Results make up for awkwardness of iPhoto for iPad

ANDY IHNATKO: Any review of iPhoto for iPad has to deal with an awkward truth: It isn’t a terribly intuitive app. During your first go, you’ll find yourself feeling mystified about what certain buttons do; you’ll be confused about how certain functions operate; and it’s going to take a good while before you discover impressive features that are hidden deep inside the interface, or behind a multi-touch gesture that you haven’t learned yet.

ComEd launches smartphone app

ComEd announced the launch Monday of a new mobile application for smart phones and an interactive outage map.

Google ‘Zerg Rush’ Easter Egg eats search results

The latest Google Easter Egg will have you battling for your search results.

As users discovered this morning, a Google search of the phrase ‘Zerg Rush’ releases flying O’s from the Google logo which slowly eat your search results if not clicked on.

If you …

Google Drive runs into content rights controversy

Google CEO Larry Page recently wrote that he hopes to show the company is “deserving of great love.” But the Internet search leader may need to win more trust, based on the suspicions swirling around Google Drive, a new online storage service for personal documents, photos and other content.

Microsoft: Take care of Windows Phone owners!

IHNATKO: I love the latest edition of your Windows Phone OS and I’m excited about Windows 8. So much so that I keep telling my friends and my readers that you’re really on to something and that Apple isn’t the only company that’s producing powerful, simple operating systems that are nicely tuned in to how people define computing today. But you’re waffling about the future direction of Windows Phone.

Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals new iPad with sharper screen

Apple is revealing a new iPad model. New features include a sharper screen and a faster processor. Apple says the new display will be even sharper than the high-definition television set in the living room.

Apple offer OS 10.8 Mountain Lion preview, Messages download

Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed “Mountain Lion,” that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.

Apple said the new software will be on sale this summer, …

Wikipedia SOPA blackout seems to get results in senate

WASHINGTON — Five days before a critical vote, senators are abandoning a bill to punish piracy on the Web after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms.

Senate Democratic leaders still plan to vote next Tuesday on taking up the Protect International …

Apple’s new iBooks promises interactive textbook creation or iPads

NEW YORK — Apple is launching a new version of its iBooks software, tailored to present vivid, interactive textbooks for elementary and high school students on the iPads.

IBooks 2 will be able to display books with videos and other interactive features.

Apple Inc. is …

Bidders buy up city’s old stuff: copier toner, table saw, Mercedes SUV

City departments are turning over the proverbial couch cushions to find surplus property to auction online, resulting in $3.6 million in new revenue in 2011.

Motorola’s Xyboard is latest tablet poised to take on iPad

As Apple readies what many expect will be a 2012 release for the iPad 3, competitors are still struggling to make a dent in the iPad’s commanding lead among tablet computers.

The one other tablet that appears to have built a sizable user base — …

Samsung, LG spring 55-inch OLED TVs at CES

LAS VEGAS — Gadget Watch: A daily look at what’s hot at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

WHAT IS IT: Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showing off 55-inch TV sets that use organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, instead of …

LG shows talking to your TV has never been so smart

LAS VEGAS — Talking to the TV is usually sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. LG Electronics is set to make it a more rational behavior this year, with a range of TVs that respond to speech.

LG will sell a remote with …

Music will cause a lot of buzz at CES 2012

A number of audio products will make a splash at the International Consumer Electronics Show, which officially opens Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Google TV ready for expanding spotlight at CES

Google is poised to invade your living room.

The world’s three largest television makers -- Samsung, LG and Sony -- are working on Google TV.

LG announced its Google TV move last week. Vizio is also on board. All but Samsung will show their Google-powered …