State of play: Dell-commissioned survey shows a widening, diverse audience for video games in 2018 We’ve known for a hot minute that the consumer demographics in the video game industry were A) changing rapidly, and… Read More
Mac extends its lead over Linux among software developers, chipping away at Windows A new survey of more than 55,000 coders shows Mac OS X distancing itself from Linux in a ranking of… Read More
Landline death watch? Wired phones now in only half of U.S. households The landline telephone may be about to join the cassette tape, VCR and floppy disk in the technology memory book.… Read More
Nebulous ‘cloud computing’ term baffles most Americans Geeks like us hear the words “cloud computing” almost every day, using it ourselves to explain a host of different… Read More
QuestionPro gobbles up PollBob to bolster mobile offerings QuestionPro is buying PollBob, a small New Orleans consumer Internet startup that specializes in online and mobile polling technology. Terms of… Read More
This Internet thing is gonna be pretty huge after all: Nearly half of the planet’s population to become Web users by 2016 In case you need a friendly reminder, The Boston Consulting Group just came out with projections for how the Internet… Read More
Gadgets galore: More than a quarter of Americans now own an e-reader or tablet computer Nooks. iPads. Kindles. PlayBooks. Kobos. Americans are getting more familiar with tablet computers and e-readers, with a new study out… Read More
Holiday e-commerce sales are already off to a very fast start Americans appear to be a giving mood this holiday season — at least when it comes to buying items on… Read More
Tech Trivia: Guess how many text messages 18-24 year-olds send on a typical day? I knew the kids were into text messaging. But I was absolutely blown away by a recent study from the Pew… Read More
Chart: How TV viewing habits are changing The erosion of the traditional broadcast TV business has been well documented. But it is not deteriorating as fast as… Read More
Venture capitalists: We desperately need more IPOs We’ve seen a number of high-profile initial public offerings in recent weeks — including the debuts of LinkedIn and Pandora… Read More
