How to make sure you get the BlackBerry Passport before it sells out
The BlackBerry Passport, which BlackBerry says has consumers “clamoring,” is now available for pre-registration. This isn’t the same as being available for pre-order, mind you …
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These are the ugliest things Apple has ever made, hands down
Apple is well known for its gorgeous hardware designs but that doesn’t mean the company is incapable of throwing up a hideous clunker every now …
Here’s the secret trick to make Comcast give you good customer service
By now, we all know about Comcast’s customer service — it really is terrible and it’s a direct reflection of the fact that Comcast is much …
The best reason yet to celebrate the Sprint/T-Mobile merger’s failure
Plenty of people seem happy that Sprint has decided to nix its merger with T-Mobile and now we have yet another reason to celebrate the …
Samsung reportedly starts testing its craziest smartphone yet
Well, this would certainly be one way for Samsung to bolster its image as an innovator. ZDNet Korea’s supply chain sources claim that Samsung has …
Microsoft plans to take the fight directly to Apple in NYC with a massive new retail outlet
Microsoft isn’t about to let Apple hog all the prime retail real estate in New York. The New York Daily News reports that Microsoft is …
Microsoft has lost $1.7 billion trying to make the Surface a hit
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 tablet might finally be gaining some traction for Microsoft in the tablet market, but the whole Surface venture has come at …
Legere greets Sprint’s new CEO the only way he knows how: Ruthless trolling
Welcome to the American wireless industry, Marcelo Claure — hope you don’t mind being ridiculed nonstop by one of your top rivals. Hours after Claure was …
FCC chairman Wheeler seems very happy that Sprint killed the T-Mobile merger
Count Federal Communications chairman Tom Wheeler as one of the people who is happy that Sprint decided to call off its proposed $32 billion merger …
Ex-Facebook employee says Zuckerberg used to brandish a samurai sword to intimidate people
Here’s one Mark Zuckerberg anecdote that would have made for a great scene in The Social Network. Business Insider has been leafing through a new ebook …
Google finally adds the killer Gmail feature you’ve been waiting for
Earlier this year we heard rumblings that Google was planning to add a killer new feature to Gmail: An “unsubscribe” button at the top of …
The most hilariously named ex-Apple employee is auctioning off his old business card
Amazing but true: Apple at one time employed a man named Sam Sung, who left the company in late 2013. However, Sung has decided to …
Now you have another reason to buy your smartphone from T-Mobile
T-Mobile is always coming up with new ways to lure in smartphone buyers, including its pioneering JUMP early upgrade program and its Music Freedom program …
4 awesome paid iPhone apps you can download for free right now
As part of our never ending series of features designed to help you find terrific free iOS apps, we’ve found four more apps that were …
Microsoft is trying to make laid off Nokia employees feel better in the worst way possible
Microsoft is definitely not setting high standards for bedside manner when it comes to laying off Nokia employees. MarketWatch reports that Microsoft is trying to …
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger is officially dead
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger’s new lease on life apparently was only good for a few hours. The Wall Street Journal brings us word that Sprint has …
Ingenious new app is a dream come true for lazy stoners everywhere
College kids across America, rejoice — your already cushy lives just got even easier. A new app called Push for Pizza has hit the iTunes App Store …
Apple finds a new way to make Samsung lose $1 billion
Apple is making Samsung pay, and it we’re not just talking about patent lawsuits. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung’s component supply business has …
Bestselling author fumes after her son blows $120 on the Kim Kardashian app in just 2 days
We’ve written before about how the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood app is the most ingeniously addictive mobile game we’ve ever seen, as its every detail is …
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger just got a new lease on life
The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile may be doomed but it won’t be because T-Mobile decided to spurn Sprint and accept a competing offer from …
The most incredible thing about Samsung’s Galaxy S5 LTE-A
Although Samsung just loves to release a huge number of different versions of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone every year, the Galaxy S5 LTE-A really …
This chart should scare the hell out of Samsung
Before looking at this chart, we should emphasize: Samsung is not “doomed.” It’s a hugely profitable company that has a lot more businesses than just …
The worst may finally be over for BlackBerry
Things have been getting better for BlackBerry over the past year mainly because, as Lennon-McCartney might have sung about the company’s fortunes last year, “they …
Awesome video shows you how to get the most out of Android Wear
Marques Brownlee (a.k.a., MKBHD), whose terrific work we’ve highlighted multiple times in the past, has just put up another great video that shows us all of …
Here are some terrific Google Now tricks you may not know about
If you’re a casual Android user, you may see Google Now pop up on your phone without knowing how you can get the most out …
Verizon thinks you’re stupid
Although T-Mobile’s assorted “Uncarrier” moves have done a lot to undermine the wireless industry’s traditional two-year contract business model, Verizon still thinks two-year contracts are …
You won’t believe what happens when Comcast and TWC face actual competition
For the past couple of years, we’ve been alternately amused and horrified whenever cable company bigwigs have told us that we don’t really “need” fast speeds …
Gulp: Researcher finds that you can hack airplanes through in-flight Wi-Fi
Everyone loves in-flight Wi-Fi… until it allows a hacker to infiltrate the plane’s satellite communications equipment. CBCNews brings us word that security researcher Ruben Santamarta …
The BlackBerry Passport is one step closer to being your next smartphone
Both BlackBerry and its diehard fans are very excited about the upcoming BlackBerry Passport, which BlackBerry promises will feature a “revolutionary” new keyboard that the company …
HBO inches closer to making cord cutters’ dreams come true
HBO isn’t going to abandon cable companies in the United States anytime soon, but it has no such allegiances to pay TV providers overseas. The …
