Nick Bilton Nyt News Service

By the end of 2011, there could be more smartphones in the United States than the less advanced feature phones, according to a report released Monday by the Nielsen Company, a market trends monitor.The report also notes that the Google...

A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.I barely made it a sentence into...

Chris Anderson, Wired magazine's editor in chief, says the Web is being crippled by a world of apps and screens in a cover story titled "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet."Mr. Anderson argues that a world of downloadable...

When I'm not blogging away about technology for the Bits Blog, I'm also an adjunct professor at New York University in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.The program is a technology-focused graduate course, so it came as no surprise when four of...

It was only a matter of time.You can touch your iPod, changing songs with the swipe of a finger. You can touch your iPhone, clicking away on a virtual keyboard or zooming into images and maps. You can touch your...

If you hate your inbox, if the very thought of it makes you fretful and nauseous, you're not alone. Plenty of people who use e-mail on a daily basis feel the same.Now Google is trying to come to the rescue...

Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group, has long been critical of Google and some of the comments that Eric Schmidt, the company's chief executive, has made about privacy online.On Thursday, the group took its objections to a new level with a...

Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, has faced some pretty tough critics in the past, defending the companies stance on privacy issues and new features on the Web site, but on Tuesday, he went right into the lion's den when...

Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, has faced some pretty tough critics in the past, defending the companies stance on privacy issues and new features on the Web site, but on Tuesday, he went right into the lion's den when he was a guest on "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central.On the show, which is known for its dry and sometimes sarcastic...

If you hate your inbox, if the very thought of it makes you fretful and nauseous, you're not alone. Plenty of people who use e-mail on a daily basis feel the same.Now Google is trying to come to the rescue with a new Gmail feature announced Tuesday called Priority Inbox, which monitors your messages and tries to organize your inbox based on a numbe...

It was only a matter of time.You can touch your iPod, changing songs with the swipe of a finger. You can touch your iPhone, clicking away on a virtual keyboard or zooming into images and maps. You can touch your iPad, flipping though a book or digital magazine or playing games on the 9-inch screen. So it only makes sense that you should be able to ...

When I'm not blogging away about technology for the Bits Blog, I'm also an adjunct professor at New York University in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.The program is a technology-focused graduate course, so it came as no surprise when four of my students walked into class in early April with fancy new Apple iPads in hand. After the stude...

Chris Anderson, Wired magazine's editor in chief, says the Web is being crippled by a world of apps and screens in a cover story titled "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet."Mr. Anderson argues that a world of downloadable apps, which work through the Internet and arrive through gadgets like the iPhone or Xbox, are quickly cannibalizing the Wor...

A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.I barely made it a sentence into the e-book I was reading before an employee of the coffee shop came by, stood over me and said, "Excuse me sir, but we don't allow computer...

By the end of 2011, there could be more smartphones in the United States than the less advanced feature phones, according to a report released Monday by the Nielsen Company, a market trends monitor.The report also notes that the Google Android platform continues to show rapid growth and over the past six months has edged past the Apple iPhone platf...

By the end of 2011, there could be more smartphones in the United States than the less advanced feature phones, according to a report released Monday by the Nielsen Company, a market trends monitor.The report also notes that the Google...

A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.I barely made it a sentence into...

Chris Anderson, Wired magazine's editor in chief, says the Web is being crippled by a world of apps and screens in a cover story titled "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet."Mr. Anderson argues that a world of downloadable...

When I'm not blogging away about technology for the Bits Blog, I'm also an adjunct professor at New York University in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.The program is a technology-focused graduate course, so it came as no surprise when four of...

It was only a matter of time.You can touch your iPod, changing songs with the swipe of a finger. You can touch your iPhone, clicking away on a virtual keyboard or zooming into images and maps. You can touch your...

If you hate your inbox, if the very thought of it makes you fretful and nauseous, you're not alone. Plenty of people who use e-mail on a daily basis feel the same.Now Google is trying to come to the rescue...

Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group, has long been critical of Google and some of the comments that Eric Schmidt, the company's chief executive, has made about privacy online.On Thursday, the group took its objections to a new level with a...

Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, has faced some pretty tough critics in the past, defending the companies stance on privacy issues and new features on the Web site, but on Tuesday, he went right into the lion's den when...

Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, has faced some pretty tough critics in the past, defending the companies stance on privacy issues and new features on the Web site, but on Tuesday, he went right into the lion's den when he was a guest on "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central.On the show, which is known for its dry and sometimes sarcastic...

If you hate your inbox, if the very thought of it makes you fretful and nauseous, you're not alone. Plenty of people who use e-mail on a daily basis feel the same.Now Google is trying to come to the rescue with a new Gmail feature announced Tuesday called Priority Inbox, which monitors your messages and tries to organize your inbox based on a numbe...

It was only a matter of time.You can touch your iPod, changing songs with the swipe of a finger. You can touch your iPhone, clicking away on a virtual keyboard or zooming into images and maps. You can touch your iPad, flipping though a book or digital magazine or playing games on the 9-inch screen. So it only makes sense that you should be able to ...

When I'm not blogging away about technology for the Bits Blog, I'm also an adjunct professor at New York University in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.The program is a technology-focused graduate course, so it came as no surprise when four of my students walked into class in early April with fancy new Apple iPads in hand. After the stude...

Chris Anderson, Wired magazine's editor in chief, says the Web is being crippled by a world of apps and screens in a cover story titled "The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet."Mr. Anderson argues that a world of downloadable apps, which work through the Internet and arrive through gadgets like the iPhone or Xbox, are quickly cannibalizing the Wor...

A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.I barely made it a sentence into the e-book I was reading before an employee of the coffee shop came by, stood over me and said, "Excuse me sir, but we don't allow computer...

By the end of 2011, there could be more smartphones in the United States than the less advanced feature phones, according to a report released Monday by the Nielsen Company, a market trends monitor.The report also notes that the Google Android platform continues to show rapid growth and over the past six months has edged past the Apple iPhone platf...