The Galaxy Tab is looking like a real competitor to the iPad due to apps Samsung has optimized for the larger screen. The need for tablet versions of Android apps will lead to potential confusion in consumers that Google must be prepared to deal with...

Vlingo today added voice support to Foursquare on Android handsets, allowing Foursquare users to checkin, find friends and send shouts through speech-to-text. Vlingo users can also update their social status in both Facebook and Twitter by using the...

The folks at Twitter took their time releasing an app for the iPad, but it was time well spent. Having used more Twitter apps than I can count on multiple platforms, this iPad version is better than any of them for following the Twitterverse.

Twitter is launching the first native app it's built from scratch tonight, Twitter for iPad. Aimed at fostering content consumption, the app is designed for new users and power users alike. The iPad app indicates the direction all Twitter-designed ap...

Justin.tv is going back to its roots with a new mobile app that will allow users to stream live video from wherever they are. The new Android app enables users to easily create and share high-quality live video streams with their friends and social n...

Steve Jobs took the stage at today's press event in San Francisco, and disclosed that Apple retail stores regularly hit a million visitors in a day, several days each month. The high foot traffic is translating into new customers for Apple according...

Space enthusiasts who follow information coming out of NASA with excitment should download the free NASA HD app for the iPad right now. This app aggregates all of the happenings at NASA with a gorgeous interface that is tailored for touch operation o...

No matter what you think about iTunes, the seamless way it syncs with the iPhone is very convenient. Android phone owners wanting a full-featured program that provides a similar syncing experience should look no further than doubleTwist. It's like iT...

HP has introduced its fall line-up with five notebooks and the new HP Wireless TV Connect unit for wirelessly connecting a notebook to HD televisions. The notebooks include two new Envy models (one with 3-D), the Pavilion dm3 and two new netbooks.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively watching app stores for apps that it deems fill a medical purpose with an eye toward regulating them, according to an attorney specializing in health care issues. Developers should be aware that apps...

Flash has been touted as one of the advantages for Android mobile devices. But how does Flash video perform on handsets running Google's mobile OS? To find out we asked Kevin Tofel to test Flash video on his Nexus One -- and the results are not good....

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After nearly five months of owning the consumer tablet market, Apple's iPad is about to face its first real competition from optimized tablets running on Android. Samsung will take center stage by introducing their Galaxy Tab slate this week, but oth...

As employees bring their personal devices to work, corporate information technology departments have an opportunity to embrace the benefits of consumer technology in the form of lightweight and transient enterprise apps aimed at employee smartphones....

Retail giant Staples will play a role in heating up the e-reader war as it will start selling Amazon's Kindles in its retail stores. This move, coupled with price drops, shows how competitive the e-book business has become. Borders dropped prices on...

The race to build a tablet that competes with the iPad is underway, with Toshiba set to announce the Folio 100 this week. The Folio is an Android slate designed for HD video playback. Samsung will announce its own tablet to compete with the iPad.