Rdio, the subscription music service, just put out an update to its Android app, and it’s a big one. On top of offering support for Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s new remote control client, the app is more streamlined and highlights Rdio’s “rich” social features and extensive music discovery options. The free app is available for …

For anyone who likes to put the iPad up on a pedestal, here’s the accessory for you: the iOstand. Produced by the folks at iOmounts–we ran into them at CES last month–the iOstand comes in three colors–black, white, or stainless steel. While the product’s name implies that it’s made for Apple products, it can also be used with other tablets. …

Now playing: Watch this: Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet 5:25 Editors’ note: This article was originally posted November 23, 2011. We’ve added some material and updated it on February 24, 2012, based on further use of the products and the introduction of Barnes & Noble’s 8GB Nook Tablet. Now that the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook …

We have an ongoing list of top tough iPhone 4 and 4S cases, but a lot of folks have requested a roundup of top battery cases for extending your iPhone’s battery life, so here it is. A few notes: While you should be able to go a day without recharging your iPhone 4 or 4S, some people use their phones …

The New York Times today published a long piece about Barnes & Noble taking on Amazon in the “fight of its life.” Buried in the middle of the two-page article is a small mention of engineers “putting the final touches on their [Barnes & Noble’s] fifth e-reading device, a product that executives said would be released sometime this spring.” No …

While Amazon’s 5.0.3 software update for the Kindle Touch may seem relatively minor on the surface, it may help put to rest some complaints about the generally zippiness of the device compared with its non-touch sibling, which Amazon simply calls the Kindle. Amazon has quietly released the update without making any reference to what it exactly it fixes. “This update …

It doesn’t look like iSkin will quite make the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, which kicks off on January 23, but it’s trying to get close with its new “dragon-themed” iPhone 4/4S Aura cases, which were spotted at CES in Las Vegas. A close encounter with supermodel Rick Genest, who is part of the new iSkin brand-awareness campaign. …

Call it an early holiday gift or just making good on a promise, but Barnes & Noble has just released an expected software update for Nook Color owners that adds many of the features now found in the company’s step-up model, the $249 Nook Tablet. What does the update, which Barnes & Noble is calling the “largest ever for the …

With all the major touch-screen e-ink e-readers now priced at $99, we’ve been wondering when Sony would give a price chop to its $149 Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-T1). Well, now it has–at least temporarily–dropping the price to $99 till December 24. I’ve always liked the Sony Readers and the Reader Wi-Fi received generally high marks in our review, but it’s hard …

Element Case is a “boutique” iPhone case maker that’s gotten plenty of press for its swanky Vapor line, which now includes the just-shipped $129.99 Vapor Comp Epiphany case you see here. The Epiphany comes in a microfiber “cleaning” pouch and ships with a second protective molded “travel” zipper case (your full iPhone with the case on it fits in the …