LAPTOP Magazine

As one of the most respected and trusted brands in mobile technology, LAPTOP Magazine & Laptopmag.com provides executive decision makers, IT professionals, and tech enthusiasts with product reviews, news and tips, trusted buying advice, and helpful how-to information. Our clarity of focus, editorial integrity, and 20 years of industry expertise make us the premiere authority on all things mobile.

LAPTOP Magazine is published in print, as a digital edition, and as an iPad app 12 times a year. The magazine readers are interested in smart phones, tablets, eReaders, notebooks, and generally all things new and innovative. Laptopmag.com offers daily commentary and insight into the breaking mobile tech news of the day for the informed and engaged tech shopper and owner.

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Editor and Staff bios

Mark Spoonauer, Editor in Chief - Technology

Responsible for the overall editorial vision for LAPTOP Magazine & Laptopmag.com, Mark Spoonauer is widely regarded as an expert in mobile and wireless technology. He has been Editor in Chief of LAPTOP since 2003 and has been technology journalist for more than a decade. Mark has spoken at several key mobile tech industry events, including CES and CTIA Wireless, and makes regular media appearances. Prior to joining LAPTOP, Mark was the reviews editor of Mobile Computing & Communications. His work has also appeared in Inc., Wired, and Popular Science, amongst other publications. Mark graduated from Villanova University with a B.A. in English.

Avram Piltch, Online Editorial Director

The official Geeks Geek, as his semi-monthly opinion column is titled, Avram Piltch guides the editorial and production of Laptopmag.com, and has since 2007. Avram programmed several of LAPTOP's real-world benchmarks, including the LAPTOP Battery Test and LAPTOP File Transfer Test. He has a Master of Arts degree in English from New York University, worked as an adjunct professor, and spent 9 years in senior editorial positions at About.com before joining the LAPTOP family.

Anna Attkisson, Managing Editor

When she's not cracking the deadline whip for the print and online versions of LAPTOP, Anna Attkisson can be found writing about tech accessories. Anna joined the LAPTOP Staff in 2007, after having worked as a Senior Associate Editor at Time Inc. Content Solutions creating publications for Ford, American Express, Navy Federal Credit Union, National Parks Foundation, and the Humane Society, among others. She got her start as an intern in the American Society of Magazine Editors program while attending the University of Kansas, where she received a Bachelors of Science in Journalism.

Michael A. Prospero, Reviews Editor

Michael A. Prospero has overseen the reviews section of LAPTOP magazine, as well as all of the reviews on Laptopmag.com since 2007. After receiving his Master of Science degree in Journalism from Columbia University in 2003, Mike worked a staff writer at Fast Company magazine, where he covered technology. Prior to that, he worked at The Times of Trenton, George magazine, and AlleyCat News, where he wrote about business and technology.

David Eitelbach, Assistant Reviews Editor

Assistant Reviews Editor David Eitelbach has gone from testing video games for Microsoft to testing laptops, tablets and smartphones for LAPTOP in 2011. His transition follows his graduation from Santa Clara University in California. Now his PC-building and programming skills get put to the test daily as he troubleshoots benchmarking problems in the LAPTOP lab.

Sherri Smith, Staff Writer

Prior to joining LAPTOP's team as a Staff Writer this year, Sherri Smith spent four years working as a tech writer and editor for a variety of publications including Popgadget, BET.com, Fast Company. She also worked as the managing editor for Black Web 2.0, where she got to stretch her social networking muscles. She is a graduate of Rutgers University, holding a B.A. in English.

Dan Howley, Staff Writer

A newspaper man at heart, Dan Howley was employed as a senior staff writer with Greater Media Newspapers, a New Jersey-based publisher of 10 weekly newspapers before joining LAPTOP as a Staff Writer. He also served as a news editor with ALM Media's Law Technology News, and he holds a B.A. in English from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Davey Alba, Staff Writer

The enthusiastic and talented, Davey Alba came to LAPTOP magazine in 2011 after stints at Wired, Gizmodo, and Gadgets Magazine. After graduating from De La Salle University, she fully immersed herself in her passion for mobile technology. Today you'll find her roaming a convention floor, testing out the latest gadgets and apps, or interviewing movers and shakers in the tech world.

Sarah Silbert, Staff Writer

A self-professed mobile technology fan, Sarah joined LAPTOP as an Associate Editor in 2010 before being promoted to Staff Writer. She served as a contributing editor at EuroCheapo.com before coming aboard and she holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. But now she spends her days reviewing laptops, smartphones and tablets, when she's not knee-deep in breaking news.

Meghan McDonough, Web Content Producer/Writer

Since graduating from Loyola University Chicago, Meghan's career has been all about media. She wrote press releases and biographies on a wide variety of subjects before managing the broadcast media research team at Cision and writing for Chicagoist.com. She started work at LAPTOP in 2008

Kenneth Butler, Web Content Producer/Writer

Kenneth Butler started at LAPTOP Magazine as the freelance fact checker in 2007 after a part-time job at WineSpectator.com and internships with Vibe Magazine and TimeOut New York. Prior to all that, Kenneth studied journalism at New York University.

Molly Klinefelter, Editorial Assistant

After graduating from the University of Maryland, Molly Klinefelter joined the team at LAPTOP to assist in the creation of the print and digital editions in 2011. In college she helped launch the University's branch of Her Campus, while also working the copy desk at the Diamondback student newspaper. An avid tech journalist, she is a copy editor and reporter who keeps an eagle eye on the details.