Don Reisinger

A Look Inside Apple’s Surprising Third-Quarter Earnings Report Apple’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report, released Aug. 1, dispelled much of the worry about declining iPhone, iPad and Mac sales. Apple sold 41 million iPhones, and iPad sales jumped a surprising 15 percent to 11.4 million. But that wasn’t all Apple revealed in its earnings. The company […]

Privacy Concerns About BLU Handsets Prompt Temporary Amazon Sales Ban There smartphone market is crowded with handset makers that have small user bases and usually fail to attract much attention. But a small vendor named BLU Products attracted the wrong kind of attention recently, after security firm Kryptowire demonstrated how an application running on its […]

Lenovo Takes Another Shot at Budget Handset Market With Moto E4 Plus Lenovo isn’t a major player in the smartphone market, but the company has been trying to change that situation by marketing its Moto handsets to budget-conscious customers who want a decent range of features. Lenovo’s latest effort along these lines is the Moto […]

How VPN Restrictions Imposed by China, Russia Impact Internet Freedom Privacy on the internet will be harder than ever to maintain in China and Russia after the two nations severely restricted the use of virtual private networks within their borders. China has instituted regulations that require all VPN apps used within its borders to be […]

10 Apps That Protect Users’ iPhones and Safeguard Data Apple’s iOS mobile operating system has been generally well-protected over the years, but it’s still susceptible to threats. As malicious hackers increasingly target mobile devices rather than PCs to victimize users around the world, iOS has become more of a target. As a result, security companies […]

Verizon the Clear Winner in Rootmetrics Nationwide Network Evaluation The mobile industry is more competitive than ever, with rival carriers’ advertising making disputed claims about having the best service or largest network. But each year, a company called Rootmetrics drives across the U.S. testing mobile connections to see which provider really is best in terms […]

Velocity Micro Designs ProMagix Workstations for Business Workloads Velocity Micro signaled that it wants to be a more prominent player in the corporate workstation PC market July 27 when it introduced its ProMagix model line. The computers, which come in various shapes and sizes, provide the processing power for computer-aided design 3D graphics rendering and […]

HP’s New Pavilions Bring Style, Productivity to All-in-One Desktops HP’s Pavilion line isn’t known for delivering industry-leading power. Rather, it’s a trendsetter for HP, allowing the company to deliver decent features at a price that both consumers and corporate users on a budget find appealing. HP once again illustrated that balance between features and price […]

What the End-of-Life Schedule for Adobe Flash Means for Web Users It took years of griping about security and website performance, but at long last, Adobe has set a date for withdrawing support for the Flash web multimedia platform. In a statement July 25, Adobe said the time has come for it to “end-of-life Flash” […]

Samsung Galaxy Note 8, iPhone 8 Top List of Hottest Smartphone Rumors The next five months should be exciting for smartphone fans, as the introduction of new handsets will settle some rumors that have been circulating since early this year. Apple’s iPhone 8 and talk about the imminent release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 […]

10 Chromebooks That Give Companies Best Mix of Power, Price, Features The PC market may be experiencing declining sales across both desktops and notebooks, but Google’s Chromebooks are performing surprisingly well, according to the latest data from research firm Gartner. Consumers, enterprise users and educational institutions are all clamoring for cheap, lightweight Chromebooks, and their […]

How Intel’s Core X CPUs Will Bring New Power to Computer Designs For years Intel’s Core i7 CPUs have been the gold standard of chips designed for high-end computers. But this year Intel introduced a new line of processors called the Intel Core X-Series that could bring new capabilities to this CPU model line. The […]