Mike Elgan - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Mike Elgan

Article | 9/03/2013 Smart apps think (so you don't have to)

Over the next few years, almost every app we use and every website we visit may function less like a machine and more like a person helping us to do o...

Article | 2/03/2013 Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress

Mobile World Congress showed that Apple, Samsung and Google are still the smartphone industry leaders, but upstart and would-be has-been companies are...

Article | 13/10/2012 Why I blog on Google+ (And how)

The best blogging platform isn't a blogging platform, but a social network, writes columnist Mike Elgan. He explains how and why he uses Google+ for b...

Article | 11/08/2012 Opinion: Why Acer is wrong about Microsoft Surface

Acer's CEO tells Microsoft to 'think twice' about building tablets because it's "not something you are good at." Columnist Mike Elgan says the CEO sho...

Article | 7/07/2012 Opinion: Why small tablets will dominate the tablet market

Big tablets like the iPad will always be popular, especially among high-end buyers. But the future belongs to smaller, cheaper tablets like the Google...

Article | 17/03/2012 Finally: A truly magical iPad

Everybody's excited about the new Apple iPad 's high-resolution screen. But ultimately, the Retina display is just a pretty face. It can't do anything...

Article | 6/03/2012 This year's mobile screens will stun and amaze

It seems like all phones and all tablets do all things for all people these days. Every single smartphone and touch tablet has become just about every...

Article | 16/08/2011 Even Google hates its own 'names' policy

Google's only big blunder in the creation of its otherwise excellent Google+ social network has been a flawed policy on what users are allowed to call...

Article | 2/08/2011 10 things I hate about Google+

I have a love-hate relationship with Google+. Because I love it and use it so much, I really hate its current limitations.

Article | 17/05/2011 Why Chromebooks will fail

Everyone wants what Microsoft's got, namely control of the most widely used computing platform. Or, more accurately, everyone wants the billions and b...

Article | 12/04/2011 Larry Page's first blunder

Eric Schmidt is out at Google. Larry Page is in. I miss Eric already.

Article | 29/03/2011 How to overcome Internet distraction disorder

The digital revolution has created an unexpected challenge: How do you get work done when a world of amusements is always just a click away?

Article | 13/03/2011 Natural disaster? There's an app for that!

As Friday's earthquake in Japan demonstrates, natural disasters happen. And when they do, the first two things to go down are electricity and telephon...

Article | 1/03/2011 How to build a time machine

Search the Internet for a time machine and you may end up with an empty wallet and painful injuries, if the movie Napoleon Dynamite is accurate.

Article | 15/02/2011 Why Nokia is toast

It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. As cell phones overtook pagers, then smartp...