Apple's MacBook laptop, the company's low-end portable computer aimed at average consumers, isn't just any old product. It's the best-selling Macintosh in history, at a time when Mac sales are growing much faster than sales of PCs in the United States overall. And, according to the sales-research organization NPD Group, the midrange model of the MacBook has been the single best-selling laptop of any brand in U.S. retail stores for the past five months. ...more

October 27, 2008

Booming sales of the newest iPhone led Apple to a stellar fiscal fourth-quarter report, defying predictions that the tumultuous U.S. economy would hold the company back. Despite the blockbuster performance, which sent Apple's shares soaring in after-hours trading, the company issued what it called "prudent" predictions for the current quarter, because of broader economic uncertainty. ...more

October 22, 2008

With Google launching its G1 phone Wednesday, the smart phone market gets more crowded than ever. Selecting the right phone gets a little more complicated too, since each has its upsides and downsides. Each phone offers video, music, Internet surfing, e-mail, text messaging, a digital camera and other features. ...more

October 21, 2008

In the exciting new category of modern hand-held computers - devices that fit in your pocket but are used more like a laptop than a traditional phone - there so far has been only one serious option. But that will change Wednesday, when T-Mobile and Google bring out the G1, the first hand-held computer that's in the same class as Apple's iPhone. ...more

October 20, 2008

Social and mobile media sites are hot properties lately. But how do other companies jump into the game and generate revenue through sites such as Facebook, texting hubs such as Twitter, or mobile meet-up services such as Dopplr? ...more

October 20, 2008

Some customers insist on seeing and "touching" a product before they buy it. ...more

October 6, 2008

The first cell phone running Google's mobile software looks something like Apple's iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs. ...more

September 24, 2008

Jabil Circuit Inc. will keep its headquarters in St. Petersburg, the company said this morning. ...more

September 12, 2008

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes. ...more

September 10, 2008

The wireless company that claims to have the fastest network in the nation has expanded its service. ...more

August 28, 2008