Opinion

Google Analytics Android App Lacks Key Features

The new Google Analytics Android app from Google gives webmasters and website or blog owners another way to monitor their sites’ traffic on the go. The app is a good first effort, but it lacks some key features that are available in third-party offer

Web Tools to Get Any SMB Online Quickly

Keep Tabs on Tons of Environmental Factors with Sensordrone for Android

The Sensordrone is a futuristic gadget with a dozen sensors that pairs with Android smartphones and measures environmental factors, such as weather and humidity, air quality, levels of nearby harmful gases and more.

Does Customer Service Even Exist Anymore?

A weekend in tech support hell shows how difficult it is to get the service you’ve paid for. Although low prices contribute to terrible tech support, consumers need to stand up to vendors that don’t deliver.

Apple Pays for iPad Trademark in China – Again

Apple just let a Chinese court wrestle $60 million for the iPad trademark in China, even though Apple had already bought the rights two years ago. Did Apple do the right thing?

iPhone 5 Wish List: 5 New Features

Apple’s iPhone is amazing. But with a few more tweaks and refinements, the new iPhone 5 could be the best Apple smartphone ever. Here’s a list of five features CIO.com blogger James A. Martin would love to see.

Google Nexus 7 and Microsoft Surface: It’s Not About the Hardware

Google’s near-constant emphasis on its Google Play store during its Nexus 7 tablet unveiling shows the company gets what tablets are all about: apps and content. But can Google and Microsoft compete with Apple and Amazon tablets on content delivery?

The Challenges of Simplification

CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson looks at how some companies are tackling the complex task of making their tools and processes simpler

Empire Strikes Back: Comcast Moves to Cap Data, Limit Choice

All you can eat wireless is dead, and now it’s disappearing for wired broadband. Even worse is that the cable giants want to crush Netflix and other competitors.

Google Nexus 7 Tablet: Video Hands On and Unboxing

CIO.com’s Al Sacco goes hands on with the brand new Google Nexus 7 tablet, which is expected to be officially released in July.

Xmarks App Syncs Browser Bookmarks to Mobile Devices

The $12 Xmarks Premium Service and the associated free mobile apps can help simplify your multiple-browser, multiple-device digital life.

Soundfreaq Sound Stack Dock Packs an Audio Punch

The Soundfreaq Sound Stack audio dock for iOS devices and other smartphones and tablets delivers impressive sound and powerful bass that will satisfy serious audiophiles. But it doesn’t come cheap at $400.

Google I/O Live Blog: Insights and Images from Google’s ’12 Developer Conference

CIO.com’s Al Sacco is on the scene in San Francisco for Google’s 2012 developer conference, and he’s live blogging the event. Get expert commentary, insights and photography from a variety of I/O locations in real time and watch live video from Googl

Are You Keeping Ahead of IT Industry Trends?

Social, mobile and other consumer technologies are inspiring venture capitalists to invest and changing the landscape of IT. Are you paying attention?

Why Reports of Retaliatory Corporate Cyber Attacks are Questionable

CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman doesn’t believe all the hype about retaliatory corporate cyber attacks. Here’s why.

The $15 Scanbox Turns Your Smartphone Into a Scanner

The $15 Scanbox is a “portable scanning box” that holds your smartphone steadily in place and turns it into a portable scanner. The gadget also folds flat for easy storage and transportation.

Nasdaq CEO Blames IT for Bungled Facebook IPO; Is the Trust Gone?

Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld says inadequate “business judgment” about the stock exchange’s IT capabilities partly caused problems that plagued Facebook’s opening day. That can’t be good for CIO Anna Ewing and her team.

McAfee Survey Shocker: Teens Lie to Parents About Online Habits!

A new McAfee survey shows that when it comes to their teens’ online habits, parents are out to lunch. So what else is new? Still, despite online activity being mostly harmless, parents are being duped by kids on the Web in the simplest of ways and sh

Facebook Slyly Changes Contact Emails, Angers Users

Facebook is famous for tweaking features and settings unannounced, and this weekend the social networking giant was at it again. Here’s what to look for and how to change it.

New CIOs for the Summer

The summer is kicking off with a bang when it comes to new CIO appointments.

Olympics Website Leans on Open Source, Akamai for Winning Results

Like the athletes themselves, the official website of the London 2012 Olympics gets only one chance to reach peak performance under intense pressure. To meet that demand, the site has been load tested to handle a million unique visitors per hour. Rea

Going social: IT’s gauntlet in the global era

Consumerization of IT: The Next E-Commerce?

Eventually the consumerization of IT movement will go the way of e-commerce and just be something everybody has.

Free Flipboard App for Android Doesn’t Support Tablets

The popular magazine-like content aggregator app for iOS, Flipboard, recently made its Android debut. Unfortunately, this terrific app isn’t available for Android tablets, which are better suited for reading than smaller smartphones.

Three More Things I’d Tell Your CIO

For some folks, software and software development remains a commodity. But for many, the need to deliver great software has taken hold of 2013 planning discussions. With July just around the corner, and as you start 2013 planning, focus on what you n

Why Samsung’s NFC TecTiles are a Waste of Money

Samsung’s new NFC-enabled “TecTiles” stickers let you automatically change phone settings, launch apps and send messages just by swiping your compatible smartphone across the stickers. But CIO.com’s Al Sacco says TecTiles aren’t all they’re cracked u

Protect Your iPhone from Prying Eyes with New ZAGG Privacy Screen

Are you surrounded by nosy neighbors? Encompassed by curious cubicle mates? Protect your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S from prying eyes–and dings and scratches–with ZAGG’s brand new $25 Privacy screen protector.

Facial Recognition Advances: Why You Should Worry

Your face has become a virtual name tag. Marketers, police, and maybe even stalkers will soon be able to identify you using only off-the-shelf technology.

New Drobo Mini Storage Unit Holds 4 Drives, Supports Thunderbolt and USB 3.0

The brand new Drobo Mini is storage geek’s dream. The powerful portable storage array has four drive bays, and it comes with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ports. Unfotunately, it won’t come cheap when it’s released later this summer.

3 Must-Have Android, iOS Apps for Travelers

Summer is prime travel time and a few good mobile apps can make any journey more enjoyable. Frequent traveler and CIO.com blogger James A. Martin suggests three iOS and Android apps he never leaves home without.