RIM hopes two-for-one deal will save BlackBerry

Research In Motion is hoping that bridging the gap between personal and business phones will help revitalize its fortunes. It comes as sales appear to have flatlined in the US, although the company is having surprising success in Africa. At its “BlackBerry Jam” event this week, RIM publicly demonstrated some of the new features in […]



The Popinator: Because Eating Popcorn Is Crazy-Difficult, You Guys

From the Department of We Have Entirely Too Much Time On Our Hands, this is the Popinator. It’s a popcorn-launching “snack machine” that shoots popcorn to wherever your mouth is. Just say “pop!” andย pop! You’re eating popcorn. Isn’t technology AMAZING. Here it is in action, with a slightly less sarcastic listing of its merits. While […]



$6 billion iPhone damage bill somewhat suspicious

Americans have spent nearly $6 billion on damaged iPhones according to a new guesstimate. It’s an eyecatching figure but both the methodology and the presentation are open to question. The figure comes from SquareTrade, a company that offers third-party warranties for electrical goods and, to its credit, does a good job of producing interesting stats […]

Tablets make computer users happy

American consumers have never been so happy with their computers according to the latest in a series of annual surveys. The trend appears to be the result of including tablets alongside traditional desktop and portable computers. The figures come from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, an organization that runs regular surveys of how happy people […]