I live in New York City, Staten Island to be exact. Hurricane Sandy paid us a visit and tore the borough apart. We had days of warnings, and I thought we were prepared. We stocked up on batteries, flashlights, water, canned goods and other supplies. As the storm approached Sunday night my husband and I more »

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told CNet he’s not at all worried about the fact the company lost almost half a million customers in the third quarter, saying it was expected. The company has nearly completed the shutdown of the Nextel network, which accounted for a great deal of the customer loss. Hesse is confident that more »

When NextIssue debuted earlier this year it seemed destined to become one of the most popular apps around. Unlike its competitor Zinio, the app offers users access to a large selection of popular magazines for one low monthly fee ($9.99 a month for the basic service, $15 if you want their weekly magazines as well). more »

Newsweek magazine has announced it will go out of print as of December 31st and exist solely as a digital publication. The weekly news magazine has been publishing for 80 years but has struggled to keep readers in recent years. Today’s 24/7 news cycle is largely to blame and has taken a toll on newspapers as well. more »

Everyone I know is aflutter over the new Nexus 7 tablet announced by Google. Sure it’s got Ice Cream Sandwich and terrific specs thanks to ASUS, but I’m not among the rush to buy it. I’m sticking with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  Why? Well for starters I’m spoiled. I love the the 10.1 inch more »

All across the net, on message boards and tech blogs, I’ve seen countless tantrums and rants from Samsung Galaxy Tab owners over the fact they don’t have ICS yet. Well this Samsung Tab owner says calm down! ICS is coming. Samsung announced late last month that updates would start this month and continue into August. more »

Researchers at Princeton University have made what they call a real breakthrough in nanotechnology by using it to improve diagnostic tests for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. The technology they say, makes the tests 3 million times MORE sensitive, means a huge boost in early detection. The earlier a disease is caught, the easier they more »

In an attempt to lure customers interested in the MacBook Air but turned off by its super high price, Acer and HP have cut prices on their ultrabooks. Acer’s Aspire S3 is now $648. The 13-inch ultraportable sports 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive with a 20GB solid-state drive, a 13.3 1,366×768 display, and more »

Live outside the U.S. and itching to get your hands on the Nexus 7 tablet? You may want to reconsider, at least for now. While U.S. users will have access to a wide array of books, magazines, movies, TV shows, and music, users in other countries will have a far smaller selection to choose from, and more »

According to LookOut, a company that makes security apps for mobile devices, in-app advertising is becoming overly aggressive and sometimes even crossing the line over to spyware. Anyone that has an Android or Apple device is probably familiar with ad-support apps. At one time it was no big deal, just a small banner ad at more »