Pedro Hernandez

Traditional, WinNT-based Windows software will be a rare sight by 2020, according to Gartner analysts. And this year’s release of Windows RT, along with a market that increasingly favors mobile computing, are to blame. Windows RT is an ARM-compatible version of Windows 8 developed with tablets — and businesses — in mind. Tablets sporting the […]

Research in Motion’s future is looking bleak and it’s betting bleaker by the minute. In the wake of a stock downgrade, Research in Motion announced that the release BlackBerry 10 is being pushed back to the first quarter of 2013. The smartphone OS, along with the devices that support it, were widely expected to launch […]

The tablet wars took a new twist at this week’s Google I/O 2012 conference. The search giant revealed the Nexus 7, a $199 7-inch tablet built by Asus that runs Android Jelly Bean (4.1). With the Nexus 7, Google is following the trail blazed by devices like Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire. Also sporting a 7-inch […]

Pew Internet & American Life Project revealed new statistics that could have a profound impact on how websites are built in the near future. According to the group’s survey, 88 percent of adults in the United States own a cell phone and 55 percent of them are using their handsets to go online. Pew points […]

Another day, another dose of unsettling news surrounding embattled BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Over the weekend, ominous rumblings began to circulate. RIM is splitting in two, according to a report in the The Sunday Times. The company is reportedly preparing to spin off its hardware business from its services unit and considering selling […]

In in a press event in Los Angeles on Monday, Microsoft unveiled its take on Windows 8/RT tablets called Surface. When it arrives this fall, it will be the company’s latest stab at hardware manufacturing, which to date has included the Xbox, a line of PC peripherals and the ill-fated Zune. Today’s announcement also signals […]

IDC expects tablet sales to pick up later this year thanks, in part, to increased adoption by businesses. The worldwide tablet market forecast for 2012, previously estimated to reach 106.1 million units, is being revised upward to 107.4 million units by IDC. Next year’s adjustment is even more dramatic. For 2013, the research firm is […]

It was the Tweet that rocked the mobile world this week. Setting the record straight on rumors of his departure from Google, Andy Rubin, senior vice president of Mobile, not only denied via Twitter that he was leaving, he dropped a bombshell statistic. Rubin claims, “over 900,000 Android devices [are] activated each day.” Rubin took […]

Google fired a shot across Microsoft’s bow this week by acquiring Quickoffice for an undisclosed amount. As the old saying goes, timing is everything. And this deal arrives just as tablet wars are starting to heat up. Quickoffice is the maker of iOS, Android and Symbian apps that allow users to view, create and edit […]

Leaving little doubt that Windows 8 will indeed launch this fall, Microsoft launched the Windows 8 Release Preview along with a special upgrade offer. And in their wake, a hardware and software ecosystem is beginning to take shape. Three months after opening the floodgates on the Consumer Preview, the software giant has rolled up the […]