Don Reisinger

tCan Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Active Stand Out as a Rugged Smartphone? The Samsung Galaxy S8 has quickly become one of the more appealing—and successful—high-end smartphones on the market. But Samsung isn’t done yet. The company is planning a new version this summer called the Galaxy S8 Active. The handset, which will be designed with those […]

Going Smart: The Best Smart Devices for the Home In the technology world, “smart home” has ceased being a buzzword and is now big business for companies. Meanwhile, consumers are finding an increasing number of products are going “smart,” offering far more convenience than “dumb” products that can’t connect to each other or the internet. […]

What Amazon Wants to Achieve With $13.7 Billion Whole Foods Deal Amazon.com has been slowly expanding its brick-and-mortar presence over the last few years. But it’s taking a bigger step in that direction with plans to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. The move, which was announced June 16, will provide Amazon with a national […]

Updated Razer Blade Stealth Stands Out for CPU Power, Mobility Razer built its name on gaming accessories, but the company has attracted attention with its high-end computers. And it’s done that again with an update to its Razer Blade Stealth ultrabook. The Razer Blade Stealth, which was announced  June 14, comes with a 13.3-inch screen […]

New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro Earns Low Reparability Score From iFixit With major hardware introductions, the folks over at iFixit, a company that provides electronics repair guides, tear down the device to discover what’s inside. This exercise shows hardware buyers and owners how easily devices can be fixed and what it might cost. The company has […]

How Andy Rubin’s Essential Aims to Change the Mobile Device Market With his latest start up, Essential, Andy Rubin is trying to change the mobile hardware industry in the same way sent the mobile industry in a new direction with the Android mobile operating system. Essential has already introduced a new smartphone, called the Essential […]

Remote Connectivity Firm LogMeIn Moves Into Cloud CRM With Bold360 LogMeIn, a company best known for providing applications that let users remotely access computers and files, is now targeting the customer relationship management market with a cloud application called Bold360. The service, which was announced June 8, is in one respect a customer-support tool, making […]

How the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Will Measure Up to the Galaxy S8 Models Samsung is selling the Android market’s most advanced smartphones in the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. But it’s still planning to introduce another high-end smartphone it will call the Galaxy Note 8. The Galaxy Note models with their extra large screens, […]

With HomePod, Apple Makes Belated Entry Into Smart Home Market With its introduction of the HomePod virtual assistant, Apple is challenging Amazon and Google in a market they have had months to get established. Announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, HomePod is a smart home hub designed to compete with Amazon’s Echo, which has been […]

Apple Bolsters iPad Pro Features in Bid to Rejuvenate Tablet Sales At long last, Apple has unveiled new iPad Pro models with major improvements to features that are important to tablet buyers. The biggest change to the iPad Pro is an increase in screen size on the smaller model, to 10.5 inches from 9.7 inches. […]

Apple iMac Pro Responds to Customer Demands for a Powerful New Desktop Apple has been criticized in recent months for appearing to ignore power users who want a high-end Mac. But the company responded to their demands June 5 with the announcement of a new computer it has named the iMac Pro. The machine is […]

New iMac Pro, iPad Pro Tablets Top Apple Hardware Lineup at WWDC 2017 Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has, in years past, been a rather subdued affair, with talk focused almost entirely on software. But WWDC 2017 has caused a stir thanks to some big new hardware announcements. This year’s show (of course) featured talk […]