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Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, a day after Apple launched the iPhone 4S, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer and related affections. He died of a respiratory arrest, caused by the underlying condition, at just 56 years of age. He never detailed his health problems while he [...]

Apple is going to heavily promote its new iOS 5 environment this year by taking it on tour in nine cities around the world. The iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011 will take place from November 2011 to January 2011 and anyone interested in such an experience should already [...]

It was pretty big news yesterday to hear that the Transformer tablet line from Asus might well be the very first Android tablet to land Ice Cream Sandwich, but now we’ve got word of a name change on that Transformer tablet that has plenty of eyebrows raised in its general [...]

Netflix has been making headlines recently for things that don’t really show the company in a very positive light. Back in September, the company’s membership slumped by 19% after a price rise, but if you’re one of the people who stayed, and if you have an Android Honeycomb tablet, Netflix [...]

If you happen to be rocking an older generation Kindle, or one of the “other” competing ereaders and have been eyeing the recently announced latest generation Kindles — you may be in luck. Well, in luck assuming you are looking to trade your existing device in towards the purchase of [...]

If it weren’t already pretty clear form the numbers of reports we’ve seen so far about the growing popularity of ebooks over their print matter counterparts, the concept is about to get a whole new shot of clarity. Reports are emerging from several different publishers that say putting their stuff [...]

Vizio recently announced a software update for their 8″ Android tablet that brought goodies to include improved performance, improved battery life and expanded support for the universal remote control app. Of course, that was later followed up by support for Netflix. And well, it looks like Vizio is about to [...]

As we had expected to happen today, Verizon Wireless has rolled out 4G LTE coverage for a few new markets. The new found speeds will be available as of today October 20th and the markets include select locations in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York and South Dakota.

Siri is lauded as among the best features the iPhone 4S has to offer. It’s intelligent enough to understand you, and it’s even witty enough to give interesting responses. But Google’s Andy Rubin says your phone should not be your assistant.

Google’s social networking application, Google+, has been criticized for the lack of a platform and for not supporting pseudonyms. Google+ head Vic Gundotra says upcoming features will address these concerns.