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Samsung gets a lot of grief (and lawsuits) for imitating other firms’ good ideas. In the case of active-stylus-based mobile computing, though, they have led the way with their extensive Note product line. With over 40 million units sold, a combination of large screen and note-taking capability has made the Note tablet one of the most popular high-end mobile devices. It’s bigger sibling, the Note 10.1, has remained a niche product for die-hards like me, but definitely has a loyal following. By using an active stylus in the Note, Samsung achieves several major advantages over a passive-stylus-based version. First, it...

Until today, the iPad hadn't changed much over the past two and a half years. It got a little faster, a little thicker, and its display a little sharper, but they were all piecemeal improvements on the same iPad design. But today Apple changed that. It drastically shrunk down the 9.7-inch iPad, trimming off bezel, cutting out weight, and slimming its body to something far closer to the exceptionally small iPad mini: a change so notable that Apple is now calling it the iPad Air. StylusShop already has over 50 pens to work with the new iPad Air. Get your iPad...

October looks to be a busy month for Apple, if all the latest rumours about a refreshed iPad mini, new Macs and OS X Mavericks are to be believed. It's been a few weeks since Apple's iPhone event, so that means it's time to speculate about other upcoming products. Many reports have already noted that Apple introduced two tablets last October, the fourth-generation iPad and the iPad mini, so it wouldn't be too far-fetched to assume the company plans to make more announcements this October.

The introduction of the iPhone 5S and its easy to use fingerprint verification button has suddenly pushed biometric security into the mainstream. But for those with a little imagination, there are now concerns that smartphone thieves might soon resort to physically removing a person’s finger in order to gain access to a stolen device. More broadly, some of the immediate concerns from the Apple community ranged from fears that, based on recent government surveillance revelations, the government might now collect all iPhone user fingerprints, to the notion that a person’s fingerprint might be lifted from a surface and used to...