Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple’s iCloud.com beta Website is now live, kicking off Cupertino’s Great Cloud Push of 2011. At this time, the Website is only accessible to a few-typing your Apple ID into the login page, for example, will return a notice reading “The iCloud.com Beta is only available to developers.” According to the blog Apple Insider, there […]

Apple’s carrier partners are busy testing the iPhone 5, according to a new report. “My carrier sources tell me that the boxes in which the new iPhone hardware is encased have been transported to carrier for testing,” Charles Arthur wrote in an Aug. 2 article in The Guardian. “The next iPhones go for their testing […]

Hewlett-Packard has pushed an over-the-air update for its TouchPad, designed to tweak many of the issues cited by reviewers upon the tablet’s initial release. HP webOS system update 3.0.2 offers faster scrolling for email, quicker handling for some calendar features, improved performance for Web scrolling and auto-correction, and the ability to set wallpapers. There are […]

Is Windows XP finally on the way out? Based on the latest Net Applications analysis, that certainly seems the trend: Microsoft’s aging warhorse now occupies some 49.69 percent of the operating system market, a slight tumble from majority status that nonetheless sparked a mighty buzz among tech publications and pundits. Meanwhile, the research firm places […]

Apple’s next iPhone could see its debut in September-or maybe October. It will likely come with Apple’s proprietary A5 processor and an 8-megapixel camera, but it’s more questionable whether the case will undergo a fundamental redesign. As for the device’s official name, you could probably place money just as easily on “iPhone 4S” as “iPhone […]

Earlier this year, Nokia announced it would adopt Windows Phone as its primary software platform, in the process abandoning its homegrown operating systems. Despite the clock ticking on the latter, though, the Finnish phone maker seems determined to keep producing smartphones that run Symbian-case in point, the newly launched Nokia 500, which will feature a […]

Yahoo is migrating its organic search results in the European market to Microsoft’s Bing platform, marking the next stage in a broad-based transition that began in the United States. Blogs such as SearchEngineLand reposted a note from Yahoo detailing the switchover. “The organic search transition will begin on August 3, 2011, for Yahoo! European properties […]

Microsoft’s possible revenue from Windows Phone: less than $613 million. That number comes courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which did a little digging into Microsoft’s annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report. It comes from subtracting Xbox 360-related revenue-a cool $8.1 billion-from that of its overall Entertainment and Devices Division, leaving $613 million split between […]

Microsoft news this week centered on its coming Windows Phone update code-named “Mango.” The company hopes that Mango’s 500 new tweaks will help Windows Phone more firmly establish itself in a highly competitive smartphone market. In addition to a redesigned Xbox Live Hub, some of the more visible Mango features include home-screen tiles capable of […]

Apple’s iPad rated highest among tablets in consumer satisfaction, according to a new study from IHS. The research firm asked 1,404 users whether they would recommend their tablet to friends or family members. On a scale of 0 to 10 (with 10 being the strongest recommendation), those surveyed gave Apple’s iPad an 8.8, followed by […]

Apple is set to become the world’s largest smartphone vendor by volume, according to new data from research firm Strategy Analytics. “We had previously reported on Apple becoming the largest smartphone vendor in terms of revenue and profits,” Alex Spektor, an analyst with Strategy Analytics, wrote in a July 29 research note. “Now, just four […]

Apple and Samsung are both enjoying a significant rise in global mobile market share, according to new data from research firm IDC. At the same time, Nokia finds its user base and unit shipments eroding steadily, in yet another sign of trouble for the besieged Finnish phone maker. IDC’s numbers reconfirm that something of a […]