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SquareTrade set off an ambitious study to compare netbooks and laptops failure rates of their customers.  SquareTrade provides warranties on electronics as an aftermarket sale, so when something fails, they should know, right?  Their study shows Asus and Toshiba tops the list in reliability but just how reliable are these… Continue Reading »

Twitter is the one social network that we all love, or love to hate.  A new study, however, seems to indicate that calling Twitter a true social network might be a bit wrong.  Sure, there are some people who use it to keep in touch with friends and family, but… Continue Reading »

Mobile applications are now proving to be a big moneymaker with reports showing that the 17 percent of mobile users spend approximately $100 a year each on downloads.  ABI Research surveyed 235 Smartphone users and 16.5 percent responded that they spend between $100 and $499 last year on mobile apps.… Continue Reading »

Remember back in the old days when you had to take pictures with film, then get it processed, and then finally order prints?  Nowadays, you can press a few buttons on your cell phone, and your friend across the country can receive your picture.  You can even upload digital pictures… Continue Reading »

Its quite obvious that netbooks are becoming more and more popular as of late.  Companies are continuing to release essentially the same products in slightly different form factors, and have been for a while.  Given their fairly low prices and portability, it really is not surprise.  But, the question has… Continue Reading »

It seems every day I write about the digital television transition.  According to a study by The Nielsen Company, 6.5 million homes are not ready for the digital transition if it happened today.  The last time there was a study on this, 7.8 million homes were unprepared.  That study was… Continue Reading »

According to a new study by ABI Research, the wave of the future for remote controls is RF.  Expect a lot of RF remotes by 2014.  The great majority of remotes still use infrared (IR) so you need a line of sight between your remote and your device.  How often… Continue Reading »

A new study from In-Stat predicts your cell phone will undergo a major change in the next five years.  Technologies such as Wi-Fi and video will drive this change and push many consumers to smartphones.  The study also says smartphone sales will continue their rise in popularity. But it isn’t… Continue Reading »

It seems fairly common recently for parents to yell at their teenagers for spending possibly too much time on the Internet or computers in general.  I know I’ve heard it enough, directed both at myself when I was in high school and to others.  Some parents like to complain that… Continue Reading »

Surveys like this are always very interesting as they show the real truths behind the reliability of products, not just the output of the company’s marketing department.  In this case, SquareTrade, a research group, have taken it open themselves to tackle smart phones and to see their reliability (or lack… Continue Reading »