Survey sheds light on mobile-manic young workers
A new survey finds that mobile technology is changing attitudes, expectations, and behaviors of workers, especially younger ones. And those changes are creating new challenges for IT groups.
Stories by John Cox
Apple's Mac: the Post-PC PC?
The Apple Mac, celebrating its 30th birthday Friday, January 24, is an anomaly wrapped in a paradox: the most successful personal computer ever with single-digit market share, from the company reinventing itself as the "post PC" leader, is likely to keep growing in the enterprise, even though Apple's whole approach is consumer focused.
In Pictures: Best of CES 2014
Here’s what grabbed our attention at the sprawling CES 2014 gadget show in Las Vegas
Court decision, like the FCC, overreaches
I'm not sure why some "net neutrality" advocates are so upset about in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Verizon vs FCC. But I'm quite sure that the vast majority of American broadband users are going to keep texting, Skyping, surfing, streaming, tweeting and Facebooking without a qualm for the future.
New modulation scheme said to be 'breakthrough' in network performance
A startup plans to demonstrate next month a new digital modulation scheme that promises to dramatically boost bandwidth, capacity, and range, with less power and less distortion, on both wireless and wired networks.
A few finally find HotSpot 2.0 Wi-Fi connections
There are currently several million smartphones certified to run on a "HotSpot 2.0" Wi-Fi network. In November, about 400 of them finally got a chance to do so -- in Beijing, China.
IN PICTURES: Wi-Fi’s latest speed boost: 802.11ac client radios
Here’s an alphabetic sampling of products; prices as of October 10, 2013, based on data from Google Shopping and Amazon.
New 'white spaces' research from Microsoft and China makes it easier to find vacant spectrum
Identifying and using vacant "white space" spectrum for Wi-Fi may get simpler, more efficient, and cheaper thanks to a new project by Microsoft and a team of Chinese researchers.
Apple stuns with 64-bit iPhone 5S; unveils lower-priced 5C
Apple unveiled its new high-end iPhone, and stunned observers by implementing a 64-bit CPU architecture and operating system for it. It also unveiled a lower-cost plastic model that's half the price of its aluminum cousin.
BlackBerry's bleak options: will suitors really pay for a wedding?
As BlackBerry's board of directors formally begin exploring "strategic alternatives," they'll find their options limited, according to two IT sector analysts. All the likely alternatives call for a much diminished company, or
broken up into some software assets and a brand value that's declining every
day.
iPad 5 rumour rollup for the week ending June 24
This week the iOSphere faced the unthinkable: an iPad mini 2 that has the same resolution as the iPad mini 1. Where is innovation when you need it?
Verivo's middleware marries mobile apps with enterprise data
Most enterprise mobile apps are not like most consumer apps. Those differences require features not found in most consumer-focused UI design and development tools.
iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 18
As last week's Apple WWDC faded in the rear view mirror, the iOSphere hungered for more. And the hunger gave birth to hope, and hope to more rumors, including the one that predicts iPad 5 will be announced this week to foil and foul Samsung's scheduled London news.
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending June 14
Think of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this week as a giant tea cup, drained to the dregs of loose leaf tea and the entire iOSphere leaning-in to read the soggy remains and figure out what the heck is happening with iPhone 6.
iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 12
With Apple's WWDC providing actual news and, you know, facts, the iOSphere seemed like a hot air balloon that was rapidly cooling and losing not only altitude but attitude. Blogs and tech sites seemed to flounder in finding something to say that could compete with reality.