Best Gadgets Posts
The following are selected blog posts from bloggers worldwide by Wilson Ng, a Philippine blogger which he thinks represents the most interesting posts on the subject. This is updated several times per week.
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GadgetsNews » Bing Beats Google On Search Effectiveness
Microsoft's "decision engine" more likely to lead users to a Web page than searches through rival Google, study finds. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Evernote acquires Mac drawing app Skitch
The online note-taking service is adding new abilities to crop, annotate, and otherwise modify images through the acquisition. Also: Skitch for Android debuts. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » HP bidding adieu to WebOS, PC business (roundup)
The tech titan embarks on a doozy of a shake-up that includes an end to its WebOS efforts, the potential sale of its personal systems group, and the acquisition of Autonomy. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » What HP's PC spin-off plans mean for you
What does it mean for consumers now that HP has announced its plan to spin its PC business off into a separate company? … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Gartner: 94 percent of new PCs will ship with Windows 7 in 2011
The Apple Mac is steadily grabbing market share, but Windows-based systems continue to dominate the worldwide personal computer market, according to a new Gartner study. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » HP cuts TouchPad price to $399; price war?
HP has permanently cut the price of its low-end TouchPad to $399, making the tablet a competitive buy in a market of similarly configured $499 tablets from first-tier vendors Motorola, Samsung, and Apple. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Report: Windows Phone 7 revenue an 'abysmal' $613 million
The Seattle PI calculates the fiscal 2011 sales that Microsoft took in from Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 at no more than "a mere" $613 million. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Why Google is Winning the Smartphone Wars
I?ve argued before that Apple is good at producing great user interfaces thanks to its top-dow … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Here’s How U.S. Spies Will Find You Through Your Pics
Iarpa, the intelligence community’s way-out research shop, wants to know where you took that vacation picture over the Fourth of July. It wants to know where you took that snapshot with your friends when you were at that New Year’s Eve party. Oh yeah, and if you happen to be a terrorist and you… … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Smartphones to equal 28 percent of handsets in '11
IMS Research says global sales of smartphones will top 420 million units this year and will exceed 1 billion by 2016. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » iPhone doubles world market share, outpaces rivals
Apple shipped 20.3 million iPhones in the second quarter, up from just 8.4 million a year ago, helping it more than double its global mobile-phone market share, according to IDC. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Woman sues man for ending Facebook relationship
A woman is so distraught that a man she met through Mafia Wars on Facebook ended their online liaison that she is suing him for $8,386.88 for, among other things, misrepresentation and emotional distress. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Microsoft sees smartphone prices cut in half by 2012
Windows Phone division president Andy Lees tells Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference attendees that smartphone costs before long-term contract discounts could hit $100 next year. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Windows tablets on parade, but the crowd has iPads
Windows tablets are stuck in a past that insists on keeping designs firmly planted in the PC world. Maybe this is fine for some businesses, but consumers prefer the iPad, even if those consumers are "businesspeople" attending a Microsoft conference. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Apple COO: iPad takes a bite out of Mac sales
The iPad outsold the Mac by more than 5 million units in the most recent quarter and this trend doesn't appear to be waning. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Did the iPad really lose a big chunk of share to Android?
Apple's iPad seems unstoppable. But there are some head-scratching market research numbers that pop up every quarter. So, are Android tablets actually taking market share from Apple? … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Nielsen: Smartphones now tops among new buyers
Fifty-five percent of cell phone buyers chose a smartphone in the three months ending in May, compared with 34 percent for the same period a year ago. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » To fight iPad, HP reaches for Russell Brand
To advertise its not yet critically acclaimed TouchPad, HP creates a series of irreverent videos with Russell Brand. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Guinness World Record for iPad typing broken
How fast can you type the alphabet on an iPad? The previous record of 6.31 seconds has been busted by the teenage son of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili who did it in 5.26 seconds. … [Link]
GadgetsNews » Apple gains, RIM loses handset market share
Apple makes gains in handset and platform market share, while Research In Motion loses ground on both fronts, according to market researcher ComScore. … [Link]