HTC made 3 key mistakes – ceding Android race to Samsung, Motorola
Camp Android increasingly looks like a two horse race: Samsung vs. Motorola. I'm guessing that Google's mobility division is reluctantly pleased that team Samsung is…
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Hands-On ‘Songza’: New curated music service takes on Pandora, Spotify
Songza, I discovered, is a startup in New York City whose staff includes software engineers, and music experts... and what any self-respecting startup also considers…
Please kill the stylus
Samsung has misinterpreted the reason for the Note's success, and as a result are unfortunately doubling down on the stylus -- an idea that was…
Google Galaxy Nexus Accessories: Vehicle Dock, Desktop Dock
I upgraded from a Motorola Droid (2009) to an unlocked Google Galaxy Nexus. It's running like a peach on T-Mobile's $30 unlimited data plan. Now…
Let the Android Music Play: Spotify vs. Pandora
Just take me to Echo & The Bunnymen for a moody drive on a foggy SF evening; or maybe some incredible Janelle Monáe when highway…
Apple goes back to school with iPhone 5, iPad Mini
If the rumors come true (and these days the grapevine has been overwhelmingly accurate), Apple will be finally attempting to deliver a non-patent blow to…
Review: Logitech puts the boom in Boombox
U2's Sunday, Bloody, Sunday via Google Music came across brilliantly, with intense marching bass and pounding drums, and a crisp upper range; the cymbals in…
The Great Cable Game: Enter Google
If I were Comcast, Dish, DirecTV, et. al. I'd be sounding the warning bell. Iceberg straight ahead!
Apple takes baby steps with Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion is another step in the evolution of a desktop OS that is bursting at the seams trying to become a post-PC, quasi-tablet OS.
Red Sea: 60 Ferrari F40s spotted at race track (Video)
Only 1,300 or so F40 were ever made. 60 of them in one spot represents about 5% of the total production, all in one place,…