T-Mobile to offer free data service for tablets
T-Mobile will give owners of iPads and other tablet computers free data service for life as part of an effort to broaden its customer base beyond phones.
View ArticleFAA OKs air passengers using gadgets on planes
The Federal Aviation Administration says airlines can allow passengers to use the devices during takeoffs and landings on planes.
View ArticleSmall banks go mobile
New Jersey-based Valley National Bank, which boasts 14 Long Island branches, is going where many bigger banks have gone before.
View ArticleGlobal tech spending seen slipping 1 pct in 2014
The Consumer Electronics Association estimates that global spending on technology will slip 1 percent this year to $1.06 trillion.
View ArticlePCs cap worst-ever sales year with 4Q drop
Gartner cited the mobile shift as the main reason for a 7 percent drop in worldwide PC sales from the previous year during the three months ending in December.
View ArticleStartup of the week: Tablums
Ed Sikorski’s new startup, Tablums, doesn’t entirely spurn print but it blurs the line between old and new technologies, implanting a tablet into a photo album.
View ArticleLenovo buys part of IBM server business for $2.3B
China's Lenovo Group is buying IBM's server business for $2.3 billion, expanding a product line-up dominated by PCs, tablets and smartphones.
View ArticlePressure mounts for Apple to expand its horizons
Apple's stock shed $44, or 8 percent, to close Tuesday at $506.50, marking the company's largest one-day drop in a year.
View ArticleGoogle buys corporate mobile-device manager Divide
The deal is part of Google's effort to widen corporate usage of smartphones and tablets running on its mobile operating system, Android.
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