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NBC offers full episodes on iPad app

Sep 9, 2011
Doesn't seem like all that shocking and bold a thing to do but the peacock network hasn't done it until now. The app was released in June but...

The Amulet (Amazon Tablet) is real and it's wonderful, according to a report

Sep 6, 2011
MG Siegler of TechCrunch says that not only is Amazon really building a tablet, he's tried it out and he loves it. The story goes that Amazon will...

iPlank: Woman duped into buying wooden tablet

Aug 31, 2011
Nearly two weeks after Hewlett-Packard said it would discontinue production of its TouchPadtablet, the tablet is getting at least one more go. O...

Bucs ditch books

Aug 26, 2011
Management for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (that's a football team, public radio fans) (no, not soccer, the violent American football with helmets)...

United Airlines buys iPads for pilots (Braniff picks up some HP TouchPads)

Aug 24, 2011
The FAA recently approved the use of iPads in the cockpit for pilot navigation. United says it will issue every pilot the device. ...

iPad 3 is on the way

Aug 19, 2011
So says the WSJ which reports that component makers are ramping up for a big launch in the spring of next year. The big selling point of this seems...

Meanwhile, you can get a Samsung Galaxy Tab for free kinda

Aug 19, 2011
That's at Best Buy if you buy a $1500 46-inch 3D TV. They toss in a Galaxy Tab for free. Best Buy says this is more a promotion for the 3D TV than...

For public good, not for profit.

HP TouchPad looks to be a dud

Aug 17, 2011
You would have thought that hiring Russell Brand to appear in the commercials would have made it a big hit....

Samsung appeals European ban

Aug 15, 2011
Well, speaking of patents and technology and lawsuits and devices, let's check in with Europe. That's where Samsung really wants to sell its...

Viacom and Cablevision make nice

Aug 11, 2011
Viacom and Cablevision were engaged in a legal battle over whether Cablevision had the rights to direct content to its customers to an iPad app...