tablet computer
MokaFive’s new iOS app serves enterprise BYOD market with access to secure corporate files
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MokaFive is a company that specializes in packaging Windows desktop environments securely for the Mac, for use in enterprise installations. With the release of its apps for iPhone and iPad, the company is hoping to turn any iOS device into a terminal that can access secure corporate files online or...
How Hewlett-Packard lost its way
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Léo Apotheker's disastrous tenure as HP's CEO revealed a dysfunctional company struggling for direction after a decade of missteps and scandals. Can his replacement, Meg Whitman, fix the tech giant? By James Bandler with Doris Burke FORTUNE -- A few months after she took over as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard...
The rise of e-reading
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Summary of findings One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks.1 In...
How Apple won a ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1
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A zig-zag path to victory in a landmark patent infringement case FORTUNE — On Tuesday, a U.S. district court granted Apple’s (AAPL) request for a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 — the tablet computer that most closely resembles Apple’s iPad. “Although Samsung has a right to compete, it...
Google Launched Three Incredible New Gadgets Yesterday: Here's Everything You Need To Know (GOOG)
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At its big conference in SF this week, Google showed off three new gadgets: a home entertainment hub called the Nexus Q, computerized glasses called Google Glass, and a tablet computer called the Nexus 7. We were there, and we all over it. Here's what you need to know: Nexus...
Google vs everyone: an epic war on many fronts
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June, it seems, is the season for new product announcements in Silicon Valley. At its annual WWDC shindig, Apple announced a slew of new products including its hot-new Macbook Pro with Retina display and iOS 6. A few days later, Microsoft announced Surface, a new tablet/computer that has been designed by Microsoft...
Video: Microsoft unveils its answer to Apple’s iPad
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Yes, it runs Windows. And it comes with a stand and a keyboard. http://youtu.be/jozTK-MqEXQ FORTUNE — It’s easy to forget that Bill Gates announced the specs for Microsoft’s (MSFT) first tablet computer in 2001, nearly a decade before Apple (AAPL) came out with the iPad. In Hollywood Tuesday, Steve Ballmer took...
‘iPad’ is in danger of becoming a generic trademark – and that’s great for Apple
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Interesting weekend piece by AP business writer Mae Anderson, who opines that Apple’s iPad is on the verge of being ‘genericized’ – i.e. the brand name is now nearly synonymous to the ‘tablet computer’ class of products as a whole – joining the likes of Kleenex, Photoshop, Xerox, Rollerblade, Google,...
New iPad goes on sale: thousands queue around the globe
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As the third version of Apple's popular tablet computer goes on sale, the company's stock price hits $600 for the first timeGadget fans have been camping outside Apple stores in London, Sydney and Tokyo to be among the first to get their hands on the new iPad.The third version of...
New iPad hits South Korea, Malaysia and 10 more countries on Friday, April 20
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Apple this morning announced that the third generation of its tablet computer, the ‘new iPad’ as they call it, will hit 12 new countries next Friday. We’re updating this post. New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This Week CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced the new iPad®,...
Two years and 180,000 apps later, a close look at the App Store for iPad
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The Next Web got an exclusive first look at the latest report from app store analytics company Distimo, which zooms in on the App Store for iPad, roughly two years after Apple’s tablet computer hit the market. The report is largely based on United States-only data about the App Store...
Samsung ordered to halt US sales of Galaxy tablet
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Court considers Apple's claim that South Korean tech giant illegally copied the iPad design for its Galaxy 10.1 computerA judge has ordered Samsung to halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in the US while the court considers Apple's claim the South Korean tech giant illegally copied the design...
Apple working with suppliers to test 8-inch iPad, says WSJ
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Shortly after it added more weight to rumours that Apple’s next-generation tablet — the iPad 3 — would ship with LTE support, the Wall Street Journal has reignited rumours of a smaller iPad, stating that the company is testing an 8-inch model. According to the publication, Apple has been working...
Apple unveils high-def iPad
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Apple unveils the third version of its best-selling tablet computer at a press conference in San Francisco....
Microsoft Shows Off Surface Tablet
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Microsoft introduced the Surface tablet computer, a sign of the new tactics the company is taking as it tries to make up lost ground in the market for mobile devices....
Wall Street Journal Confirms 4G LTE iPad
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The iPad 3 will come in 4G LTE versions for Verizon and AT&T according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. It was reported earlier today that the iPad 3 announcement would come on March 7. Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. will sell a version of the coming...
The Modbook Pro gets official, CEO Andreas Haas talks success in an iPad world
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You'd be forgiven for assuming that the ModBook dream died with release of the first iPad. After all, the first version of the hacked notebook predated Apple's announcement by a couple of years. When the iPad finally hit in 2010, it did a lot to address the desire for...
New Pen-Based 'Modbook Pro' Tablet Launching in Early Fall
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Five and a half years ago, a company by the name of Axiotron unveiled the Modbook, a MacBook that had been converted into a pen-based tablet by repackaging the internals into a new casing to yield the one-piece tablet form factor. Two years later, Axiotron introduced the Modbook Pro based...
Apple Tests Tablet With Smaller Screen
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Apple is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a smaller screen as it looks to broaden its product pipeline amid intensifying competition....
Live Blog: Microsoft Expected to Unveil a Tablet
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Microsoft is holding an event in Los Angeles today where it plans to announce the first tablet computer under its own brand. Unlike Apple, which makes both the hardware and software that power its Mac computers, iPhones and and iPad tablets, Microsoft has traditionally ceded the hardware design, development and...
iPad prototype from early 2000s revealed in Jony Ive deposition
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Steve Jobs revealed in his biography that Apple actually started development on what would become the iPad prior to its work on the iPhone — but we're now getting some details on just how long it was in development. Network World recently got its hands on portions of a...
Google Unveils Nexus 7 Tablet for $199
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Google unveiled a new tablet computer Wednesday called the Nexus 7 that rivals Amazon.com's popular Kindle Fire in both size and price....
One-Third of U.S. High School Students Now Own an iPhone
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today issued a report on his firm's latest semi-annual survey of U.S. teenagers, the 23rd such survey in the firm's history. The results of the extensive survey of 5,600 U.S. high school students show that 34% of surveyed students now own an iPhone, an all-time...
The Truth About What Google Wants To Do With Motorola: Attack The iPhone (GOOG, AAPL)
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When Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12 billion last summer, the company told press, shareholders and partners that it made the purchase for Motorola's patents. That's true. Google got a great price for Motorola's patents, which well help protect the company from lawsuits that otherwise might have been crippling. Google...
As Apple readies new iPad, Barclays rates company a $710 stock
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But it's not the arrival of the highly-hyped tablet computer that's whet the animal spirits at Barclays [Read more]...
7-inch Xbox Surface tablet rumor emerges ahead of Microsoft's major announcement
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Microsoft's major announcement is scheduled for later today and despite a large amount of speculation, we're still no closer to understanding what the company is planning to reveal. An alleged Xbox Surface document has surfaced this weekend though, hinting that Microsoft may be preparing a 7-inch tablet computer to...
VIDEO: Microsoft unveils new tablet PC
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Microsoft has unveiled its own tablet computer to compete against Apple's iPad....
Google Nexus 7 tablet unveiled - video
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Looking to replicate its smartphone success, Google unveils its first tablet computer on Wednesday...
The Modbook Pro returns, morphing a MacBook Pro into a pen-based tablet
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You may recall a little product called the Modbook, an after-market mod for Apple's MacBooks. The mod kits — which have previously cost upwards of $5,000 — turns a MacBook Pro into a tablet computer by ripping off the keyboard and LCD, giving what's left a new casing and...
Apple 'violated a Samsung patent', Dutch court rules
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Hague court orders Apple to pay damages over patent infringement in some iPhones and iPads in the NetherlandsA Dutch court has ordered Apple Inc to pay damages to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd over a patent violation in the Netherlands, the latest twist in the global legal battle waged by the...
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