Wayne Rash

There’s no question that the iPhone 5, while not exactly ground-breaking, is a nice upgrade to Apple’s flagship device. It’s faster, the screen is bigger and it finally supports Long-Term Evolution (LTE). Considering that it costs exactly the same as the iPhone 4S used to cost, it must be a perfect deal for your enterprise, […]

During the thick of the 1996 presidential campaign, I followed the candidates and their communications staffs around the country reporting on their use of the then-nascent World Wide Web. I also followed smaller campaigns and the activities of pressure groups. I reported for a different publication in those days, but my efforts eventually resulted in […]

The biggest news about the iPhone 5 is that it has a bigger screen. The iPhone 5 also has Long-Term Evolution (LTE) support, and it’s thinner and lighter than previous iPhones. Some apps will take advantage of the larger screen, for example the Calendar app will show five days at a time. In other words, […]

You already know that Apple is launching its new iPhone 5 in San Francisco Sept. 12. You already know that the hype has reached levels unseen since, oh, the launch of the iPhone 4S (which everybody thought would be the iPhone 5). Secretly, deep down inside, you probably also know that this new iPhone will […]

Nokia’s introduction of the Microsoft Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920 and 820 was what has become a typical product launch in the wireless business-with lots of hype, speeches from CEOs, tantalizing details about new features and breathless commentary from company executives. None of this is surprising. But unlike Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 introduction, it’s not […]

Nokia’s launch of the Windows Phone 8 into Nokia’s hardware, and in the process develop capabilities you really can’t get elsewhere. Much of the announcement focused on the new PureView camera that resides in the Lumia 920. This phone features more light-gathering capability for its camera than other phones, and it performs optical stabilization to […]

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s share of the mobile phone business is tiny. Most estimates I’ve seen put it at around 4 percent, which is by far the smallest market share of any of the major companies with phone operating systems. Even beleaguered Research in Motion is running around 17 percent. The big dogs these […]

If the jury verdict in a California federal court accomplished anything beyond spending millions of your tax dollars needlessly, it also served to sow confusion. Worse, the confusion started with the jury itself, which was so bewildered about its own verdict that it awarded damages for things that the jury itself had decided didn’t infringe […]

For some companies, the coming of Windows 8 is a non-event. They’re still running Windows XP, regardless of the lack of support, security issues and the never-ending stability problems. But for many companies, security is important and so is performance. And not every company plans to keep using its ancient XP machines forever because they’re […]

The Windows 8 Tile Interface This is the famous (or infamous) tile interface that you’ve heard about. It looks and works just like the user interface on the Windows Phone. You’ll notice partial tiles on the right side of the screen. If you scroll the screen that way, you’ll see tiles for individual applications. You’ll […]