Nicholas Kolakowski

Amaze 4G T-Mobile wants its new HTC Amaze 4G to attract those smartphone users who double as serious shutterbugs and want 4G speeds. Weight At 6.1 ounces, the Amaze 4G feels weighty but comfortable in the hand. Android The Amaze 4G runs Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). Power The Amaze 4G packs a lot of power under […]

Microsoft has released the next version of Windows Intune, roughly seven months after the first arrival of the cloud-based service. That release cadence suggests that Microsoft is intent on a fast pace for its cloud offerings, the better to potentially differentiate itself in that space against the likes of Google, Oracle, Salesforce and other companies […]

Apple sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units during its first weekend in release. That surpasses estimates by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who predicted in an Oct. 14 research note the company would sell between 2 million and 2.5 million units during that same period, including the 1 million preorders. Certainly, lines formed […]

Research In Motion has decided that a few free apps will ease customer pain over widespread BlackBerry outages last week. RIM claimed in an Oct. 17 statement that the apps would be available “over the coming weeks” on BlackBerry App World. The 12 apps listed so far include games such as Sims 3 and N.O.V.A., […]

T-Mobile wants its new HTC Amaze 4G to attract those smartphone users who double as serious shutterbugs, and desire a smartphone capable of replacing their everyday point-and-shoot. The carrier also wants it to pull in fans of handsome-looking devices, as well as those who want their data transmitted at lightning-fast 4G speeds. HTC may have […]

The Windows teams crafting the next version of the popular operating system, in essence, serve two masters: The casual users who want an easy-to-use interface, lightweight enough to run on lower-powered PCs and tablets, and the power users who want their highly customized systems to power through arcane multiple processor-draining tasks. With task manager, the […]

Microsoft’s week proved fairly momentous in the acquisitions department: The company announced the finalization of its $8.5 billion Skype purchase, transforming the formerly independent communications entity into a business division. “This represents a huge leap forward in Skype’s mission to be the communication choice for a billion people every day,” Tony Bates, formerly Skype’s CEO […]

TOKYO-The earthquake that struck on March 11 devastated huge swaths of the eastern Japanese coastline. It knocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant offline, and left millions of households without electricity or water. Months later, energy conservation is foremost in mind for many Japanese. Large numbers of businessmen have given up wearing ties-a small nod to […]

Apple could sell between 2 million and 2.5 million iPhone 4S units in its first weekend of release, according to an Oct. 14 research note by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. That includes the 1 million preorders for the device. Munster based that number on historical trends for iPhone sales. “We surveyed 550 people at […]

Research In Motion ended up having a very bad week, thanks to a hardware issue that knocked out BlackBerry service for millions of customers around the world. Rival Apple, whose public profile is particularly high at the moment with the Oct. 14 launch of its new iPhone 4S, encountered some minor bumps when customers complained […]

Microsoft has formally completed its $8.5 billion Skype acquisition, making the communications company a division within its already-sprawling corporate structure. “This represents a huge leap forward in Skype’s mission to be the communication choice for a billion people every day,” Tony Bates, formerly Skype’s CEO and now president of Microsoft’s Skype unit, wrote in an […]

Microsoft may have sold some 1.4 million Windows Phone units in the platform’s first year of release, according to analyst Horace Dediu. Compare that to the 1.723 million smartphones that research firm Gartner estimates Microsoft sold in 2011 (a number that includes both Windows Phone and the now-antiquated Windows Mobile). Moreover, Dediu feels that Microsoft […]