Apps Raise the iPad’s Aptitude for Real Work

iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Walt Mossberg looks at apps that attempt to emulate the features of Office.
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A Printer for the iPad

Walt answers a reader’s question on finding a printer for the iPad.

The 411 on Phone Discounts

Walt on why carriers price the HTC One differently.

Laptop Guide: Timing the Market and the Machines

It should be an easy time for laptop buyers, but the market is still pretty confusing and frustrating. Walt offers his guide to buying a new laptop.
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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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How Apple Gets All the Good Apps

While Apple never creates apps for other mobile systems or devices, its major mobile-platform foes — Google, Amazon and Microsoft — make many of their apps available for Apple devices.
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Clearing Up an iPad Picture Problem

Walt answers readers’ questions about deleting and organizing photos on an iPad.

When an iPad Isn’t Enough

Walt answers a reader’s question on finding a tablet that acts more like a laptop.

A New View on Windows

Why does opening photos on a Windows 8 machine open a picture app first?

Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?

Walt answers readers’ questions about whether it makes sense to upgrade to the new Windows 8 operating system and if the capacity of the iPad is infinite.

Depending on the Cloud

2013: Talk Gets Cheaper, TV Gets Smarter

Google Maps for iPhone Returns Better Than Ever

How to Do Spreadsheets on a Tablet

New Address? Addappt Lets Friends Follow All Your Moves.

iTunes Gets an Upgrade Without Missing a Beat

Testing the Speed of Internet Devices

Making Sense of All the New Laptop Flavors

Getting a Tablet With a Lot of Memory

Sizing Up the New iPad Mini

What’s the Deal With Windows 8?

The Steve Jobs I Knew

Google Moves Ahead in Fight to Dominate the Map Apps

A Scuffed iPhone 5

An iOS App for Google Maps and YouTube?