Google’s Chromebooks could finally get their big break in Walmart and Staples...
Targeting the back-to-school shopping rush, Google announced today that its Chromebook computers will soon come to even more major retail stores — including the most coveted retailer of all, Walmart....
View ArticleWatch Samsung’s Premiere Galaxy & Ativ event here (livestream)
NEW YORK — Samsung is going to announce a new slate of products in its Windows 8-powered Ativ line, as well as something Android-powered with the Galaxy branding, at its Premiere 2013 event in a few...
View ArticleDell’s dilemma: How to reinvent itself as the board fights over its future
Dell’s shareholders postponed a vote today on founder Michael Dell’s plans to take the company private. For the time being, the fate of one of world’s largest computer makers remains uncertain....
View ArticleLenovo, the world’s top PC maker, now sells more smartphones and tablets than...
Ricardo Bilton/VentureBeatLenovo's IdeaPad Yoga hybridA strong first quarter for Lenovo also revealed an interesting shift for the company: It’s now selling more phones and tablets than it is personal...
View ArticleDell unveils new series of Latitude touchscreen laptops for business users
DellDell Latitude 3000 seriesDell is introducing a series of new laptops today aimed at making business computing into a more pleasant, reliable, and secure experience. DellDell Latitude 7000 series...
View ArticleToshiba reveals two laptops and a tablet that bring sub $400 touchscreens to...
ToshibaToshiba Satellite ClickToshibaToshiba Satellite Click Joining a big tech parade, Toshiba is introducing three new computing devices at the IFA Berlin trade show this week in Germany. The devices...
View ArticleLenovo teaches more of its laptops to bend and flex with new Yoga lineup,...
LenovoLenovo had two big choices after releasing its troubled IdeaPad Yoga last year: Explore the idea of computers that can flip and twist for different functionality even more (something the company...
View ArticleHP packs cool tech into its fall line-up of tablets and laptops
HPHP Envy Recline 27 Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Hewlett-Packard is unveiling a bunch of fall consumer PCs today with a variety of bells and whistles, including its first...
View ArticleThese aren’t your grandpa’s HP enterprise laptops, tablets, and printers
Dean TakahashiHP's Michael Park Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now HP’s enterprise gadgets have been a little boring. But the company is hoping to infuse its new business laptops and...
View ArticleTablet shipments to grow 53.4% in 2013, PCs to fall 8.4%
Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeatApple's iPad Mini Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now It’s a familiar picture for the gadget world: Tablets are on the way up, while traditional PCs are...
View ArticleWe will buy 285 million tablets next year, and almost 400 million in 2017
Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now A new report by research firm Canalys suggests we’ll be buying tablets by the boatload in 2017 — almost 400 million of them. And next year, tablet...
View ArticleTake that, pricy Pixel: Acer’s new touchscreen Chromebook is only $300
Acer Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Want to get your fingers all over a Chromebook without spending an absurd amount of money? Acer’s got your ticket. The company announced a new...
View ArticleHP’s swivel laptop-tablet hybrid is a sign of things to come
HPHP Elitebook Revolve Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Convertibles are hot. Or at least the kind that change your computer from a laptop to a tablet. Hewlett-Packard has one of...
View ArticleLenovo kicks off CES with its lightest Ultrabook yet, a new Windows 8 Pro...
Caption: Lenovo's new ThinkPad Carbon X1Source: LenovoCES 2014 What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2014? Read our full coverage of International CES 2014 to find out.Lenovo has a...
View ArticleSamsung aims to keep Chromebook dominance with faster, thinner, & bigger models
Image Credit: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeatSamsung is nothing if not opportunistic. Just like with Android, the Korean electronics giant saw a huge opportunity in Google’s Chromebook platform, which...
View ArticleSurface Pro 3: Microsoft finally makes a killer tablet — and it can replace...
Image Credit: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeatIt took several tries, but Microsoft has finally delivered a device that lives up to the bold promise of its Surface line. The Surface Pro 3 is Microsoft’s...
View ArticleIn defense of the laptop. ‘I’m not dead yet!’
GUEST POSTImage Credit: Monty Python & the Holy GrailI am often asked about the state of innovation in the seemingly mature world of laptop hardware. At a time when smartphones and tablets have...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard reveals HP Stream series of skinny laptops and tablets
Hewlett-Packard is stretching the limits of design with the announcement today of the colorful and thin HP Stream series of Windows laptops and tablets. Above: HP Stream laptopsImage Credit: HP...
View ArticleWith 100M ThinkPads sold, Lenovo unveils its latest commercial laptops at CES
CES 2015 What will be hot in consumer electronics and computing in 2015? Read VB's full coverage of International CES 2015 to find out.Lenovo has sold more than 100 million ThinkPad laptops in its...
View ArticleThe best laptops you can buy
Picking out a laptop isn’t easy. It’s hard to really understand whether or not a computer is right for your needs until you’ve actually used it for a while. Maybe it’s a bit more clunky than you...
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