New Test Shows Amazon’s Browser Silk is Slow

Amazon Silk Web Browser

I’m not sure if this test really shows anything we didn’t already suspect, but nevertheless, a new test shows that Amazon’s browser “Silk” is slower than the iPad’s browser “Safari”. The new Kindle Fire runs off the Silk browser and some are saying it’s slower loading than they had hoped or expected. Google employee and … [Read more]

Is the Kindle Fire Truly an iPad Competitor?

Kindle Fire

Amazon’s Kindle Fire was officially released yesterday (November 15th) and pre-orders started shipping out on the 14th. I was tempted to buy one, but decided to wait and see what people’s initial thoughts of it were. When it was first announced, some were saying it was definitely going to be a competitor for the iPad because of … [Read more]

New Research Shows Tablet Owners Love Their Tablets

Tablet owners

It’s no secret that Tablets are making a huge impact on society and technology use in general. A new study from GfK MRI’s iPanel proves that fact. The use of the Tablet is changing how much consumers use video game consoles, read books and newspapers, as well as how often they use computers. Here’s a … [Read more]

Smartphone and Tablet Use to Surpass PCs by 2015

man using smartphone

With the ever growing popularity of tablets, and smartphones getting smarter by the minute, it’s no surprise what a new study has found. According to new data from International Data Corporation (IDC), more users will access the internet through mobile devices than through PCs or other wireline devices by 2015. Smartphones are outselling the simple … [Read more]

The Motorola Droid Bionic is #worththewait

Droid Bionic

The people behind the Motorola Twitter page have been busy bees. It looks like they have ramped up a social media campaign where they are giving people a free Droid BIONIC saying it’s #worththewait. Here are a few of their latest tweets. “@hockette We know it’s been awhile but we’re making it worth-your-while. DM your … [Read more]

The 7-Inch Amazon Kindle Tablet to Sell for $250

Amazon logo

According to a recent report, the Amazon tablet that is rumored to be releasing in October is real. One TechCrunch writer has seen it and played with it. He said it’s simply being called the “Amazon Kindle”, has full color content, a 7-inch capacitive touch screen and will run Android. As for the October release, … [Read more]

Amazon’s New Site Designed Geared Towards Tablet Users

New Amazon Site Design

You may have heard that Amazon is about to launch a brand new site design. Some are reporting it will happen this month, some say by October and others say the new design is “TBD”. Who knows when it will actually launch, but we do know that the new design is definitely geared towards tablet … [Read more]

Will the HP TouchPad Get a Chance at a Second Life?

HP TouchPad

After the death of the HP TouchPad was announced, it seems all anyone is talking about these days in terms of tablets is, yes, the HP TouchPad. The company lowered the price of the tablet from $500 to only $99 earlier this month and they went fast. So fast, they are almost impossible to find … [Read more]

Microsoft Launches a New Blog “Building Windows 8″

Windows 8

Microsoft launched a new blog and Twitter account in an effort to open up the dialogue about the upcoming operating system Windows 8. The blog is called “Building Windows 8” or “B8″. The first post was written yesterday, which explains the purpose and intent behind the blog. Windows President Steven Sinofsky wrote: Our intent with … [Read more]

Apple’s App Store Now Has Over 100,000 iPad-Exclusive Applications

ipad

The original iPad launched on April 23, 2010 and now, according to MacStories, the Apple App store has over 100,000 iPad-exclusive applications. That’s quite a milestone to reach! Apple and third party developers have set a record with this number. It took them only 453 days to reach 100,000+ apps, which none of their rivals … [Read more]