For many independent app developers, reaching the top of the iTunes charts is a sure way to fame and fortune. Well, maybe not fame, but certainly the fortune part is accurate. But how successful does an app have to be in order to reach that seemingly... 

Today, mobile phones are very good about getting a signal so long as you are in a place that is: somewhat inhabited, not an elevator, and not too far above/below ground. While those latter circumstances are difficult to overcome, satellite communications... 

Intel is a name that everyone knows. Some people may not be aware that they know it, or why they know it, but Intel is very much a household name. When people go into stores to buy computers, the Intel logo is often a comfort that they are buying a quality... 

The Amazon Kindle Fire was touted as the first real iPad competitor due in large part to its low price and Amazon’s massive marketing muscle. While initial shipments were substantial, a new report from IDC suggests that the sales of the Fire have dropped... 

Toshiba’s approach to Android tablets have been nothing if not unique. While most of the manufacturers are looking at the tablet market from the phone up, Toshiba has been looking at it from the laptop down. The Thrive tablet, for example, was... 

Apple is famously strict with the apps it approves for use on the iDevices, but it has just approved one uncharacteristically useful utility called Bluetooth OnOff. This app adds a simple Bluetooth toggle to the home screen of an iOS device, thus saving... 

It has been 8 long years since the release of Max Payne 2, and even longer since the first Max Payne video game came on the scene. Most of us probably have a vague memory at best of running through the streets of New York and slow bullet-time sequences.... 

After a deep, deep discount led to a surge in BlackBerry PlayBook sales, RIM’s tablet has finally been enjoying a smattering of success. The arrival of PlayBook OS 2.0 has helped, too, and the fact that a new model with HSPA+ support is coming... 

Apple has our attention. It releases a teaser image that shows us the first images of a powered-on iPad Retina display, and everyone goes bananas because of a minor detail that wasn’t in the image. The iPad 3 in the image was probably in portrait... 

If you’re an iOS device owner who likes to read your web pages in “clean view” (plain text and images only) then your options are limited. Right now the two best ways to achieve this are by buying the excellent Instapaper app from the... 

Late night host Conan O’Brien has had a Team Coco phone app for iOS and Android for some time. It lets you watch clips and full episodes, and get your fill of Conan without turning on a TV. But, until today, there was no tablet app. That has changed... 

Well, what do you know, Rovio is pushing out another Angry Birds game! Surprised? Didn’t think so. Though details are scarce, a couple of brief teasers have told us that there is a new game called Angry Birds Space that will be flung into app stores... 

The portable gaming landscape has seen a complete overhaul since the PSP launched nearly seven years ago. Back then, Sony’s biggest competition — its only competition — came from Nintendo. Even then, the options were clear: novelty... 

As more and more of our gaming is now taking place on mobile devices, demand has grown for physical controllers that are compatible with smartphones and tablets. One of the most interesting of these peripherals has been the iCade. The faux-80s arcade... 

Now that we apparently know (nearly) everything about the iPad 3, the rumor mill needs something to focus on, right? The latest target of Apple murmurs is the fabled “smaller iPad.” We’ve been hearing about this (supposed) device on-and-off...