Nicholas Kolakowski

Sales of Apple€™s new iPad could be off to a €œstrong start,€ according to one analyst. €œAt the flagship 5th Avenue store in NYC, we observed 750 people in-line at 8AM, the time when the 3rd gen iPads went on sale,€ Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, wrote in a co-authored March 16 research […]

Google is under investigation by regulators in both the United States and European Union, according to sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal March 16. Specifically, those regulators are investigating how Google sidestepped privacy settings of the Safari Web browser. €œIt€™s important to remember that we didn€™t anticipate this would happen,€ a Google spokesperson told […]

New iPad Apple declined to give the new iPad an official name along the lines of “iPad 3” or “iPad HD” (two rumored monikers). In broad strokes, the device greatly resembles its predecessor, the iPad 2. New Camera The new iPad features a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera capable of shooting 1080p video. New Screen The latest […]

Google is planning a radical upgrade of its search engine in the coming months, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. That March 14 report suggested that, once the changes are complete, Google will offer €œmore facts and direct answers at the top of the search-results page€ in addition to the usual […]

Nokia is developing a tablet presumably running Windows 8, according to comments by company design chief Marko Ahtisaari. Ahtisaari told the Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio that €œwe are working€ on a tablet, according to Reuters. He also suggested he spends a third of his time on the unnamed device. This isn€™t the first time similar […]

New iPad Front The latest iPad features a high-resolution Retina Display (2048 by 1536 pixels). Overall, though, the front of the device greatly resembles that of previous versions. New iPad Front The latest iPad features a high-resolution Retina Display (2048 by 1536 pixels). Overall, though, the front of the device greatly resembles that of previous […]

Thanks to the difference in time zones, Apple customers in Australia had the chance to snatch up the new iPad more than a day before the next-generation tablet went on sale in the United States. It also gave repair Website iFixit the chance to tear apart an iPad purchased from a store in Melbourne. The […]

In the United States, Apple€™s new iPad supports 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) through AT&T and Verizon. But Sprint is missing from the iPad carrier lineup€”a conspicuous absence, given how it offered Apple€™s iPhone 4S from the outset. Nor is Sprint an unknown in the tablet space, given how it already offers a small selection of […]

Microsoft constructed Internet Explorer 10 €œin lockstep€ with Windows 8, according to a new corporate blog posting. Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 embraces same €œMetro€ design aesthetic that increasingly defines Microsoft€™s products from Windows 8 to the revamped Xbox dashboard. It has been optimized for both touch and keyboard-and-mouse input. In doing so, the […]

Amazon managed to ship 4.7 million Kindle Fire tablets by the end of 2011, according to a new report from research firm IDC. While that allowed the online retailer to seize an estimated 16.8 percent of the worldwide tablet market, it wasn€™t enough to seriously challenge Apple€™s iPad, whose share stands at 54.7 percent. Meanwhile, […]

Research In Motion has introduced a keyboard that connects to its PlayBook tablet via BlueTooth. Known as the BlackBerry Mini Keyboard, the $119 accessory includes 128-bit encryption and up to 30 days€™ battery life on a single charge. That announcement comes just as a new Federal Communications Commission document revealed a version of the PlayBook […]

Despite lengthening shipment times for a new iPad with a high-resolution Retina Display€”which now stand at two to three weeks€”some analysts believe Apple will have relatively little trouble fulfilling orders for the new tablet in the months ahead. “Despite widespread concerns, we believe there will be enough screens for the new iPads,” Peter Misek, an […]