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Article | 6/05/2013 Windows 8 update: Gates - Windows 8 is about the iPad
Windows 8 is Microsoft's best effort to catch up with Apple and grab tablet sales away from the iPad by including things iPads just don't have, accord...
Article | 2/05/2013 Windows 8 Update: 2nd-generation Surface tablets may debut next month
Microsoft may be revealing the second generation of its Surface tablets during its developers' conference next month, according to a printed report.
Article | 1/05/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending May 1
The truth is out there, in blurry, "leaked" photos of the iPad 5 rear shell, which is just the right size for the compost pile of iOSphere rumors. One...
Article | 18/04/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending April 17
Starved for details, the iOSphere again turned to studying the dimension of third-party iPad 5 cases. That's right: products for a product that doesn'...
Article | 11/04/2013 Is Samsung's Galaxy Mega Android smartphone lineup just too big?
While the issue of size creep in Android phones hasn't exactly been ignored, big devices have become so commonplace that the discussion is largely aca...
Article | 11/04/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending April 11
The Third Law of Rumors says that the less you know, the more you can say. And the iOSphere this week swelled with iPad rumors that relied heavily on ...
Article | 9/04/2013 Google gives Play store a facelift, as Android tweaks continue
Google today rolled out a redesign of its Play store for Android, changing the interface for smartphone and tablet users looking for apps and media co...
Article | 3/04/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending April 3
If you don't know what the Next iPad will be like, you can at least know when it's going to be announced. This week: the iPad 5 Dating Game, iOSphere-...
Article | 2/04/2013 Do's and don'ts for using Android in business
While it's important to remember that the use of Google Android software in the enterprise is still a comparatively young phenomenon, there are a few ...
Article | 27/03/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 26
In the iOSphere one doesn't need sources for rumours. Just unhinge one's imagination, propose a couple of untenable hypotheses, and deduce.
Article | 21/03/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 20
God bless you Mr. (or Ms.) "Inside Source at Apple," who has revealed to the Chosen One that iPad 5, and more, will be announced June 29, complete wit...
Article | 11/03/2013 iPad sales collapse? iPad mini leads to changes in buying behavior
In light of speculation that the sales of the full-size Apple iPad have "collapsed," an informal and non-scientific poll of "iPad enterprises" and con...
Article | 6/03/2013 iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6
The iOSphere is gripped in a rumor drought regarding the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. Most of this week's buzz was over a blogpost that claims an "April-is...
Article | 4/03/2013 Upload 100X faster to Amazon's cloud with optimization service? Not quite, one analyst says
WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak last week announced a service that it proclaims speeds data transfers into Amazon's cloud by 100 times compared to...
Article | 27/02/2013 iPad 5 rumour rollup for the period ending February 27
The iOSphere resolutely ignored the Lessons of History and embraced, yet again, the conviction that iPad accessory manufacturers know what's really ha...