Study: Patent Trolls File 40% Of All Patent Suits
A new study confirms what we've all suspected based on anecdotal evidence: Suits filed by patent trolls have gone way up over the past few…
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Verizon's 2G And 3G CDMA Networks Will Go Dark By 2021
Verizon (VZ) customers who are still clinging onto devices that can only operate on the carrier's 2G and 3G CDMA network have nine years to…
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Nikkei: SoftBank In Talks To Acquire Sprint For $20 Billion [Updated]
Why is Sprint (S) suddenly less interested in MetroPCS (PCS)? According to a report from Nikkei on Thursday, it's because Japanese carrier SoftBank is in…
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Researchers Say iPhone Fans Wait In Long Lines To Boost Self-Esteem, Make Friends
Laugh at the "iSheep" all you want for camping outside of Apple (AAPL) stores the night before new products release, but some researchers say that…
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How To Stop Verizon From Selling Your Location Data And Other Usage Stats To Advertisers
It seems like companies are doing everything they can to squeeze extra revenue out of their customers these days by taking advantage of the personal…
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Twitter Might Build Its Own Video Hosting Service
Twitter is reportedly mulling over creating its own video hosting service, unnamed sources have told AllThingsD. The addition of a home-grown video hosting solution would further…
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Record iPhone 5 Sales Could Be Short-Lived As RBC Slashes Q4 Estimates
Selling 5 million smartphones in three days is no easy feat, and with so many people rushing to buy Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 5, the…
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Steve Jobs Vowed To Patent Everything And Anything After Losing A $100 Million iPod Lawsuit
Believe it or not, Steve Jobs and Apple (AAPL) weren't always the schoolyard bullies of patents. In fact, the Cupertino-based company rarely patented any of…
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Microsoft Mistakenly Asks Google To Block CNN, Wikipedia And U.S. Govt Sites, Among Others
Microsoft (MSFT) routinely asks Google (GOOG) to remove links from its search engine for webpages that display or distribute copyrighted material. While a majority of…
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Android: I Love You, But Fragmentation Is Bringing Me Down
I've been a pretty big fan of Android for a long time now. Having an open-source mobile operating system that different OEMs can experiment with…
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Newly Released Documents Suggest Samsung Might Not Be An Apple Copycat After All
A nine person jury in August found Samsung guilty of infringing Apple's (AAPL) design and software patents this past summer, and awarded the Cupertino-based company…
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4,000 Foxconn Workers On Strike Over iPhone 5 Quality Control Measures, Inadequate Training [Updated]
China Labor Watch is reporting that another Foxconn strike broke out on Friday at the Zhengzhou factory in China. The report says 3,000 to 4,000…
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MIT Researchers Create Computerized Jacket That 'Hugs' You After Facebook 'Likes'
The engineering minds at MIT have concocted a new invention that will bring warm feelings to lonely Internet nerds. The Atlantic has discovered a new computerized…
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Zynga Plans To Write Off Up To $95 Million Over OMGPOP Merger Flop
Zynga's (ZNGA) $210 million purchase of Draw Something OMGPOP is officially a dud. In Zynga's latest preliminary financial report, the company revealed that its third quarter…
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Microsoft's $300 Million Investment In Barnes & Noble Is Now Called NOOK Media
Microsoft (MSFT) and Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced on Thursday that their joint venture partnership announced back in April will be called NOOK Media LLC.…
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With Windows Phone Still Failing To Gain Traction, Microsoft Plans To Launch Its Own Smartphone
When Microsoft (MSFT) announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based…
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How 'Liking' A Facebook Post In The Philippines Could Get You Tossed In Jail
Complain about American Internet legislation like SOPA all you want, but realize that things could always be much worse. Case in point: The Philippines, which CBS…
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Instagram Surpasses Twitter In Daily Active Mobile Users In U.S.
Facebook's (FB) newly acquired Instagram is growing like crazy. According the latest comScore research, Instagram pulled in 7.3 million active users per day on mobile…
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CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Apple's Awful Maps App, Recommends Bing And Other Alternatives
Tim Cook on Friday issued a statement to iOS device owners apologizing for the quality of its Maps app in iOS 6. In the letter,…
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New Zealand Government To Kim Dotcom: Sorry For The Illegal Spying
Imagine how embarrassed President Barack Obama would feel if he had to issue a formal apology to Snooki. Well, something very similar has happened in…
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European Regulators Set To File Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft
Regulators in Europe are reportedly set to file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (MSFT) related to the company's failure to comply with a three-year-old ruling…
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Samsung Calls In The Big Guns In Fight Against Apple
Following the company's crushing $1 billion loss in its high-profile patent lawsuit with Apple (AAPL), Samsung (005930) on Wednesday confirmed that it plans to hold…
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Apple: iPhone 5 Sales Top 5 Million In Debut Weekend, 100 Million iOS 6 Upgrades
Shocking no one, Apple (AAPL) announced on Monday that its brand new iPhone 5 smartphone set a new record for opening-weekend sales. The company confirmed…
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Dozens Injured, 20 Arrested When Massive Riot Erupts At Foxconn Plant [Video]
Approximately 40 people were injured and 20 were arrested when a massive riot broke out Sunday at Foxconn's (2038) Taiyuan plant in Northern China. Details are…
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iPhone Is Top Choice For AT&T Customers While Android Dominates Verizon
The iPhone's availability on Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint (S) has done little to erode AT&T's (T) standing as the carrier of choice for iPhone users.…
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Apple's iOS 6 Maps App Is Awful, And Now The World Knows It
People who have been using beta versions of iOS 6 for the past few months have known how awful Apple's (AAPL) new Maps app is,…
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Samsung's Galaxy Note To Become Official 'Phablet' For American Airlines Flight Attendants
We've been hearing about companies deploying iPads to their workforces for a long time now, but Samsung's (005930) Galaxy Note phablet is about to get some…
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