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Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

Kara Swisher in Social on February 14 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)

In and Out Of Office: Putting iPads To Work

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 16, 2011 at 6:13 pm PT

A brief primer on how to get such documents into and out of an iPad, and how to view, edit and create them on the tablet.

Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT

Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.

Bubbly "Voice Twitter" Service Launches in the Philippines

Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 10:53 pm PT

I last wrote about Bubble Motion, provider of the Bubbly mobile messaging service, exactly a year ago. At the time, the company had 150,000 users. Today, it has more than seven million.

The iPad Now Can Take Command of Computers

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 19, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt looks at two apps that let the iPad take control of a PC or Mac remotely.

Second-Edition iPad–Worth the Wait?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 5, 2011 at 2:36 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on the second edition iPad, printer sharing and freeing up hard-drive space on a Mac.

What’s In Store for Technology in 2011

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 29, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt looks at the products and competitive positions of key contenders as they enter a new year.

Just Because I Spent $500 on an iPad Doesn’t Mean I’ll Pay a 500 Percent Markup on an iPad Magazine Subscription

John Paczkowski in News on December 29, 2010 at 2:19 pm PT

Apple’s iPad may offer a sexier alternative to print, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. According to the ABC, magazine sales on the tablet have dropped sharply since they debuted earlier this year.

Google Goes To the Cloud For New Idea In PC System

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 15, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt tests an early-stage version of Google’s Chrome OS for computers–an attempt to challenge the Microsoft-Apple duopoly. One drawback of the new operating system, due next summer, is having to give up familiar local programs and dwell in the cloud.

Here's Your iTunes in the Cloud, for Your iPhone–But From mSpot, Not Apple

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Google and Apple both want to move your music to the cloud, then back to your phone, but they haven’t done it yet. But little mSpot has, at least for now.