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Apple CEO: ‘Huge opportunity’ for iPads to replace Windows PCs

Earlier today Apple reported a sharp increase in iPad sales for the holiday quarter, a stark contrast with the declining… Read More

WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler

WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More

Apple reigns as 4Q smartphone champ thanks to adopted Android users

The iPhone is still as attractive as ever — in large part because of adopted Android users — according to a… Read More

Amazon MP3 courts iPhone and iPod users, sidesteps Apple

Amazon released a new mobile version of its Amazon MP3 store for iPhone and iPod touch this morning — targeting… Read More

Holy moly: Samsung sold 500 handsets per minute and made $8.3 billion last quarter

How many handsets do you think Samsung sold per minute during October through December of last year? 10? 30? Try… Read More

Apple App Store tops 40 billion downloads — half of them in past year

Microsoft recently announced that the Windows Phone more than doubled the size of its app catalog in 2012, adding more than… Read More

Google, Samsung dominate mobile market share from September to November

Samsung and Google, at least from September to November, reigned supreme in the smartphone world. comScore revealed data from the… Read More

Rumor alert: Is Apple looking to buy mobile traffic app Waze?

One of the more interesting tech rumors of the new year involves Waze, the heavily-funded Silicon Valley startup that specializes… Read More

iPhone dominates in the U.S. this holiday with 53% share: Windows Phone inches up

I’m not the only one spending some of my holiday shopping time picking up the new iPhone. A study out… Read More

2012 mobile trends: Samsung surging, iPad mini popular

Millennial Media, an independent mobile advertising platform, reflected on 2012 mobile trends and a few things stood out: The surging growth of… Read More

Video: Apple inspires ‘thinnest, lightest holiday card ever’

Apple sparks a lot of great innovations. But just imagine if you applied some of the cutting-edge design and manufacturing… Read More

Nokia dethroned as Samsung takes top spot for 2012 worldwide cellphone shipments

Step down, Nokia. There’s a new king of the cellphone world. For the first time in 14 years, Nokia did… Read More

High demand: Google Maps for iOS downloaded more than 10M times in 48 hours

iPhone users apparently like Google Maps — a lot. Google’s Jeff Huber announced today that there were more than 10 million… Read More

How I spent my Saturday trying to find a cheap iPhone 5 (and lived to tell about it)

What better way to spend a cold rainy Saturday in Seattle than shopping for a new iPhone 5? Actually, I… Read More

Sweet deal: Wal-Mart offering iPhone 5 for $127, third-gen iPad for $399

Both my colleague John Cook and I are in the market for a new smartphone, and Wal-Mart’s latest deals certainly just caught… Read More

iPhone users rejoice: Google Maps is back, and better

Google released its long-awaited Google Maps app for iPhone overnight, following Apple’s shift to its own, much-maligned native mapping application… Read More

Here comes the iPhone: T-Mobile beefs up coverage in Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis

T-Mobile today announced enhanced coverage in three major metro areas including Seattle, paving the way for the nation’s fourth-largest carrier to… Read More

Support documents show Microsoft Office coming to iPad

It looks more and more like Microsoft Office is coming to Apple’s iPad. There have been rumors and screenshots of Office… Read More

T-Mobile, Apple will team up to sell products in 2013

Looks like those rumors last week about the iPhone coming to T-Mobile had some validity. According to an announcement made today by… Read More

Tablet prediction: Microsoft to steal some thunder from Android and iPad by 2016

The latest tablet predictions from the IDC research firm is out and here’s the lowdown: Android is gaining traction while… Read More

Touch-screen notebooks: My 2-year-old makes the case for Microsoft’s Windows 8

For better or worse, and somewhat against my will, my 2-year-old daughter has figured out my phone with astonishing speed… Read More

Mobile market share: Android extends lead in wake of iPhone 5 launch

Google continues to remain on top in the race for dominance in the American smartphone market, commanding a majority of… Read More

Welcome to the party: T-Mobile rumored to carry iPhone

If you’ve been a T-Mobile customer and feeling jealous every time a friend whips out that snazzy iPhone — I’ll… Read More

The best places to buy your cell phone: Apple and Costco

These two retail experiences couldn’t be anymore different. Apple stores are sleek, cool minimalist environments, typically tucked in high-traffic urban… Read More

Tech Moves: Ratio Interactive hires Kevin Dillon; Apple fires exec in charge of maps mess; etc.

Ratio Interactive has hired Kevin Dillon as president, a new position for the Seattle digital agency. Ratio, whose customers include Condé Nast,… Read More

Across the pond: Microsoft may open stores in Europe

Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company… Read More

Santa, please bring me an iPad: 48% of kids want Apple’s tablet

Yesterday, my three-year-old son looked at a review copy of a Surface tablet sitting on my desk and asked this… Read More

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iPad mini, Surface, Kindle Fire: Which one really belongs on your holiday list?

Yes, the holidays are almost here, and anyone looking to buy a tablet will be faced with a dizzying array… Read More

An Amazon smartphone? Jimmy Fallon grills Jeff Bezos

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos went on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show Thursday night and talked about Amazon’s early days, how… Read More

Is Woz right? Apple co-founder worries that Microsoft is getting more innovative

Of all the comments being made about Microsoft’s future this week, here’s one you probably didn’t see coming. Apple co-founder… Read More