With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet. Track Your Friends' Exact Location With New Google Application ...more

February 4, 2009

To its fiercest devotees, one of the best things about the BlackBerry is its carefully designed physical keyboard, which the skilled BlackBerry addict can play like a violin. These folks scorn Apple's popular iPhone, whose keyboard is virtual and must be operated by tapping on the screen. ...more

November 24, 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

Joe Soto, general manager of an advertising firm in Philadelphia, has a complicated relationship with his BlackBerry e-mail phone. ...more

September 29, 2008

It's been a good year for touch screens. The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model that debuted July 11 likely will stoke enthusiasm further. Touch-screen manufacturers are going flat out, and more devices will soon be controlled by the tip of your finger. ...more

July 21, 2008

Research In Motion on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the Canadian company's desire to make tools for work and play. ...more

May 13, 2008

Research In Motion Ltd.'s second BlackBerry failure in 10 months risks damaging the company's reputation as the most reliable service and gives a boost to Apple, Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj. ...more

February 13, 2008

A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

Confirming its long-rumored foray into the mobile market, Google said Monday that it is developing a free cell phone software package so the Internet search leader can more easily peddle ads and services to people who aren't in front of a PC. ...more

November 6, 2007