7 posts and columns on Pro

A Scanner for All Seasons

in Product Reviews on May 7 at 6:00 am PT

For serious scanning needs, Xerox’s Mobile Scanner beats a smartphone app or pocket-sized scanner.
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PayPal Hires VP of Global Design From Apple

in Commerce on January 31, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

PayPal has hired Sarah Brody, a seven-year veteran of Apple, to the position of VP of Global design.

RunKeeper Hopes to Be Your App for That New Year's Resolution

in Social on December 31, 2010 at 12:59 pm PT

The RunKeeper Pro app, usually $9.99, is free from now through the end of January. Since the promotion started yesterday, downloads of the app have been up more than 10 times the normal number for a single day.

Apple Has $51 Billion and a Shopping List. Is Facebook on It?

in Media on October 18, 2010 at 3:58 pm PT

Steve Jobs told analysts that he’s hanging on to his giant cash hoard for a rainy day–and a couple specific things he’d like to buy. Perhaps he’s discussed this with Mark Zuckerberg…
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Turning a Web Page Into a Keeper

in The Mossberg Solution on April 20, 2010 at 2:20 pm PT

A free browser tool lets users store a Web page’s content even if later the information is no longer retrievable.
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Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.

in Media on November 5, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

Why did Google start labeling blogs as “blogs” in its search results? Eric Schmidt thinks it may have to do with your mother.
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Apple: Steve Jobs Is Still Fine, and We Still Hate Netbooks

in Media on April 22, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

Next to no news from the Apple earnings call this afternoon, which is just the way Apple execs like their earnings calls. Once again, the company provided no information about CEO Steve Jobs’s health except to note that he is still scheduled to come back to work in June. And the company continued to pooh-pooh the concept of netbooks–supercheap, supersmall laptops with very little horsepower that are the hottest part of the PC business right now.