Verifone To Include NFC In All New Payment Systems
In an attempt to combat what it is referring to as "merchant resistance," payment solutions company Verifone has taken an unprecedented step with NFC (Near Field Communications)…
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Apple's iPad 2 Might Be 'Magical' But It Still Should've Been Better
Apple's latest media-rattling event has come and gone, and we're now left to sort through all that magic and focus on the product itself. We also…
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Random House Titles Appear In Apple's iBooks Store
Titles from major book publisher Random House will now appear in Apple's iBooks store. The news was one of many talking points covered earlier today at…
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Apple, Microsoft Continue Battle Over 'App Store' Trademark
Although corporate lawsuits are, for the most part, dull and boring, they can occasionally provide comedic relief. Back in January, we told you about a…
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Verizon Wireless Will Move To Tiered Data Plans This Summer
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference this afternoon, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told investors that Verizon Wireless plans to move to…
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ShopAlerts Brings Location-Based Advertising To AT&T Phones
AT&T on Monday announced ShopAlerts, a new mobile advertising service that will introduce location-based ads to the AT&T wireless network. The service, developed by AT&T…
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T-Mobile Takes A Beating In Q4 2010; Sheds 318,000 Contract Customers, Post-Paid Churn At 3.6%
The fourth quarter of 2010 -- the busy holiday quarter -- was not all that fruitful for the U.S.'s forth largest wireless provider. In an…
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Throwback Thursday: Motorola DynaTAC, 'The Zack Morris Phone'
Quick Preppy, put that phone down... you don't want Belding to catch you! For this week's installation of Throwback Thursday, we're going to venture all…
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Verizon's 9-1-1 Bungle Nearly Cost Woman Her Life As Home Burned To Ground [Video]
It turns out Verizon Wireless may be in more hot water as a result of the 10,000 emergency 9-1-1 calls the carrier dropped during a…
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Apple Launches New MacBook Pro Line
Apple on Thursday surprised no one when it launched its new line of MacBook Pro computers. Despite ongoing rumors that have been swirling for weeks…
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Apple's MacBook Pro Specs Leak; Quad-Core 15-Inch And 17-Inch Models On The Way
Blog 9to5Mac has procured some interesting information in regards to what Apple is cooking up behinds its closed web store. The blog is reporting that…
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RBC: Apple CEO's Departure Won't Scare Customers
Data from a survey released by RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday suggests that Apple customers' buying intentions will not be impacted by Apple CEO Steve…
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HP Reports Q1 2011 Earnings, Lowers Full-Year Guidance
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday reported its earnings for the first quarter of the company's 2011 fiscal year, which ended on January 31st. Revenue missed Wall Street's…
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FCC Calls For Verizon Probe Into Thousands Of Dropped 9-1-1 Calls
In a letter sent last Thursday to the nation's top wireless carrier, the Federal Communications Commission is calling for an investigation into thousands of dropped emergency calls placed…
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Netflix And CBS Ink Two-Year Content Deal
Netflix on Tuesday announced a new deal with CBS that will bring shows from the CBS library to Netflix's portfolio of streaming content. The news…
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AT&T's Services, Products Being Pulled From Third-Party Retailers
It looks like AT&T is aiming to recapitalize on revenues generated from handset sales. Several third-party wireless resellers -- including Wirefly -- have reported that beginning this…
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Keyboard Buddy Case Transforms Your iPhone 4 Into An iPhone Pro
Here at BGR, we constantly get emails from readers looking for help with their gadget buying decisions. While I wish we had time to address each of…
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Purported Steve Jobs Email Suggests Netflix, Others Safe From Apple's Subscription Rules
Could all the recent hoopla stirred up by Apple's decision to enforce its existing App Store subscription policies be much ado about nothing? Earlier this…
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Samsung Epic 4G And Sanyo Zio To Get Froyo Updates On February 21st
A new source contacted BGR on Thursday with details surrounding much awaited Android 2.2 (Froyo) updates for the Samsung Epic 4G and the Sanyo Zio…
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Apple To Improve Battery Life By Increasing Cell Density
An Apple patent uncovered on Thursday describes new technology Apple is experimenting with in an effort to increase the battery life in its device lines. The…
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HTC Inspire 4G As Low As $59.99 From Amazon
AT&T is hitting the market aggressively with Android this year — for obvious reasons — and with deals like this one from AmazonWireless, AT&T subscribers…
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Live From Eric Schmidt's Mobile World Congress Keynote!
We're here at Mobile World Congress awaiting Mr. Eric Schmidt to begin his keynote. Last year, Schmidt gave his talk to boisterous crowd, with some users even…
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Apple Enables App Store Subscription Model For All Publishers
Apple on Tuesday announced that its new App Store subscription model is available to all publishers. First introduced with News Corp's The Daily, Apple's new subscription model…
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Hands-On With The Dell Venue
We just swung on by the Dell booth here at MWC and wanted to report back on our quick encounter with the Dell Venue --…
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Live From Steve Ballmer's MWC Keynote!
Yesterday was so jam-packed full of action, it's hard to believe this year's Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona officially started today. The show runs…
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RIM Announces BBM Mobile Gifting Platform
Research in Motion on Monday announced a new service addition to its popular BlackBerry Messenger platform. Dubbed the BBM mobile gifting platform, the new service…
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Live From Samsung's 2011 MWC Event
We're here and ready to go at Samsung's Mobile World Congress 2011 event. While the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Tab II have…
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