It used to be that mobile adoption was considered the purview of the very young and hip. But a recent Nielsen report shows that adults in the 25-44 age range have the highest adoption rates of any user demographic. And while this might be interesting news, there’s more: despite the high adoption rates, mobile penetration in the U.S. is at 77 percent, lower than it is in many other developed countries. READ MORE
Where does a 900-lb. gorilla sleep? Anywhere it wants, goes the old joke, and Apple seems to be taking that general approach to the tablet market in Europe. It’s successfully blocked Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Germany and some phones from the Netherlands. It’s also gone after many smaller tablet makers, including the tiny Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá, headquartered in a small town in Valencia. READ MORE
Google Chrome and Apple Safari are seeing an increase in users. That’s good news for the respective companies, but bad for Microsoft. According to a recent report by NetMarketShare, Internet Explorer is now hovering slightly about the 50 percent mark with 52.63 percent of the desktop market. This is a far cry from 2004 when it owned 95 percent of the Web browser market. READ MORE
Diptyque makes tall high-end speakers, but if you don’t love that look, they can look like something else altogether. The speakers can be covered by a tall fabric panel that resembles a room-dividing screen. READ MORE
On Thursday, Apple stores worldwide will get a radical makeover, in conjunction with Apple’s new Apple Store app. First, customers who order Apple products online will be able to pick them up at an Apple store within 12 minutes of completing the order. Since they’ll have already paid online, they can simply sign for the item and walk out with it, bypassing lines and cash registers. READ MORE
Having a rich new parent company doesn’t seem to be doing Motorola much good. Ahead of the transition to full Google ownership, the company has announced it will close a factory and lay off 800 employees around the world. READ MORE
As CNET tells the story, the fight at Microsoft to abandon Courier, a planned two-screen tablet computer, produced two factions. The Allardites, led by Xbox-creator J. Allard, wanted a diptych-like tablet with touchscreen capability. Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft’s Windows division, led the counter-revolutionary Sinofskyites, who claimed that a version of Windows for tablet computers was still a figment of the imagination. READ MORE
Samsung and Apple are at it again. In another round of the battle for mobile dominance, Samsung has filed a preliminary injunction against the new iPhone 4S and is requesting the source code for the device. This comes after Apple won a preliminary injunction against Samsung, effectively blocking the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in several countries, including Australia, where the latest chapter is unfolding. READ MORE
Apple is looking to make a big splash next year when it launches the iPad 3. But there’s a big question: Will there be enough iPads for consumers? Rumor has it that the innovative tech giant might have some trouble on the production side. READ MORE
Hewlett-Packard has announced it will keep its PC division rather than selling it off. HP had been considering selling or spinning off its PC business, which is the least profitable part of the company, even though it commands nearly 18% of the global market. READ MORE
