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November 4, 2015

RIM announces Jan. 30 Blackberry 10 launch plans

Struggling smartphone pioneer Research in Motion has announced the launch date for its Blackberry 10 platform, including a total overhaul of software and new smartphones.

November 4, 2015

Why don't people like video calling?

The pace of technology change can make your head spin. But there's one technology whose lack of traction is more of a head scratcher than a head spinner: Why hasn't video calling become the norm?

November 4, 2015

How to send ‘Mission Impossible’ style self-destruct messages on your iPhone

Wickr has built a free iPhone app send messages that delete themselves within minutes or even seconds. 

November 4, 2015

Apple's iPad Mini much pricier than rival tablets

Apple's pencil-thin, smaller iPad will cost much more than its competitors, signaling that the company isn't going to get into a mini-tablet price war.

November 4, 2015

Best Buy's 10-inch tablet half the cost of iPad?

Last week, Best Buy's in-house Insignia line yanked back the curtain on a new piece of hardware coming to the retailer's stores on November 11: a 9.7-inch Insignia Flex Tablet.

November 4, 2015

Why you can ignore Windows 8

Windows 8 will add some new functions as well as a snazzy, zippy touch interface made of tiles and images. It's much more attractive and flexible than anything Apple has offered to date -- but it's too late and ill-suited for many users.

November 4, 2015

Purple iPhone pics? You ARE holding it wrong, experts agree

Photographs taken with the iPhone sometimes show off a purple halo effect. But it's not the iPhone, experts said: It's every phone. 

November 4, 2015

Sign of the times -- baseball autographs go high-tech

Egraphs launched at the All-Star break, a technological breakthrough that extends the autograph business from the age-old methods of writing to stars, leaning across ballpark railings and hanging around hotel lobbies.

November 4, 2015

Iran restores access to Gmail

An Iranian official says Tehran plans to create its own search engine and e-mail service to replace Google and its Gmail e-mail service, even as it weights lifting a ban on Gmail enacted in response to an anti-Islam film.

November 4, 2015

White House updates app, invites you to tinker with it

The White House released new versions of its White House app for iOS and Android Tuesday, including apps tailored for tablets. And in an unprecedented move, it opened its apps to developers to modify for their own use.