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News updates all day from Fast Company. HTC is said, by inside sources speaking to Bloomberg , to be "shut out" of the introduction of Microsoft's hotly-anticipated Windows 8 operating system for tablets. MS is concerned that HTC doesn't sell enough devices or have enough experience making tablets compared to better-known names like HP or Asus.

The people who make and sell Android phones don't make it easy to do apples-to-Apples comparisons. Luckily, enough of us have been buying the things to provide some money-saving hindsight. Buying a decent Android phone today isn’t too hard and costs about $200

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Forget what the competition is planning: Apple does not envision the iPad and MacBook Air converging at any point in the near future. Today, the company released its second-quarter financial results ($39.2 billion in revenue, $11.6 billion in net revenue), and despite selling 11.8 million iPads, Cook took time during an earnings call to discuss the potential threat of the PC and tablet spaces converging. Many expect Microsoft's latest offering, Windows 8, to unite these two sides of the spectrum, making the tablet not a post-PC device, but just a PC in a different form

In the mid 1990’s, Apple Computers was a dying company.

Dozens of new gadgets and Web services promise to boost your business. Here are five that just might deliver. Dozens of new apps, gadgets, and online services are vying for your attention.

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open. With JamPot's AppBuilder , you can build a genuine iPhone or Android app in mere minutes for free--according to the company's own website.

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open.

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open

Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice thinks that his company can leverage its way into the tablet market because it's wide open. Speaking to Reuters , Felice said that Dell tablets powered by Windows 8 would arrive later in 2012, and they'd offer something no one else has: Dell's "coveted brand." The optimism didn't end there.

The music streaming service now has 9.3 million users worldwide, and adds another 125,000 new users per month--five times as many as this time last year. Are you ready to dance? In the thinly populated world of Bollywood-friendly music streaming services, Saavn’s slick, well-stocked app is quickly becoming a favorite.

Microsoft is letting you try its latest operating system before you buy. Here are the business features not to miss.

Customers buy brands, not products. If you can't articulate the reason for your company's existence, you're going to lose out.

The PC has already been replaced by the tablet, in some hugely important and meaningful ways. Its day in the sun is all but over. The New York Times suggests, vaguely , that today on the eve of the iPad 3 announcement the future of the PC looks dim.

Imagine a world where there are no downloads.