Nearly One Million iOS Devices Jailbroken Over Holiday Weekend
Absinthe 2.0, the untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5.1.1, has already been downloaded almost one million times. According to the Chronic Dev Team, 973,086 devices…
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Apple Owns 74% Of Smartphone Web Traffic, 95% Of Tablet Traffic
According to a new report from online advertising network Chitika, smartphones and tablets now account for 20% of all Web traffic in the U.S. and…
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Facebook Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Web Browser Maker Opera
Following Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, it looks like the company has no intention of slowing down. According to a report from Pocket-lint, the…
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Untethered iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch Now Available [Updated]
iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users running the latest version of Apple's iOS software now have access to full-featured untethered jailbreak software courtesy of iOS…
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Facebook Hit With Another Class Action Suit, This Time Over IPO Debacle
Pennsylvania-based law firm Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook regarding the handling of its initial public offering,…
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4G LTE Compatibility For NVIDIA's Quad-Core Tegra 3 Coming Soon
NVIDIA on Thursday announced that its Icera 410 LTE multi-mode data modem for tablets and clam shell devices has been validated for use on AT&T's…
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Apple's 'iTV' Might Not Be A TV At All
For all the rumors surrounding Apple's upcoming HDTV, very few well-sourced reports have emerged regarding the high-definition flat-screen television that has market leaders responding even…
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Voice-Controlled 4G Cop Car Of The Future Identifies Lawbreakers On Its Own [Video]
Police officers may soon find themselves patrolling the streets in next-generation vehicles that combine Knight Rider with modern technology to create a cruiser that can…
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Sharp And Sony To Terminate Joint LCD Venture
Sharp and Sony on Wednesday released a joint statement to announce the end of the companies' joint venture to produce and sell LCD panels. Due…
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HP Beats The Street In Q2; Confirms Plans To Cut 27,000 Jobs As Q3 Guidance Misses
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday reported its second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations. Analysts expected the computer giant to report revenue of $29.92 billion and earnings…
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Android, iOS Gain Share In Q1 As Symbian, BlackBerry Plummet
Google's Android operating system and Apple's iOS platform showed big market share gains in the first quarter of 2012 as Symbian and BlackBerry shipments plummeted.…
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'Phablets' Are Here To Stay
BGR called for the death of the "phablet" this past February when we reviewed Samsung's mammoth Galaxy Note, but the market has spoken loud and…
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Apple's Design Boss Says The Best Is Yet To Come
During an interview with The Telegraph published on Wednesday, Apple's design boss Jonathan Ive said that his most impressive work at Apple has yet to…
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Samsung's Galaxy S III Smashes Preorder Records In U.K.
Samsung's Galaxy S III hasn't even launched yet and it's already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung…
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'Xbox 720' Slated For November 2013 Release, Report Claims
Microsoft plans to launch its next-generation Xbox video game and home entertainment console ahead of the holidays next year, according to a recent report. The…
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WikiLeaks Launches Encrypted Social Network
Backers of the whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks recently launched Friends of WikiLeaks (FoWL), an encrypted social network for like-minded individuals. "Friends of WikiLeaks is a network…
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Verizon Says Global Capabilities Coming To Select Android Handsets This Summer
Verizon Wireless on Monday confirmed that the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, HTC Rezound, and DROID 4 will receive global roaming capabilities later this summer, enabling the…
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Best Buy Tops Expectations In Q1, Online Revenue And Mobile Sales Up
Best Buy on Tuesday reported results for the first quarter of 2012. The electronics retail giant posted better-than-expected earnings per share, despite declining store sales.…
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80% Of Mobile Banking Apps May Have Security Flaws
Neal O'Farrell, executive director of the nonprofit Identity Theft Council, spoke about the seriousness of mobile security as part of San Francisco Small Business Week,…
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Hollywood Loves Sequels: MPAA To Push SOPA Follow-Up In 2013
The first version was hardly a hit, but Hollywood is already planning a sequel to the Stop Online Piracy Act that it will push in 2013,…
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Google Closes Motorola Acquisition
In line with earlier reports, Google on Tuesday finalized its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The $12.5 billion merger was approved by regulators in China on…
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'Anonymous' Hackers Release 1.7GB Of Stolen DOJ Data
Hackers associated with well known hacker-activist group "Anonymous Operations" have released a massive cache of data they say was obtained when they hacked a website…
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Hulu Looks To Take On Netflix With New Original Shows
Hulu on Monday announced 10 original and exclusive TV shows that will premiere this summer, including one from writer-director-actor Kevin Smith. Smith, known for the…
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Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Comes To Facebook [Video]
Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, is filled with a large selection of social and casual games, such as Draw Something, Words With Friends…
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3-Year-Old iPhone 3GS Primed For Revival
Apple's iPhone 3GS was unveiled nearly 3 years ago in June 2009, and some found its familiar styling and modest hardware upgrades to be disappointing.…
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Facebook Hit With $15 Billion Privacy Suit On IPO Day
Facebook is officially a public company as of Friday morning shortly after 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and what better way to celebrate the milestone than…
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Microsoft Kinect Transformed Into Surgical Assistant
Microsoft's Kinect motion and voice-based controller accessory was launched with gaming in mind, but researchers have taken the technology in a number of different directions.…
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