October 21, 2015 New rival for AT&T, Verizon: Google Google has held talks with Dish Network in recent weeks to partner on a new wireless service that would rival the networks of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, sources say.
February 5, 2015 Battery life champs: Longest-lasting gear of 2013 You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much battery life. Your phone, tablet or laptop can have a gorgeous screen, stunning design and powerful performance, but when it runs out of juice at 2 p.m., it will be the ugliest gadget you’ve ever seen. LAPTOP tested a number of gadgets with strong endurance during the past 12 months. From a tablet that lasts more than 12 hours to a laptop that can keep going through a trans-Pacific flight, these are the 13 longest-lasting mobile tech products of 2013. - Avram Piltch
January 13, 2015 10 dumbest smartphone features Today’s high-end smartphones have a host of whizbang features that differentiate them from their competitors. From Samsung’s Multi Window, which lets you view two apps side by side, to LG’s QTranslate app, which scans foreign-language text with the camera to translate it in real time, a number of these goodies really do make your life better. However, like spinning rims on a car, many proprietary smartphone features are all style and no substance. These are the dumbest smartphone features today from our friends at Laptopmag.com.
