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Facebook Gets a Hold on Phones

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on April 9 at 6:03 pm PT

Facebook Home, a new suite of software Facebook is introducing for Android phones, aims to take over phones right from their lock screens.

New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 26 at 6:02 pm PT

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.

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.

BlackBerry Reinvents Itself to Compete With All-Touch Smartphones

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 30 at 7:54 am PT

Walt reviews BlackBerry’s Z10 that reinvents the brand, losing its famous keyboard and offering a new user interface.

Kindle Fire HD Is Better but It Isn’t the Best Color Tablet

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on September 11, 2012 at 6:02 pm PT

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD is slimmer, lighter and more stylish, but it doesn’t beat the iPad as a tablet.

A Chance to Call 15 Friends to Video Chat in High Def

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 21, 2012 at 6:02 pm PT

Zoom.us offers free, high-definition, group video calls for up to 15 people over a variety of 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.

In a Medical Crisis, Service Helps Others to Help You

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm PT

A free service creates a detailed online physical and digital profile of your medical and personal info.

A Parallels World Where Windows Zips on Macs

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 31, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac runs Windows quickly and smoothly on Apple devices, integrating programs with new features of the Lion version of Mac’s operating system.

What to Do With Photos Piling Up in a Phone

Roger Cheng in Personal Technology on December 8, 2010 at 6:20 pm PT

A large number of photo apps have cropped up that allow you to tweak pictures, add filters, tag on information about subject and location, and post them on social-networking sites, writes Roger Cheng. Note: Walt Mossberg is on vacation and will return Dec. 16.