched at the CTIA technology conference in San Diego, shows how much impact …
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Thanks to its prominent position as a combination e-reader and tablet device that has books, full-color magazines and casual games, the Nook Color’s ownership is now almost 75 percent women, according to a Barnes & Noble executive.
While it was …
The Indian government and Canadian company DataWind are launching what might be the world’s cheapest tablet this week with the Aakash, a 7-inch Android tablet.
While the device will not impress Indians with high-end laptops and iPads, the Aakash tablet …
Samsung plans to file patent infringement claims against Apple’s new iPhone 4S and stop it from being sold in France and Italy, the company said today. The move shows Samsung is willing to fight back hard against Apple’s lawsuits.
“The …
While the iPhone 5 (or 4S, or whatever the hell it’ll be called) will dominate Apple’s press event tomorrow, there’s plenty more to get excited about as well.
Whether it’s new Apple CEO Tim Cook’s debut leading his first major …
Adobe doubled-down on tablets today with the announcement of six Touch mobile applications for the iPad and Android tablets, including the long-awaited Photoshop Touch app, at the Adobe Max developer’s conference in Los Angeles.
The Adobe Touch Apps bring elements …
Instead of just drooling over gorgeous iPad magazines, you can now create your own.
Adobe today announced Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition, which will grant tablet publishing capabilities to just about anyone for $395 per magazine app.
The software …
Online retailer Amazon moved 95,000 units of its hotly-anticipated 7-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire, the first day the tablet was available for pre-order, according to estimates from market research firm eDataSource.
Amazon unveiled the Kindle Fire, a tablet geared toward …
Tablet newspaper The Daily has attracted more than 80,000 paying subscribers and 40,000 non-paying trail-only readers each week, it revealed Monday. The numbers are a sign that the News Corp.-owned innovative digital publication could succeed over time.
Ever since the …
