Stories by Jared Newman

Article | 22/05/2012 Is Internet Explorer on the way out? Not so fast!
StatCounter has declared Google Chrome the king of all desktop browsers based on recent market share data, but observers should take this claim to the...
Article | 4/05/2012 Opinion: RIM, ditch the BlackBerry Bold look
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is swatting down reports that its upcoming BlackBerry 10 phones won't use physical keyboards.
Article | 2/05/2012 RIM offers peek at BlackBerry 10, alpha hardware
Research in Motion still has a long way to go before launching its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but the company is hoping to tide fans over with a...
Article | 1/05/2012 LG: No more Windows Phones planned
Phone makers' lack of enthusiasm for Windows Phone is no secret, but LG has made its disinterest official.
Article | 27/04/2012 Samsung Galaxy S III: Rumor roundup
Samsung is keeping itself in the news before it announces its next Galaxy phone by confirming a quad-core processor for the device.
Article | 26/04/2012 Apple's Tim Cook disses tablet-PC convergence; breaks my heart
I must have terrible taste in gadgets, because Apple executives keep slamming ideas that I like.
Article | 24/04/2012 The Android update trap
The Samsung Galaxy S II was supposed to be David Petty’s dream phone. He'd watched the smartphone market for a couple of years, and finally pulled the...
Article | 24/04/2012 Microsoft SkyDrive and Dropbox prepare for cloud feature battle
Google Drive is expected to launch any day now, and competing services such as Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive are preparing for battle with their ow...
Article | 21/04/2012 Samsung Galaxy S III spied in video (perhaps)
Samsung's Galaxy S III -- or something similar to it -- has been caught on camera ahead of a likely official announcement next month.
Article | 20/04/2012 Don't text and fly: Pilot nearly crashes plane while checking text messages
In an extreme case of cell phone distraction, a commercial passenger airplane nearly touched down without its landing gears, because the pilot was too...
Article | 11/04/2012 Nokia Lumia 900 bug nixes data connections
Maybe Nokia spoke too soon when it said the "smartphone beta test is over."
Article | 10/04/2012 Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion
Facebook plans to acquire Instagram for roughly $1 billion in cash and stock, but says it will allow the popular photo app to grow independently.
Article | 5/04/2012 5 hot iPhone apps that Android still lacks
With Instagram's arrival on Android, some snobbish iPhone users are making their disdain known for the new users who they claim are crowding and disru...
Article | 21/03/2012 Nokia patents vibrating smart tattoos
Our bodies may some day become extensions for smartphones and other devices, if a new Nokia patent is any indication.
Article | 17/03/2012 Windows 8 tablets: What we think we know
With the launch of Apple's new iPad out of the way, it's time to look ahead to the next big tablet launch on the horizon.