No big surprise, but Al Jazeera’s US operations are shutting down sometime in the next few months. The New York Times broke the story today, saying operations will cease before the end of April. To say that it…
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Microsoft is tired of you using Windows XP and Vista. They’re also tired of you using older versions of Internet Explorer when you don’t have to. I think they actually hate Internet Explorer altogether, considering they…
2015 was a great year for Apple. Although the final numbers aren’t in yet, it’s pretty clear that they picked up quite a bit of market share from Samsung and other Android-using cell phone manufacturers. 2015…
Really more of a symbolic victory, but if you’re a U-Verse or DIRECTV customer with an AT&T cell plan, you can get back to the world of unlimited data for only $100 per month. Unlimited data…
We came, we saw, we drooled… and finally the 2016 CES is one for the history books. Here were my big takeaways: The big manufacturers aren’t the real story. This is more true than ever. Samsung, Intel,…
Looking for a last impression of all the good stuff from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show? Check out a long-form article from our very own TECHFan, who was wandering the show all week and wrote up…
I’d say chances are 60% in favor… which is a step up from 2015 when I would have put the chances at 25%. One of the biggest requests from our Solid Signal faithful is the ability…
Better late than never. Yes, I understand that you all probably have seen pictures of the DISH booth at CES by now from other sites. I finally got to the booth late yesterday and it took…
Our friends at MyGica are really serious about Android TV boxes. If you’re not familar, an Android TV box is sort of like a streaming box on steroids. It runs the full Android operating system so…
DIRECTV has issued all new firmware and databases for the popular AIM meter. All users are asked to update right away. The procedure can be found in the AIM Meter manual, and the firmware can be…
It’s pronounced “echo.” weBoost was on hand with a brand new booth this year and the focus was on its new cellular booster, the eqo. It may have a funny name but it’s a serious contender….
Well, maybe not this PC. Seriously, though, after years of sluggish sales, PCs bounced back in 2015. This was due to the huge pent-up demand caused by people who didn’t want to buy Windows. 8. Sure, Win8.1…
I love writing this article every year. If you remember our 2015 and 2014 articles of the same name, you know that I take a lighthearted look every year at a few high-profile flops. Oh, it’s not fair to call…
One of the big trends of last year’s CES was the curved TV, but it came at the expense of thickness. If you’ve seen one of these, you realize that they come in at about 5″…
And then, SureCall got serious about consumers. I’ll tell you, of my blog faithful, that I’ve had some idea this was coming. Solid Signal has carried SureCall products for years (even back when it was called CellPhoneMate.) They’re…