Google Reportedly Strong-Arms Samsung Into Ditching Storage-Clogging Gimmick Apps
Samsung's Galaxy S4 was one of the best smartphones released last year but it contained one major flaw: Samsung decided to lard it up with…
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Latest Encryption Trick To Thwart Hackers Is As Sweet As Honey
It seems like every other week another high-profile company's servers are hacked. Last November, for example, Adobe suffered a security breach and as many as…
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Nintendo's Q3 Profit Plummets As Wii U Weighs Heavy
What oh what is Nintendo to do with the Wii U? The storied video game company on Wednesday reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter.…
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Intel's Voice Recognition Tech Set To Leave Siri In The Dust
Siri, Apple's voice-enabled personal assistant software, was very cool when it first came out but it hasn't exactly aged gracefully. For one thing, it's slow…
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T-Mobile Trolls AT&T Again, Calls Carrier 'Darth Vader' Of Wireless
T-Mobile CEO John Legere never, ever stops trolling. On the same day that AT&T released its Q4 2013 earnings report, T-Mobile put out a press…
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Nothing Is Safe: FBI Reportedly Bulk Collects Entire TorMail Database
By now, the NSA is known for its bulk collection of personal data, including metadata from cellular carriers. However, it was not known that the…
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Dutch Court Lifts Ban On The Pirate Bay After It Proves 'Innefective'
A Dutch court lifted a ban on The Pirate Bay, ruling that the ban had proven to be "innefective," reports Tweakers. Dutch ISPs XS4ALL and…
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AT&T Rakes In $5.2 Billion Q4 Profit But 'Uncarrier' Takes Its Toll
AT&T on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $0.53 per share on $33.2 billion in revenue, thus beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 per share in…
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Canadian Hug: No Bonus For Nokia Employees As Elop Grabs $25 Million
According to a Nokia intranet post acquired by BGR India, Nokia will not be handing bonuses to its handset unit employees for 2013. Exiting CEO Stephen…
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The Last Piece Of The Nokia Android Phone Puzzle Is Now In Place
We'll never know where Nokia would be right now if it had chosen Android instead of Windows Phone as its mobile platform of choice. Instead, Samsung…
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Guess Which Tablets Have The Longest Battery Life On The Planet
There are dozens of different features to weigh when buying a new tablet. The size is important, the platform and ecosystem matter of course, specs…
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T-Mobile CEO Changes Tune, Says Sprint Merger Would Help Fight AT&T-Verizon Duopoly
When T-Mobile CEO John Legere first addressed rumors that Sprint and parent company SoftBank might make a play to acquire T-Mobile USA, he openly bashed…
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Terrifying New Smartphone Malware Tracks Your Swipes To Steal Your PIN
Smartphone malware is on the rise and with 99% of known malware targeting Google's Android platform — which is also the most popular mobile platform…
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Video: Man Runs Back Into Burning Home After Escaping... To Save His Xbox
Heroes are a rare breed, but they do exist. Every so often, we see a news story that reminds us there are still people out…
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The iPhone 5c Flop Hurt Apple More Than You Might Realize
Apple's fiscal first-quarter earnings report was actually pretty good despite the 8% ding to Apple's share price after hours on Monday, with the company beating…
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Nintendo Is Going Mobile, But Don't Hold Your Breath For A Full Mario iPhone Game [Updated]
Nintendo may finally be ready to launch mobile games, Nikkei reports, but the company will not simply unleash its Mario or Pokemon universes on iPhone,…
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New MacBook Computers Might Be Powered By The Sun
Apple on Tuesday was awarded a new patent titled "Electronic device display module" that describes a MacBook laptop that would have solar charging abilities as…
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Samsung Crushed Apple And Others With 300 Million Smartphones Shipped In 2013
Samsung's gadget spam strategy has been vindicated. According to IDC, Samsung shipped an astonishing 314 million smartphones in 2013, more than double the 153 million…
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The iPhone 6 May Have A Different Kind Of Wireless Charging
Apple has been recently rumored to run a trial production of iPhone models that have sapphire glass displays, but there may be another reason the…
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Video: This Is What Windows Looked Like Two Months Before The Macintosh Debuted
Two months before Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh to the world in 1984, Microsoft demoed an early version of Windows at COMDEX 1983. Much like…
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Government Reaches Deal With Microsoft, Google On Data Requests
Microsoft and Google, joined by Facebook, Apple and other tech firms, have been fighting for months to ensure that the public is given a more…
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All Hail The King: Apple Beats Sky-High Earnings Expectations With $13.1 Billion Profit
Apple on Monday posted an EPS of $14.50 on revenue of $57.6 billion, thus beating the consensus estimate of $14.09 EPS on revenue of $57.46…
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WTF Of The Week: The NSA Might Be Watching Us Through Angry Birds
Is nothing sacred to the international spy community? According to Pro Publica, leaked British intellgence documents reveal that spy agencies around the world are able to…
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This Could Be Our First Look At One Of Samsung's Android-Less Phones
It was beginning to look like Samsung's answer to the Android operating system would never see the light of the day, but if this press…
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You Have One Hour Today To Buy An Unlocked Moto X For $100 Off
Motorola on Friday announced via Twitter that it will hold a new Moto X sale on Monday, offering its flagship Android smartphone starting at just…
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Google To Reportedly Discontinue Beloved Nexus Device Lineup Next Year
Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin said on Twitter that the Nexus line of devices will be discontinued in 2015, replaced instead with a new brand spawned…
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Insider: Xbox One Has No Hope, Will Lose This Generation Of Console War To PS4
Most would agree that the console war for this generation of video game systems is far from over... but it may have been over before…
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