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Friday, 23rd November 2012

Tablets Passing Laptops On Black Friday, Says Analyst

Even though a surprising and critical tech demographic still considers tablets second to their laptops, an analyst says that tabs will out sell laptops today, for the first time ever.

Mobile Antone Gonsalves comments

Big data

Peta, Exa, Yotta And Beyond: Big Data Reaches Cosmic Proportions [Infographic]

Since the advent of big data, it's been a struggle for some to get a real sense of just how big big data really is. You hear strange terms like "peta," exa" and "yotta"… but what does all that really mean? When managing massive amounts of data, the scales were talking about can quickly reach astronomical proportions.

Enterprise Brian Proffitt comments

Apple

My Week With The iPhone 5: The First Of ~104?

I spent a week with Android, and now I've spent my first week with the iPhone 5. Did I make the right decision? Yes, I think so, but I kind of wish I was more excited about the upgrade.

Mobile Fredric Paul comments

tablets

A Tablet For Every Member Of My Family

This year there are finally enough high-quality tablets that you can probably find a device specifically suited for every member of your family. 

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

E-Commerce

Black Friday Vs. Cyber Monday: Toward A New Shopping Calendar

A few holiday seasons down the road, both big-deal days may seem as quaint and dated as Sears Catalogs and keeping stores closed on Sundays. 

Mobile Christina Ortiz comments

Thursday, 22nd November 2012

E-Commerce

Gift Ideas For Techies And Regular Folk [Infographic]

You've got some gift-buying to do for someone important, and you want to make sure get the right thing. Technology may not be the most personal of gifts, but it's got two things going for it as a holiday offering: typically this is the time of year when tech prices are cut, if they are at all and tech is usually a gift that will last quite a while.

Play Brian Proffitt comments

E-Commerce

Shopping Apps To Navigate Black Friday Crazy

Black Friday crazy is upon us, that one day of the year where Americans take leave of their senses and go out and buy all their holiday gifts 32 days early, and yet still manage to panic-shop on Christmas Eve. If you want some tech solutions to ease this shoppingpalooza, here's some apps that will keep you more sane.

Web Brian Proffitt comments

mobile technology

Technologies We Are Thankful For

On Thanksgiving, the folks at ReadWrite would like to spare a moment to give a shout out to some of the technologies that make life better.

Social Dan Rowinski comments

Wednesday, 21st November 2012

Mobile Games

Holiday Sanity Survival Guide: Apps Edition

For the jaded and disaffected, the key to surviving the holiday season is in your pocket. With these apps, maybe you won't even need to drink like a fish this year.

Mobile Taylor Hatmaker comments

Photography

Skitch Listens To Users, Revives Old Version After Controversial Redesign

After a redesign that borked Skitch for Mac for many users, the Evernote team is allowing them to download the previous version until they can make room in their hearts (errr, workflow) for Skitch 2.0. 

Enterprise Dan Rowinski comments