Nicholas Kolakowski

Research In Motion will enable BlackBerry devices to use Google Android applications, according to a Bloomberg news report generating some buzz in tech circles. The Aug. 24 Bloomberg piece cites unnamed sources “familiar with the plan” as its source. According to them, RIM’s upcoming QNX-based “superphones” will support Android applications. The company’s PlayBook tablet, which […]

Microsoft’s trickle of official details about Windows 8 continues at a steady pace, with a new corporate blog posting that details the new-and-improved copy experience. Small potatoes, you say? According to Microsoft, that’s not the case. “Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting are far and away the most heavily used features within Windows Explorer, representing 50 […]

Following a Wall Street Journal report that Sprint will offer Apple’s next-generation iPhone, analysts immediately began dissecting the potential impact for the carrier. The WSJ relied on anonymous “people familiar with the matter” for its information. If verified, Sprint would join Verizon and AT&T in offering the iPhone. Up until now, the nation’s third-largest carrier […]

Skype has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, which offers mobile group messaging service. Per standard procedure for acquisitions like this, the financial terms weren’t disclosed. But considering how Skype’s own acquisition by Microsoft is already well underway, any purchase by the former is likely to become a factor in the latter’s operations. […]

Over the past day or so, the Microsoft-oriented parts of the blogosphere have chattered mightily about the existence of a stripped-down Windows Phone OS code-named “Tango.” This chatter stems in large part from an Aug. 23 posting on a Hong Kong-based Website titled “We Love Windows Phone,” which described Tango as a version of Windows […]

Apple will increase its iPad shipments in 2011, according to a new prediction from research firm IHS, which also lowered its shipment outlook for rival tablets. IHS’ research report arrives days after Hewlett-Packard made the dramatic and unexpected decision to terminate its TouchPad tablet, previously regarded by some as a viable iPad competitor. Now the […]

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will forfeit some $500 million to the U.S. Department of Justice in a bid to settle allegations it allowed Canadian online pharmacies to target ads at U.S. consumers. That $500 million represents the revenue Google apparently received from the ads, which were delivered via AdWords, in addition to the revenue those pharmacies […]

Apple is reportedly prepping a low-priced version of the iPhone 4, perhaps with an eye toward the lower end of the smartphone market. That report comes courtesy of Reuters, which paraphrases two unnamed people “with knowledge of the situation” in claiming that the low-price iPhone 4 will feature an 8GB flash drive, notably smaller than […]

Microsoft is offering up still more details about Windows 8, its next-generation operating system reportedly due for release sometime in 2012. The new details come courtesy of the company’s “Building Windows 8” blog, which launched a week ago. Windows 8 will feature “robust” USB 3.0 support, according to the Aug. 22 posting by Steven Sinofsky, […]

The Aug. 23 earthquake that rocked the East Coast also led to a significant spike in wireless call volume, according to carrier spokespeople. “We are currently experiencing an intermittent mass calling event as is expected following an incident of this nature,” Scott Sloat, a spokesperson for Sprint, told eWEEK at 4 p.m. EDT, roughly two […]

Research In Motion is continuing its rapid cadence of new BlackBerry releases, announcing Aug. 23 that three new Curve smartphones-the 9350, 9360 and 9370-will debut in Canada this month, followed by a global release beginning in September. The Curve is part of RIM’s latest attempt to reinvigorate its BlackBerry line with new devices running BlackBerry […]

Last week featured two seismic shifts in the tech world. First, Google announced its intention to acquire Motorola Mobility, which (if it goes through) will surely upend the competitive landscape for smartphones. Second, Hewlett-Packard very publicly killed its webOS hardware, including the TouchPad tablet, as part of a drastic refocusing on software and services. What […]