Nathan Eddy

The popularity of mobile connected devices, consisting primarily of smartphones, tablets and notebooks, is driving the consumer electronics (CE) market to new heights, according to a Jan. 8 report from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Revenues for the industry are projected to grow nearly 3 percent, reaching a new record-high of $209.6 billion, according to […]

Although IT executives and consumers indicate support for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives and the work-life balance benefits they typically enable, a study by Samsung Electronics subsidiary Samsung Telecommunications America highlights key synergies as well as critical gaps between IT executives and their employees that will need to be addressed as BYOD becomes the norm within the […]

The latest challenger in the ultra-competitive smartphone market is Sony’s Xperia Z, which made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week and will launch globally sometime in the first quarter of this year. The new Android phone boasts a 5-in. full high-definition 1080p Reality Display powered by Mobile Bravia […]

Home and business communication systems specialist Ooma announced its foray into the market for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with the launch of Ooma Office, designed to deliver big-business phone service to small businesses with advanced features and customer support. The Ooma Office starter pack is $249.99 and includes a base station and two Ooma […]

Networking specialist Cisco announced the expansion of its wireless connectivity products and services with three WiFi routers, a USB adapter and four applications to take advantage of the platform’s new ability to remotely access storage connected to the routers. All three of the new Linksys routers are also equipped with Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 […]

Storage specialist Seagate announced the next evolution of the company’s wireless storage category, Wireless Plus mobile device storage, at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The technology is designed to stream content wirelessly for up to eight smartphones or tablets with enough space for up to 500 high-definition movies. The 1-terabyte (TB) […]

Apple’s latest version of its popular smartphone, the iPhone 5, is helping drive sales of the device ever higher, according to an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, who said sales of the iPhone could reach 173 million units this year. “Based on our analysis, we believe demand for the iPhone 5 was very strong during the […]

Data storage specialist LaCie announced the launch of the 5big NAS Pro, its latest five-bay, network-attached storage offering powered by Intel. It has a dual-core 2.13GHz Intel 64-bit Atom processor and 4GB RAM and features dual local area network (LAN) and link aggregation for optimized network speeds. The 5big, with NAS OS 3 and integrated […]

New York City The Big Apple led the nation in overall open tech positions at 7,696, but posted an 8 percent decline in total listings. Washington, D.C./Baltimore The nation’s capital and neighboring city claimed the No. 2 position, with a 3 percent uptick in jobs, standing at 7,641 positions.Photo credit: Iracaz Silicon Valley Perennial tech […]

Mobile phone manufacturer Samsung continues to lead its rivals as the top original equipment manufacturer with 26.9 percent market share. Google’s Android operating system took the market share lead, accounting for 53.7 percent of smartphone subscribers, according to the comScore MobiLens service, a survey of more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers during a three-month period […]

The world’s leading app distributors, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, were ranked by two dimensions, implementation and innovation in ABI Research’s Competitive Assessment of mobile application storefronts, with Apple taking the top spot, followed by Google and Microsoft in third place. Apple placed first for implementation, ahead of Google and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion […]

Global technology spending is expected to rise by 5.4 percent worldwide in 2013 before recovering more fully in 2014, according to the latest report from Forrester Research, with the United States growing 7.5 percent this year. In Latin America and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, tech buying will increase by 9 percent over […]