Nathan Eddy

In a move likely to please anyone who has ever wanted to make a phone call while in flight, Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration requesting more relaxed restrictions on the use of electronic devices, such as tablets, e-readers and other portable devices, during takeoff and landing. […]

Silicon Valley Although an impressive number of startup ecosystems have been established around the world, Silicon Valley remains at the top of the list in all dimensions.Photo credit: Samykolon Tel Aviv Israel has the highest density of tech startups in the world, and almost every major tech company today has some kind of subsidiary in […]

Small-business owners’ net hiring intentions for the next 12 months plunged to -4 in November, from +10 in July, and owners expect to add fewer net new jobs in the next 12 months than at any time since the depths of the 2008-2009 recession, according to the November Wells Fargo/Gallup Small-Business Index survey. One in […]

The rise of the mobile phone applications industry has resulted in a buffet of apps for nearly every purpose in life, but a new report from Canalys indicates just a small number of developers, almost entirely game companies, continue to generate the majority of revenue at the leading app stores, namely Apple’s App Store (iPhone […]

City Lights This image of the United States at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October. Nile River Delta On Oct. 13, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of the Nile River valley and delta. […]

After reports surfaced earlier this week that Apple had been manufacturing some of its devices in the United States, company CEO Tim Cook told NBC news anchor Brian Williams that Apple will, in fact, be moving the production of one of its Mac lines to America, a move that will cost the company approximately $100 […]

Businesses worldwide primarily rely on IT departments to increase efficiency of their operations, but IT is largely falling short of expectations to drive business growth in new areas, according to a survey of 474 IT and business executives in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States sponsored by Juniper Networks and conducted by […]

WD My Passport ($97.52) This 1TB drive provides automatic backup software, password protection and hardware encryption, as well as data-transfer rates through USB 3.0 connectivity of up to 5Gbps. Seagate Backup Plus ($89.99) With up to 1TB of storage, the Seagate drive offers a “save” feature that enables user-generated content to be backed up from […]

With the long-awaited Apple iPad Mini tablet finally on the market, a plethora of devices running Google’s Android operating system finding favor with consumers, and Microsoft’s late entry in the race, the Surface, now available, IDC increased its 2012 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 122.3 million units, up from its previous forecast of […]

The consumerization of IT and the increasing popularity of bring-your-own-device initiatives is changing the way businesses work, but there are several security issues organizations need to keep in mind when implementing a BYOD program, according to a study by IT research firm Gartner. Seventy percent of respondents in a recent survey by the firm said […]

Despite a projected record number of smartphone shipments in the high-volume holiday season, the worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow 1.4 percent year over year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate in three years, according to research firm IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. IDC forecasts Google’s Android platform to be the […]

Consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other category of Websites—roughly 20 percent of their total time online via PC, and 30 percent of total time online via mobile—according to Nielsen and NM Incite’s latest Social Media Report. Facebook remains the most-visited social network in the U.S. through PCs (152.2 […]