iPad
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 3:50PM 5/22/2012
Size isn't everything when it comes to tablets, but Amazon.com is apparently hoping to make that point moot. DigiTimes is reporting Amazon plans to supersize its Kindle Fire soon with a
10.1-inch screen -- bigger than the iPad.
By Amanda Buchanan, The Motley Fool
| 4:10PM 5/21/2012
The boom in e-readers and tablets -- such as the iPad, Nook and Kindle -- has resulted in Americans starting to read more books, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 3:21PM 5/11/2012
Amazon sold just 750,000 Kindle Fire tablets during the first three months of 2012, well off its fourth quarter mark. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads. And the future looks even more grim for the Fire.
By Adam J. Wiederman, The Motley Fool
| 1:05PM 4/19/2012
The nation's biggest telephone companies want you to believe that soaring cell phone bills are in our future -- if their demands for more wireless bandwidth aren't met. Is this a clear signal of what's to come, or just a lot of static?
| 9:45AM 4/17/2012
After Google announced its stock split last week, there may be a bit more pressure on Apple to consider a split of its own pricey shares. We break down what that would mean for investors, and whether it makes sense for the tech giant.
| 1:50PM 4/04/2012
Nearly 6 out of 10 U.S. consumers will be getting a tax refund this year, but the majority of those won't be using it as an excuse to go shopping: Instead, they'll stash it away or pay credit card bills, according to new survey by PriceGrabber.com.
The survey by the online shopping site, which...
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 3:15PM 4/03/2012
In Rovio's boldest bet yet, the app developer behind the immensely popular Angry Birds franchise will be putting out 52 episodes of an animated Angry Birds series.
By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool
| 4:55PM 3/30/2012
Everyone knows that Apple under Steve Jobs performed wonderfully. But if you ask employees, the Mac maker is doing even better with Tim Cook at the helm. Surprised? You should be.
| 1:00PM 3/28/2012
What could be easier than paying for something with a wave of your phone? Not much. But there are prices to be paid for the frictionless ease of mobile payments, and they aren't all obvious.
| 6:30AM 3/24/2012
I'm no Apple hater, but I don't see the appeal of its expensive new iPad. Clearly, I'm in the minority here -- Apple sold 3 million of them in a single weekend -- but allow me to explain.