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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Hackers concoct most devious way yet to deliver Android malware
Phil Schiller recently tweeted a link to a report that said 99% of all mobile malware is directed at Android. Usually the malware comes through …
Google may offer you free cab rides if you let it spam you with ads
Google may eventually be offering you free taxi rides in its self-driving cars. A new patent, brought to our attention by Ars Technica, describes an advertising …
Here’s how Netflix is thinking of changing subscription prices
For the past year, Netflix has been experimenting with different pricing schemes. Back in December, Netflix began offering a $6.99 plan that was standard-definition and …
A look inside the complex logistics behind the Target hacks
Even though police have arrested two people in Texas who have used stolen Target credit card information, the hackers behind the breach will likely never …
Facebook’s ‘teen problem’ may not be as bad as you thought
While Facebook may have a “teen problem,” it may not be as bad as a report from iStrategy last week suggested. According to a report …
You can now buy merchandise from your favorite artists through Spotify
Music streaming companies are pulling out all the stops lately, whether to pre-empt tomorrow’s launch of the much-hyped Beats Music service or to stay ahead …
Apple sued for collecting and selling customers’ personal info
Apple is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from three residents in Massachusetts who claim Apple collected their zip codes and profited from selling them …
Next-generation HTC One detailed again in new leak
The successor to the HTC One will reportedly feature a larger screen and twin sensors for the rear camera. Bloomberg’s sources say the screen will …
Not even Chinese pirates want Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch
The Galaxy Gear is so unpopular that when CNN visited the epicenter of Chinese counterfeit electronics, they could not find one Galaxy Gear knockoff. “[Counterfeiters] …
Google’s new augmented reality game aims to take over your life
Google’s Niantic Labs — the same labs that brought you the augmented reality game Ingress — has teamed up with publisher HarperCollins to create another location-based …
Ex-Googler’s new project may make Android look as primitive as an Apple IIe
Two ex-Googlers just received $18 million from Accel and Google Ventures for a vague-yet-ambitious-sounding project called Nextbit that has something to do with mobile. Its …
New Twitter for paranoids uses Bitcoin and BitTorrent to hide from NSA
Fearful of the NSA after all of the Snowden leaks, an engineer in Brazil is creating a secure and decentralized Twitter alternative that uses two …
Court rules anonymous Yelp trolls must be identified
Last year, Joe Hadeed found seven anonymous negative reviews for his carpet cleaning business on Yelp. Unable to verify that the reviewers were actual customers, …
No end in sight to the Microsoft CEO search
According to a report from Re/code, Microsoft is still searching for its next CEO and it could keep searching for a while. Right now, unnamed …
First smartphone with Cyanogen software preinstalled finally announced
CyanogenMod, the popular alternative Android installer, is partnering with OnePlus to create a smartphone called the OnePlus One. This horribly named handset will be OnePlus’s …
BlackBerry’s newest strategy: Hire execs from other flailing mobile companies
BlackBerry is gradually rebuilding its executive team after it fell apart last year. Per Reuters, the Canadian smartphone maker announced on Monday that Ron Louks would …
HTC’s 2013 ends on yet another down note
A German patent ruling put a final negative note on HTC’s incredibly bad year and could have wide-reaching consequences for all of Android. As FOSS …
Forget TVs and watches, cars are the next big battleground for Apple and Google
While everyone expects Google and Apple’s next big fight to be over watches or TVs, it increasingly looks like cars will be the next big …
HTC’s miserable year continues as exec is indicted for leaking secrets
We thought HTC’s rough year ended earlier this week with Nokia’s patent win against HTC, but the bad news just keeps coming. Now The Wall …
Your phone number is at risk in latest Snapchat hack
Snapchat now has to deal with yet another potentially large security vulnerability as Gibson Security released a new report reiterating that it is possible for …
Newly discovered Apple tech points to an exciting future for the iPhone
Apple has been granted two new patents that could change how users interact with iOS devices, AppleInsider recently reported. One newly awarded patent describes an intelligent …
LG to match Samsung with 2K resolution on upcoming G3 smartphone
It looks like LG’s next-generation flagship phone for 2014 might have something a bit more impressive to tout than buttons on the back of the …
Number of photos taken in 2014 will approach 1 trillion thanks to selfie explosion
2013 was the year of the selfie, according to the Oxford English Dictionary — but self-snaps aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Everybody is taking selfies, …
Apple, Microsoft and others now regret spending $4.5 billion on patents
Rockstar — a consortium of companies including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry and Sony that purchased 4,000 patents from Nortel in 2011 — is looking to sell …
Leak reveals seven new Sony devices about to be released
Sony is about to release seven new smartphone models, if shipment tracking reports out of Indonesia are correct. According to reports dug up by Phone …
Will Windows 8 be bailed out by… Android?
With the Consumer Electronics Show coming next month, computer makers are doing whatever they can to attract attention. This includes Asus, which released a psychedelic …
Phablet fever seen hitting America in 2014
As much as some like to make fun of phablets, their popularity continues to grow. According to one analyst’s predictions, phablets will even outsell small …
New patent suggests Apple could follow Samsung’s lead for once
According to Patently Apple, Apple has received a patent for creating flexible sapphire displays using liquid metal. The patent describes wrap-around displays in various shapes …
The NSA’s rough week just got even worse
Back in August, not long after Edward Snowden began leaking details about NSA surveillance programs, President Obama created a panel to review the NSA’s data …
