BlackBerry and Nokia Both Considering Tablets

By Ed Hardy | 5/16/2013

While neither BlackBerry or Nokia have actually announced plans to bring out a tablet, executives from both of these smartphone companies have hinted that it's a possibility.

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BlackBerry Messenger Headed for iPad and Android

By Ed Hardy | 5/14/2013

An announcement was made today that fans of BlackBerry Messenger have been hoping for for years: a version of BBM is going to be introduced for devices running iOS and Android. This will allow far more people to use this very popular service, for free.

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BlackBerry CEO Says Tablets Will Be Gone in Five Years

By Ed Hardy | 4/30/2013

With BlackBerry in the process of remaking itself, there have been questions about whether there will be a successor to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. A recent interview with CEO Thorsten Heins has a strong clue, and it's probably not something tablet fans want to hear.

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BYOD Security Concerns: Perception vs. Reality

By administrator | 3/26/2013

Our sister site SearchConsumerization has an interview with Matt Kosht, IT manager at SEMCO Energy, in which he argues that IT departments don't need to have total control of employees' tablets and phones for them to be secure.

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BlackBerry PlayBook 2 Might Be Coming This Year

By Ed Hardy | 3/22/2013

Executives at BlackBerry need to get their stories straight. This week, the company CEO seemed to indicate that a tablet is a remote possibility, while another exec said a PlayBook replacement is close to being released.

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Smaller Tablets Selling Better Than Expected; IDC Pushes Up 2013 Estimate by 10%

By Ed Hardy | 3/12/2013

Smaller, cheaper tablets are doing well. So well, that the Market-analysis firm IDC has raised its estimates for how many tablets will ship this year by 10%.

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Small Businesses Adoping Tablets in a Big Way

By Ed Hardy | 3/10/2013

Small businesses are embracing tablets, and the Apple iPad in particular. IDC is predicting that companies with less than 100 employees will have 10.4 million tablets by the end of this year.

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How to Secure Your Home Wireless Network

By Valerie Sarnataro | 2/28/2013

It's the rare tablet user who doesn't have a Wi-Fi network. TechnologyGuide has tips to keeping yours secure

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Tablets Continue to Cut Into Sales of Laptops and PCs

By Ed Hardy | 2/22/2013

The types of computers that people buy is changing. Sales of tablets are surging even as interest in more traditional computers wanes, according to a report from IDC.

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FCC Proposes Free National Wi-Fi Network

By Valerie Sarnataro | 2/6/2013

Imagine being connected to the Internet at all times and not having to pay a wireless carrier to do so? Well, that's what the FCC is looking to do, following a report that the organization wants to create a nationwide Wi-Fi network for public spaces.

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PlayBook Tablet Getting an Upgrade to BlackBerry 10

By Ed Hardy | 1/31/2013

PlayBook owners can breathe a sigh of relief: rather than being obsolete, this tablet is going to get a major upgrade to the next version of the BlackBerry operating system.

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Boeing Makes Breakthrough for In-Flight Wi-Fi Using... Potatoes?

By Jeff Dunn | 12/19/2012

Aerospace corporation Boeing says that it has developed a new way to test wireless signals in airplanes, which could result in improved Wi-Fi connectivity for passengers while flying. Get all the details from TechnologyGuide

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