As Chromebooks make bigger and bigger inroads into the education market, manufacturers have figured out that they need to make their systems a little tougher, as kids aren’t exactly delicate with their tech toys. The result are education Chromebooks of varying degrees of ruggedness, from “semi-rugged” models from Acer to fully ruggedized notebooks that meet […]
full coverage Mobile World Congress 2016 As always, the Barcelona-based technology show is a launch platform for a host of new mobile devices. Wireless carrier Alcatel may not have the brand name appeal of an HP or Lenovo, but it hoped to make a splash at this week’s Mobile World Congress just like those better-known […]
As it does every year, the recent Mobile World Congress included some big phone announcements. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 both look like strong updates, and they are among a long list of new phones that will be using brawny processors such as Samsung’s Exynos 8890 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820. But what struck […]
Mobile world congress 2016 While the Ultrabook brand never took off as Intel may have hoped, the specs for super-thin and svelte laptops haven’t completely disappeared. Samsung is still a notable adherent to the concept, as its latest Notebook 9 lineup showed when it was first introduced at this year’s CES. At that time, Samsung […]
[We’ve updated our Top 10 list for 2016, as one of our noteworthy previous entries, Jolla, has decided to end its tablet run.] Though the PC market is no longer seen as the massive growth industry it once (recently) was, that hasn’t stopped budding entrepreneurs from trying to shake things up via crowd-funded projects (even […]