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How Apple Gets All the Good Apps

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 12 at 6:03 pm PT

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.

A Wristwatch Tells When Phone Calls, Emails Arrive

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 26 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt reviews a new $150 digital wristwatch called Pebble that connects to an iPhone or Android phone wirelessly and displays notifications and previews of calls, texts, and emails.

NFC: What You Need to Know

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on February 18 at 6:00 am PT

You’re probably hearing “NFC” more often, as it appears in more mobile phones. Here’s what you need to know about Near Field Communication.

Surface Pro: Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 5 at 6:07 pm PT

Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet has some of the attributes of a laptop and is capable of running full-featured Windows 8, though at a price — in dollars and pounds, says Walt Mossberg.

Help Wanted: Moonlighters for Mobile Apps

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on August 7, 2012 at 3:52 pm PT

Two free apps let users earn some money on the side with small jobs.

Many Devices, Many Files and Four Ways to Share Them

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 31, 2012 at 6:05 pm PT

Walt tests out the leading online file storage and sharing services — Dropbox, SugarSync, Microsoft SkyDrive and Google Drive.

Is Hotmail Hotter Now That It’s Outlook.com?

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on July 31, 2012 at 3:34 pm PT

Microsoft is giving its 16-year-old Web-email service a total overhaul and a new name. The results are impressive.

Apple Unleashes Its New Mountain Lion System

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on July 25, 2012 at 5:38 am PT

Apple’s new operating system further blurs the line between personal computers and mobile devices.

From Google, the Toughest Challenger to the iPad

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 10, 2012 at 6:02 pm PT

Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is a serious alternative to Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

Radical Camera Lets You Pick What’s Blurry And What’s Not

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 29, 2012 at 2:04 pm PT

Lytro’s revolutionary new camera reinvents the point-and-shoot camera, allowing you to focus or refocus your photographs after you take them.