Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Will Come Equipped With "Wallet Hub"
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that all Windows Phone 8 devices will come equipped with a near field communications-based wallet program that will let users add…
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8
Microsoft's big week continues. The Redmond-based software — and hardware — giant on Monday unveiled its first foray into the tablet hardware market, the Microsoft…
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Sprint, T-Mobile Expect Delays With Samsung Galaxy S III Launch
Samsung's Galaxy S III is apparently such a hot ticket this summer that at least two mobile carriers are having trouble keeping up with demand.…
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Global LCD TV Shipments Fall For The First Time Ever
For the first time ever, shipments of LCD TVs fell year-over-year, declining just over 3% to 43 million units. The decline had a noticeable impact on the…
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Mobiles On Track To Overtake PCs In Asia, Google Executive Claims
Mobile phone sales in Asia-Pacific have surged and are on track to top conventional computer sales, a top Google executive said Wednesday. Aliza Knox, managing…
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Beating The Odds: How Remedy Hit 10M Downloads And Made A $40 In-Game Purchase Work
Beneath Disney, Zynga and Rovio toil dozens of smaller mobile game developers, developing revenue growth strategies without the benefit of massive media coverage. Remedy's "Death…
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Microsoft's Tablet Efforts Are Fleeting, Says Acer Founder
Microsoft set the technology media and industry watchers aflutter earlier this week when it took the wraps off the Microsoft Surface tablet during a press…
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LG Takes Aim At Apple's Siri, Samsung's S Voice With 'Quick Voice'
Samsung saw Apple's Siri voice assistant on the iPhone 4S as a potential threat and was quick to respond. Growing pains aside, the company's "S…
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15% Would Opt For iPhone Over Sex, 4% Have Used iPhone During Sex
People have certainly grown more attached to their smartphones over the past few years — smartphone penetration has topped 50% in the United States and…
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Google's Nexus Tablet To Be Unveiled Next Week
Google chairman Eric Schmidt revealed in December that the company was working on its first own-brand tablet, and the "Nexus 7" slate will finally be…
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Microsoft Surface Tablet Hands-On
Microsoft's mystery event is finally over and considering the flurry of leaks that piled up ahead of this evening's press conference, we can't say were…
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Hacked Companies Start Hacking Back
More companies are risking escalating retaliation with the hacker community by directly going after hackers who break into their systems, Reuters reports.The publication describes the new…
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Mozilla Designs Firefox 'Junior' For iPad
iPad fans disappointed with their browsing experience could soon have a Safari alternative from Mozilla. Mozilla has taken the wraps off a new version of…
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Anonymous Urges Public To Protest The European Union And INDECT [Video]
Notorious hacker-activist group Anonymous is back with another operation that aims to strike fear into the hearts of lawmakers in the European Union. While the…
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RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls The Plug On BlackBerry Phones
Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will…
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Apple To Become Most Profitable Company Ever
As Apple's stock price continues its roller coaster ride after topping $600 earlier this year, one industry watcher believes the stock is currently in the…
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Government Censorship Requests On The Rise, According To Google
Google on Sunday published its latest Transparency Report, which included data on government takedown requests made between July and December 2011. The Mountain View-based company reports that…
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Microsoft And Barnes & Noble To Announce Tablet, Report Claims [Updated]
Microsoft announced this past April that it acquired a 17% stake in a newly-formed Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will focus on Nook tablets and…
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Samsung Looks To Break Away From The Android Pack
In something of a surprise to the industry, leading consumer electronics firm Samsung announced earlier this month that chief executive Choi Gee-sung would shift to a…
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A 30-Second Skype Call Could Land You In An Ethiopian Prison For 15 Years
New legislation has been passed in Ethiopia that could imprison an individual for up to 15 years for making a 30-second call over Skype or…
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FCC To Review Cell Phone Radiation Guidelines
Julius Genachowski, chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission, announced on Friday that he plans to ask his fellow commissioners to open a formal…
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More Americans Ditching Contracts As Prepaid Wireless Surges
More and more wireless users are opting out of two-year service agreements and switching to prepaid. New data released by Chetan Sharma Consulting shows that…
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Fragmentation Fighters Bring Apple's 3D Maps, Navigation To iPhone 4 [Video]
There are two sides to "fragmentation," and while Apple's iOS 6 software doesn't necessarily have big negative implications for developers, users with older Apple devices…
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13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display Coming This Fall, Report Claims
Apple may bring the high-resolution Retina display found in the new 15-inch MacBook Pro to its smaller 13-inch model with a product update this fall.…
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Woz Says Siri Used To Be Way Cooler Before Apple Bought It
Steve Wozniak, who seems to relish needling the company that he co-founded, told Albany's Times Union that he liked Siri a lot better before Apple…
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Nokia Sells Vertu, Shuffles Execs, Announces Plans To Cut 10,000 More Jobs
Nokia on Thursday announced a number of moves as it cut second-quarter guidance and upped its bet on Windows Phone, which has yet to help…
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Amazon To Offer Prime Customers Hundreds Of Classic MGM Movies And TV Shows
Amazon on Wednesday announced a new licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that will see hundreds of classic movies and TV shows added to the company's Prime…
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