Nathan Eddy

Popular devices like Google Android smartphones and tablets like the iPad Mini from Apple were among the bright spots in the consumer electronics market in 2012, though overall sales declined by 2 percent to nearly $143 billion, according to a report from IT research firm NPD Group. This is the second consecutive year that consumer […]

Hot on the heels of the popular Optimus G smartphone, consumer electronics giant LG introduced the newest addition to the G family, the 4G LTE-equipped Optimus G Pro with a 5.5-inch full HD IPS display, which sports a 1.7GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and runs Google’s Android operating system. Other features include a rear-facing […]

One of the savviest technology companies on the planet released two television commercials aimed at convincing consumers to pick up its iPad and iPad mini tablets. The two commercials, titled “Alive” and “Together,” highlight the software operating system and ecosystem of applications that help make Apple’s hardware so desirable. The fast-paced ads, which are accompanied […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard’s Enterprise Services division released a business process outsourcing (BPO) solution, AutoFlow, that is designed to enable companies to automate core business processes, including finance and accounting, and to help maximize the efficiency of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. In addition to finance and administration, AutoFlow can be used in other business processes […]

Hardware failures alone comprise more than one-half of disasters for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), according to backup and recovery specialist Quorum’s Disaster Recovery Report. The Q1 2013 report details findings on the most common solutions that enable instant recovery of data, applications and systems and could be critical to avoiding costly downtime. Culled from […]

Curiosity Rover’s Self Portrait This rectangular version of Curiosity combines dozens of exposures that the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) has taken at the drilling site. Preparatory Test In an activity called the “mini drill test,” Curiosity used its drill to generate this ring of powdered rock for inspection in advance of the rover’s […]

2-Way Wrist Radio Debuting in 1946 and quickly becoming the iconic gadget from Chester Gould’s “Dick Tracy” comic series, it kept Tracy in touch with police HQ, and was upgraded with a TV in 1964. Pulsar P1 Series When released in 1972, the Pulsar P1 was the first LED watch ever sold to the public […]

Consumer electronics king Apple is giving its MacBook Pro with Retina display notebook a refresh, sporting updated processors and lower starting prices: The entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of flash storage, and $1,699 for a new 2.6 GHz processor and 256GB of flash storage. Apple also upgraded […]

Like a third wheel on a date night, the Internet now has a front row seat to many people’s romantic lives, with more than one-third of social media users giving their account user names and passwords to the person they’re dating, according to a Valentine’s Day survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by […]

Financial processes are proving to be a drain on the resources of small and midsize business (SMB) employees, according to a recent report. The average SMB worker spends 16 hours and 53 minutes per month on financial processes, equal to two full working days on activity unrelated to their role, according to e-invoicing solution provider […]

Smartphones continued to drive overall mobile phone sales, and the fourth quarter of 2012 saw record smartphone sales of 207.7 million units,according to a report from Gartner. Worldwide mobile phone sales, however, totaled 1.75 billion units in 2012, a 1.7 percent decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner. Feature phone sales totaled 264.4 million units […]

Cloud computing specialist Citrix announced the extension of its collaboration, data sharing, remote access and IT support applications across additional mobile operating system platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows RT and Windows 8, and BlackBerry OS. For collaboration, Citrix offers GoToMeeting for Windows RT and Android, where users can choose to launch or […]