Latest and Hotest Technology Updates

Darrell Etherington

Apple Updates iMac With New Intel Processors, Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi And Faster Flash Storage

Apple has just released an updated version of its iMac all-in-one computer. The update is a minor one, unlike the considerable redesign it got at the end of... read more

Chris Velazco

Up Close And Personal With Microsoft's Surface 2 And Surface Pro 2

Now that the dust from Microsoft's Surface event has settled, we're left with two new tablets and one grand vision for the holidays -- with three Surfaces now... read more

Darrell Etherington

Apple TV 6.0 Update Returns With iTunes Match In Tow After Buggy First Version Pulled

Apple has re-issued the 6.0 update for Apple TV devices it released last week, after the original version's many problems including slow downloads, library loss... read more

Natasha Lomas

Apple Swipe Keyboard Patent Shows Cupertino Knows Typing On iOS Is "Tedious"

Apple's iPhone needs a much smarter keyboard. I've said it before, but here's evidence Cupertino itself realises that hen-pecking individual letters is a... read more

Darrell Etherington

Developer Finds It Takes Just Under 4K Downloads To Break Top 10 Paid iOS Apps, Over 7K To Rank Fifth And Up

The App Store is somewhat shrouded in mystery, thanks a secret recipe that Apple uses to determine what apps shoot up the charts. Downloads play a big,... read more

Jordan Crook

Meet Studio, The App That Launched A Million Designers And Counting

There's no doubt that photo-sharing is hot, but among the hundreds of services out there tackling the space, there hasn't been an app that has made a splash in... read more

Mahesh Sharma

Security Concerns Abound Over Unofficial Android iMessage App That Uses Chinese Servers To Process Data

An unauthorised app that lets Android users chat on Apple's closed iMessage network is causing a big stir. It's had viral downloads in the tens of thousands... read more

Surface 2: Repeat Or Redemption?

The inimitable Chris Velazco and I took to the TechCrunch TV screens to dig into the new Surface hardware that... read more

Hands On With The Brooklyn-Made Makerbot Digitizer

The Makerbot Digitizer looked too good to be true. It was a solid, compact 3D scanner that could replicate a solid... read more

Fly Or Die: The UpDesk UpWrite

The human body wasn't meant to sit. Chairs are an invention of our own laziness. That said, UpDesk is here to... read more