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    750,000 Android Apps Invade OS X Thanks To BlueStacks App Player

    Earlier this year, BlueStacks App Player made headlines by allowing Android apps run on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 8 platform. The company announced on Thursday its App Player…

    By Zach Epstein December 27th, 2012 Read More
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    RIM's Biggest Problem: It's Still Scrambling To Catch Yesterday's Hottest Mobile App

    The moment I first realized that RIM (RIMM) was truly in enormous trouble was back in 2010 when I heard then co-CEO Jim Balsillie downplay the…

    By Brad Reed December 21st, 2012 Read More
  • Google Maps iOS

    Google Maps Causes Huge Spike In iOS 6 Adoption

    IPhone users welcomed Google Maps with open arms when it was finally released by Google (GOOG) late last week. The app quickly vaulted to the…

    By Zach Epstein December 19th, 2012 Read More
  • Consumer Reports Windows 8

    Consumer Reports Lists All The Reasons To Avoid Windows 8 For Now

    Like a lot of people right now, you might be thinking about buying a new PC for the New Year. But according to Consumer Reports,…

    By Brad Reed December 18th, 2012 Read More
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    Google Says It Won't Build Apps For Windows 8 And Windows Phone Until People Start Using Them

    In what can be considered a major dig at Microsoft (MSFT), Clay Bavor, product management director at Google (GOOG) Apps told V3 that the company is not bringing native…

    By Zach Epstein December 12th, 2012 Read More
  • Apple Maps Criticism

    Apple Fixes Potentially Deadly Maps Error, But Countless Others May Remain

    It can't be said enough times: iPhone users who rely on Apple (AAPL) Maps do so at their own peril. Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica notes that…

    By Brad Reed December 11th, 2012 Read More
  • Apple Maps Criticism

    Apple's iOS Maps App Is So Bad It Can Kill You, Australian Police Warn [Updated]

    Apple's (AAPL) iOS Maps application is terrible. We all know it. The service is so bad that CEO Tim Cook issued a public apology shortly…

    By Zach Epstein December 10th, 2012 Read More
  • Windows 8: A 'Christmas Gift For Someone You Hate'

    Microsoft (MSFT) is no stranger to criticism these days, and the company's new Windows 8 platform is once again the target of a scathing review…

    By Zach Epstein December 6th, 2012 Read More
  • Google Maps Nokia Maps

    Nokia's Maps App Soars From No.101 To No.32 In iOS App Store In Just 15 Minutes

    Nokia (NOK) managed to get its HERE Maps app to Apple's App Store about 3-4 weeks faster than had been expected. This means it beats…

    By Tero Kuittinen November 20th, 2012 Read More
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    Massive Survey Finds U.S. Consumers Don't Want Windows 8

    In some ways, Windows 8 is do or die for Microsoft (MSFT). The platform's failure certainly wouldn't sink the world's largest software company, but it…

    By Zach Epstein November 15th, 2012 Read More
  • Skype Windows 8

    Microsoft Is Reportedly Axing Windows Live Messenger For Skype [Updated]

    It's not surprising that Microsoft (MSFT) plans to sunset Windows Live Messenger, especially now that it has the more superior Skype under its wing. According to The…

    By Raymond Wong November 6th, 2012 Read More
  • Don't Panic Just Yet - Here Are All The Scary Things You Need To Learn To Use Windows 8

    Windows 8 is coming! Windows 8 is coming! Judging by the reaction to Windows 8 on various technology and business blogs, it's a miracle society…

    By Zach Epstein October 25th, 2012 Read More
  • Apple's iOS 6 Beta 3 Changes

    Apple has seeded iOS 6 beta 3 to developers, and here is the change log directly from Apple's developer portal: Notes and Known Issues The…

    By Jonathan S. Geller October 21st, 2012 Read More
  • Best Apps For The iPhone 5

    Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 5 offers up some amazing improvements over the iPhone 4S, and one of the most noticeable is a taller screen. In order…

    By Jonathan S. Geller October 5th, 2012 Read More
  • The BGR Show: Episode 4 - Top 9 Apps For iPhone, Android, iPad

    App discovery is a major problem, and most people (normal people, not regular BGR readers) really have no idea how to find great apps for…

    By Jonathan S. Geller June 28th, 2012 Read More
  • iOS 6 Announced For iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch At WWDC 2012

    Just moments ago, VP of iOS Scott Forstall introduced us to iOS 6, the latest mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Apple…

    By Jonathan S. Geller June 11th, 2012 Read More
  • Microsoft Set To Release Office For iOS And Android Tablets In November

    BGR has learned from a reliable source that Microsoft is currently planning to release the company's full Office suite for not only Apple's iPad, but…

    By Jonathan S. Geller May 23rd, 2012 Read More
  • iOS 5.1 GM Hands-On: Japanese Siri Support, New Lock Screen Confirmed

    We've got a hold of what is said to be Apple's iOS 5.1 GM, the version that will be released to the public on or…

    By Jonathan S. Geller February 17th, 2012 Read More
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion First Impressions: This Is A Cougar I'd Take Home

    Apple just did something the company hasn't done very often in recent years — it completely surprised nearly every single person with the announcement of…

    By Jonathan S. Geller February 16th, 2012 Read More
  • Apple iOS 5.1 Beta 2 Now Available For Developers, Here's The Change Log

    Apple has just seeded iOS 5.1 beta 2 to developers, and hopefully, battery life is fixed for good. We're combing through the update and will…

    By Jonathan S. Geller December 12th, 2011 Read More
  • New Apple Store App Launches Thursday; Here's How It Will Change Apple's Retail Operations

    While information about Apple's new iOS app and retail plans have leaked out in various forms over the past few weeks, we now have the…

    By Jonathan S. Geller November 1st, 2011 Read More
  • WhatsApp Users Now Send Over 1 Billion Messages Each Day

    We've been big fans of WhatsApp's cross-platform messaging service ever since it first launched, and directly outside of Apple's own iMessage or RIM's BlackBerry Messenger…

    By Jonathan S. Geller October 31st, 2011 Read More
  • RIM To Release PlayBook OS 2.0 Mid-February, Still Struggling With Multi-Device BBM Support

    BGR reported exclusive details of RIM's upcoming BBX-based smartphone code-named the BlackBerry Colt earlier this year, and we have since heard that there is going…

    By Jonathan S. Geller October 25th, 2011 Read More
  • BGR For iPhone (And iPad!) Gets Updated

    We're back with a huge update to our popular BGR for iPhone app and this time, in addition to redoing the app from the ground…

    By Jonathan S. Geller October 24th, 2011 Read More
  • Apple Merging iMessage And iChat, Launches In A Few Weeks?

    There is hard evidence that Apple is looking to add iMessage support to iChat, according to a new report from MacRumors. This would further increase…

    By Jonathan S. Geller September 14th, 2011 Read More
  • Apple Pushes iTunes 10.5 Beta 8 To Developers, Release Version Nears

    We're only (presumably) a few weeks away from Apple's Fall iOS event, and the company seems to be getting most of its ducks in a…

    By Jonathan S. Geller September 9th, 2011 Read More
  • Optimum Launches iPhone App, Allows Full TV Viewing, Remote Controlling

    Cablevision launched a unique implementation of TV viewing with the company's iPad app a few months back. In short, the iPad actually sits behind your…

    By Jonathan S. Geller August 10th, 2011 Read More
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