Half Of All U.S. Mobile Subscribers Now Own Smartphones
Market research firm Nielsen on Thursday announced that as of February 2012, about half of all mobile subscribers in the United States own a smartphone.…
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Congress Blocks Law That Would Prevent Employers From Demanding Facebook Passwords
A proposed amendment to FCC legislation that would have prevented current or potential employers from seeking access to employee Facebook accounts was shot down by the House…
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Apple Hit With Second Class Action Suit Over Poor Siri Performance
A class action lawsuit was filed in New York against Apple earlier this month, alleging that the company's "misleading and deceptive" iPhone 4S ads depicted…
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Best Buy Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Plans To Close 50 U.S. Stores
Best Buy on Thursday reported results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012. The nationwide retail giant had missed Wall Street's estimates in both the…
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Nearly 1 Billion Smart Connected Devices Shipped In 2011
The International Data Corporation on Wednesday announced that shipments of smart connected devices —including PCs, tablets and smartphones — reached 916 million units and surpassed…
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New Apple CEO Goes Where Steve Jobs Would Not
Steve Jobs took particular care to ensure the company he created continued to operate at the high levels he demanded after he left. Thanks to…
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Half Of All U.S. Households Own At Least One Apple Product
Apple's stock recently crossed the $600 mark and there are no signs that the world's most valuable company is slowing down. According to a poll…
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'Anonymous' Hackers Plan To Shut Down The Internet This Saturday
Notorious hacker group Anonymous has previously stated its intentions to shutdown the Internet on Saturday, March 31st, as a form of protest. "To protest SOPA,…
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MeeGo Gets A Stay Of Execution? Two New Nokia MeeGo Phones Reportedly In The Works
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had several tough decisions to make when he came on board and replaced former chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. Of course the biggest…
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iPhone Passcode Security Can Be Bypassed In Less Than Two Minutes [Video]
As a standard security measure, Apple's iPhone can be set to require a four-digit passcode whenever the phone's screen is powered on in order to…
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U.K. And Swedish Regulators Follow Australia's Lead, Examine '4G' iPad Claims
Earlier this weak, Australian regulators claimed that Apple was misleading consumers with false promotions and advertisements for its new "4G" iPad tablet. While the new iPad…
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The U.S. Government Is Losing The War Against Hackers
Executive assistant director of the FBI Shawn Henry, who after more than two decades is preparing to leave the bureau, said in an interview with…
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See-Through 3D Computer With Gesture Controls Gives Us A Glimpse Of The Future [Video]
Some believe a future full of massive, gesture-controlled computer displays like the ones seen in Twentieth Century Fox's Minority Report are an inevitability, and a…
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File-Sharing Site RapidShare Deemed Legal By Court
RapidShare is widely known as an invaluable tool for the illegal sharing of copyrighted digital material. Much like Megaupload, which was shuttered earlier this year…
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Lumia 800C Unveiled As Nokia's First Windows Phone For China
Nokia on Wednesday unveiled its first Windows Phone for the Chinese market, the Lumia 800C. The handset is slated to launch in April exclusively on China…
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The 'Phablet' Is A Hit: Samsung Galaxy Note Sales Top 5 Million
BGR reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Note in February and while there were a number of features we liked about this phone/tablet hybrid, we found it…
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Apple Offers Refunds To Duped iPad Buyers In Australia
Apple's hot new iPad tablet has been a massive global success. The company recently announced that it sold more than 3 million new slates in…
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Digital Music Sales Grew 8% In 2011, Now Total 31% Of Industry Revenue
The past year was a good year for the music industry as sales rose to their best highest point in eight years. According to the…
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Sony Eliminates Two Divisions, Restructures Electronics Unit
In a effort to cut costs and improve its financial situation, Sony is eliminating two divisions at its main electronics unit, promoting three executives and…
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Facebook Is Too Friendly; New App Helps Users Make Enemies
At its core, Facebook is a social network built on the premise that people want a central location where they can keep track of and…
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Intel's Market Share Surges To 10-Year High
Intel in 2011 achieved its highest annual market share in more than 10 years, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. The chipmaker's market share…
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Shipments Of NFC-Enabled Handsets Reached 30 Million Units In 2011
Global sales of NFC-equipped smartphones increased tenfold to 30 million units in 2011, according to a report from Berg Insight. The research firm estimates that…
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Online Movie Streaming In U.S. To Top DVDs For The First Time In 2012
Online movie streaming in the United States is expected to top both DVD and Blu-ray use for the first time ever in 2012, according to…
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Galaxy Nexus User Defeats Windows Phone In Challenge, Microsoft Calls Foul
After learning about Microsoft's latest "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge, Sahas Katta visited his local Microsoft store equipped with confidence and his trusty Samsung Galaxy…
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Next-Generation Xbox Will Not Block Used Games, GameStop CEO Says
Rumors that Microsoft's next-generation video game console might somehow block owners from playing used games began swirling earlier this year, and gamers around the world cringed.…
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Online Porn May Soon Be Banned In Egypt
Censorship and the Internet are topics that have gone hand in hand since the birth of the World Wide Web more than 20 years ago.…
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Microsoft, Nokia Commit $24 Million In Bid To Buy Developer Attention
Many industry watchers argue that software ecosystems now present one of the biggest hurdles to mobile platform owners looking to combat the mobile juggernauts that…
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