What do you do after releasing a new iPhone, a new iPod, and a new iOS in September? And you want to distract from the flaws in your crumbling relationship with Google because you released Apple Maps in iOS 6, which was not fit for human consumption, as well as steal the thunder from your […]
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Google And Apple Step All Over Poor Little Microsoft
Microsoft can’t catch a break. Everyone keeps stepping on the company’s news cycles. First, the Surface tablet finally got pricing and availability details Wednesday. Magically, Apple announced its iPad Mini event the same day, absorbing enormous amounts of the press coverage Microsoft wanted for the official launch of Windows 8. Rumor has it, pre-orders for […]
iOS 6 Users Encounter Pains With Exchange
Popular Apple rumor and discussion website MacRumors reveals that at least one Fortune 500 company is advising its employees not to upgrade their iOS devices to the latest version. The concern centers around a bug with Exchange calendar integration. A user who receives an invitation to a meeting and declines it winds up sending cancellation […]
Amazon’s New Kindles Set My Mind On Fire
Amazon just finished its press event, and as a friend said, “after watching that live stream, I need a cigarette.” Like any good seduction, Amazon started slow. The Kindle Paperwhite, a $119 e-reader is impressive, yes, but that’s ssuming you’re willing to spend that much on a a one-trick pony. Sure, the Paperwhite looks amazing, […]
Review: Does The Lenovo IdeaTab S1209a Sound Like A Good Deal?
The Lenovo IdeaTab S1209a is quite obviously Lenovo’s answer to Apple’s iPad. The IdeaTab has a 9.7 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 768, identical to the original iPad and iPad 2. Lenovo’s tablet is sleek at a thin 0.35 inches and a light 1.3 pounds, lighter than Apple’s new iPad and on […]
Facebook Updates iPhone App — Hopefully, This Time It’ll Work
Facebook has updated its iOS app today to brand new version 5.0, which will hopefully address a top concern of users that the app has been clunky and slow. Facebook Inc. launched the app via the iTunes App Store, with few listed improvements, but one major change: the app has been rebuilt from the ground […]
Giveaway Winner Announced For GelaSkins!
All last week, Techcitement ran a special giveaway for commenters on our Facebook page. The winner would receive a GelaSkins gift card valued at $60. Today, we announced the winner, one Chris Allen, for his long and detailed response to our article on Marissa Mayer, the recently-appointed CEO of Yahoo. Here’s a snippet of what […]
Giveaway! Win A GelaSkins Gift Card!
In my GelaSkins review that went up last Wednesday, we dropped a bit at the end about how you can win yourself a $60 gift card for a few of these great skins and cases. The rules are simple. Like Techcitement on Facebook. Leave a comment. That’s it. End of rules. On Friday afternoon (July […]
Review: Logitech’s K760 Solar Keyboard Dazzles Multitaskers
While touch-based interfaces are up and coming, we continue to use keyboards as our primary interface. Time was, most computers came with keyboards that were just plain terrible. Back then, I relied on Logitech as my vendor of choice for replacement input devices. Nowadays, even the most basic keyboards have a bit more flair, which […]
Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Revealed At Last
There have been rumors for some time that Google will release it’s own tablet. Recently it became more and more evident, and now the device is here. Except it’s not exactly what I was expecting. Rather than compete with Apple in the 10″ category, Google has firmly aimed the Asus-built Nexus 7 at a category […]