IDC lowers 2013 tablet forecasts, expects growth to slow quickly in ‘mature markets’

A small shift in research firm IDC’s 2013 tablet projections speaks volumes about the mobile market.

Samsung and LG reportedly plan ‘kill switch’ for stolen phones and tablets

Samsung and LG are planning to include a tool that would make stolen phones and tablets inoperable.

iPad, Tab, Nexus, Surface, and Kindle Fire: What tablet users think (infographic)

The iPad may have lost the tablet wars to an army of Android tabs, but it’s still first in people’s hearts. Second place, however, belongs to a somewhat unlikely candidate.

Yet another research firm says Apple is getting crushed by Android tablets

It’s one thing for a single research firm to call out Apple’s quickly falling tablet market share, but now another outfit is painting a similarly bleak picture for the iPad.

Retina Display iPad Mini is likely coming, following Google’s high-res Nexus 7

As much as I love the iPad Mini, its low-resolution display is aging terribly as just about every new phone and tablet sports high 1080p resolutions.

Android hits 70M tablet activations, now accounts for 1 in every 2 tablets sold worldwide

Who says Android tablets are dead?

Google’s new Nexus 7 up for pre-order at Best Buy — starts at $230 with Android 4.3

Best Buy just couldn’t wait until Google officially announced its new Nexus 7 Android tablet.

Next-gen Nexus 7 tablet photos leak and its release looks imminent

Pictures of the next generation of Google’s popular Nexus 7 tablet have leaked to the web and the launch of the device is coming soon,

Apple reportedly testing bigger iPad screens, on top of larger iPhones (but why?)

Is anybody really clamoring for a bigger iPad?

Following $900M Surface RT writeoff, Microsoft launches new RT ad bashing the iPad

Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet has been spectacularly unsuccessful. Why not advertise it some more?

Apple working on projection technology for iPhone and iPad, with gesture control

The patent covers both clip-on projectors, which would certainly not be an Apple design preference, and built-in versions, which would be integrated within an iPhone or iPad, and would be much more down Apple’s strike zone.

Microsoft gears up to dump Surface RT stock with $150 price drop

If you’ve been holding out for one of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablets — despite its myriad issues — you’ll soon be able to get one at a steep discount.

How will we survive the mobile sensor data tsunami?

The ubiquitous sensors on our mobile gadgets are both a blessing and a curse.

Bringing Microsoft Office to the iPad isn’t easy — CloudOn explains how it did it

While Microsoft took its sweet time bringing Microsoft Office to mobile devices, CloudOn stepped in with its slick Office virtualization apps.

BlackBerry CEO confirms PlayBook tablet won’t be getting BB10

Sorry, BlackBerry PlayBook owners, there’s no BlackBerry 10 for you.

Apple will score $18B of the $27B app market in 2013 (report)

The revenue gap has existed for a long time in spite of Android’s massive userbase growth to 900 million strong.

Tablet sales expected to soar in 2013, pushing PCs to edge of oblivion

Research firm Gartner predicted that tablet sales will grow by almost 70 percent in 2013, sending desktop and laptop computer shipments on a ”nosedive.”

iPad web browsing share hits 5-month high: a massive 82.4%

In spite of all the talk that Apple is ceding both tablet as well as smartphone market share to Google’s Android, iPad web browsing share just hit a five-month high.

Restaurant tablet startup E la Carte orders up $13.5M

Tired of waiting for waiters? E la Carte is here to help.

Watch Samsung’s Premiere Galaxy & Ativ event here (livestream)

Watch Samsung’s latest announcements here.

L.A. Unified to give every student an iPad in deal worth ‘hundreds of millions’

Los Angeles Unified School District will initially roll out the program to 47 campuses in a deal worth $30 million. However, the massive district has 640,000 students at 1,087 schools over LA’s 720 square miles, and by choosing Apple as the sold vendor, the school board has committed to spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” with Apple over the next few years.

Acer launches first 8-inch Windows tablet, plans touchscreens everywhere

Despite having said harsh words about Windows 8, Acer is giving it the old college try by releasing an 8-inch tablet based on Microsoft’s tablet operating system.

Android’s market share is a ‘joke,’ and ‘Apple owns the high end’ of the smartphone market (interview)

Android’s market share is a joke, and most tech writers aren’t getting the punchline.

Samsung to unveil new Galaxy and Ativ Windows devices on June 20

Only a few months after Samsung debuted its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, the company is gearing up to launch a new set of devices.

Microsoft uses Siri to slam Apple in new Windows 8 ad (video)

We all know Microsoft likes to challenge its competitors head on, especially Google. Now Microsoft is taking a swing at Apple in a new 30-second ad that uses Siri’s voice to make fun of the iPad.

Google’s new Android head finally breaks his silence

Just a few days before Google’s I/O developer conference kicks off, Wired’s Steven Levy has finally gotten Pichai to chat about Android’s future.

Smartphones up 37%, tablets up 106%, and Samsung growing smartphone shipments 10x faster than Apple

Let me say that again: Apple is at single digit growth in a market growing at almost 40 percent.

Tablets will outsell laptops 6 to 1 by 2017 as mobile PC market hits 579.4 million

This year, we’ll buy more tablets than notebooks for the first time ever. But by 2017, we’ll buy six times more tablets than laptops.