Facebook Gets a Hold on Phones

Facebook Home, a new suite of software Facebook is introducing for Android phones, aims to take over phones right from their lock screens.
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New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared

A new second generation of Flipboard allows users to create and share their own handsome digital magazines with a few clicks and without any design talent required, says Walt.
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In a Parallels World, Mac and Windows Coexist App-ily

Parallels 8 runs Windows 8 and Windows apps simultaneously with Mac programs.
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In a Medical Crisis, Service Helps Others to Help You

A free service creates a detailed online physical and digital profile of your medical and personal info.
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A Real-Estate App When You’re Buying or Just Nosy

HomeSnap lets you take a picture of a home and get a price estimate and more.
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Are Macs More Secure?

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether Macs are as vulnerable to viruses as PCs.

Taking Dictation

Walt answers readers’ questions on smartphones’ dictation apps.

An iPhoto Slide Show on CD

Walt answers a reader’s question on how to burn an iPhoto slide show onto a CD.

Working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad

Walt reviews an app that brings the full, genuine Windows versions of the key Office productivity apps — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — to the iPad.
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Diabetic Tester That Talks to iPhones and Doctors

Telcare’s new diabetes meter offers built-in wireless technology to transmit readings to an online database.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App

A Parallels World Where Windows Zips on Macs

Essay: Jobs’s Departure as CEO of Apple Is the End of an Extraordinary Era

What’s In Store for Technology in 2011

Dive Into Mobile in December

Using the iPad for School and Updating the Droid Incredible

Gathering Vitals of Your So-Called Scattered Life

Learning About Everything Under The ‘Cloud’

Using Laptops in Direct Sunlight

YouTube on the iPad and Dumping IE6

First Impressions of the New Apple iPad

Digital File Cabinet You Can Bring With You Anywhere

Sony’s E-Reader Opens New Chapter in Kindle Rivalry

Time Capsule Alternatives, Windows 7 and Using Droid in Europe

Motorola’s Droid Is Smart Success for Verizon Users