AT&T may beat Google Fiber to the punch and bring 1Gbps Internet to North Carolina
Is North Carolina about to become a major battleground in the fight to bring 1Gbps Internet service to fiber-hungry Americans? AT&T on Thursday announced that …
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CEO Chen denies BlackBerry is planning to dump handsets
BlackBerry CEO John Chen didn’t get his reputation as a turnaround specialist by losing money for his companies. That’s why, in an interview with Reuters, …
Comcast says it’s ‘bothered’ that its customer service is terrible
During a Senate hearing on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger Wednesday, Comcast executive vice president David Cohen finally addressed what multiple customer satisfaction surveys have said …
Apple is planning a major iTunes overhaul to stop it from getting crushed by Pandora
Back in the days when MP3s were all the rage, Apple’s iTunes Store was the go-to place to pick up music for your iPod. But …
Apple’s Ive ousts Greg Christie, designer of the iPhone’s most iconic feature
Greg Christie, a longtime Apple engineer who spearheaded the design of the iPhone’s slide-to-unlock feature, is apparently leaving Apple after repeated clashes with Apple senior …
Video: Amazing augmented reality tech could eliminate your car’s blind spots
Although cars have definitely gotten safer over the years, they all still have blind spots that prevent you from seeing everything that might be in …
Smartphones may have gotten ‘boring’ but they’re still the most interesting tech around
It’s become fashionable lately to whine about how “boring” smartphones have become, especially among Wall Street analysts who insist on telling us that Apple/Samsung/Microsoft/Everyone is …
There’s a huge caveat in T-Mobile’s new $40 plan that you need to know about
T-Mobile on Wednesday made its next big move to shake up the wireless world by announcing a new cheap $40 wireless plan that offered unlimited voice …
T-Mobile’s next move: Shame AT&T and Verizon into ditching data overage fees
Wireless customers don’t like data caps in general and they really, really don’t like paying overage fees when they go over those caps, even if Verizon …
New innovation could put an end to smartphone thefts forever
Every other month it seems like researchers at some tech company or university come up with clever new ways to prevent or deter smartphone thieves. …
The best evidence yet that Apple has gotten too greedy in its war against Samsung
The Apple vs. Samsung patent showdown has mostly been a one-sided affair so far, as juries have regularly awarded Apple massive sums of money at Samsung’s expense. …
Why Windows XP might have been Microsoft’s best blueprint for a tablet OS
One of Microsoft’s bigger frustrations over the past couple of years has been the continued devotion to Windows XP, the operating system that’s been around …
Video: HTC finally brings back Robert Downey Jr. for a truly awful new promo
Hey, remember when HTC went out and snagged Robert Downey, Jr. for what was supposed to be a major $1 billion marketing campaign? And remember …
Great news for sci-fi fans: Battlestar Galactica is getting re-imagined again as a feature film
SyFy’s Battlestar Galactica, which itself was a gritty re-imagining of a campy 1970s TV show of the same name, was one of the best science …
Here’s one way for BlackBerry diehards to stick it to T-Mobile
If there’s one thing BlackBerry diehards hate more than Ryan Seacrest these days, it’s T-Mobile. The reason for this hatred stems T-Mobile’s ill-considered decision to …
One surefire way to help kick depression: Quit using Facebook
If you’re feeling down lately, you should try spending more face-to-face time with your friends and less Facebook time with them. Pacific Standard directs our …
3 ways Microsoft will make the Xbox One even better in its next big update
Xbox One owners who are interested to know what Microsoft plans to do next to improve their consoles will be happy to know that the …
Comcast named Worst Company in America on the same day it files TWC merger paperwork
Talk about incredible timing! On the same day that Comcast and Time Warner Cable are filing their merger proposal paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission, …
Video: Torture tests determine whether the Galaxy S5 is really waterproof
The minute Samsung started crowing about the Galaxy S5 being waterproof, you just knew some maniacs would try putting it to the test by swimming …
Searching on Apple Maps is about to get a lot more reliable
The search engine in Apple’s iOS Maps definitely leaves much to be desired but 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman reports that the company has made a key move …
XPocalypse now: XP stragglers are now wide open to hackers
If you’re still using Windows XP and you’re not doling out extra cash to Microsoft to maintain support, then congratulations: You’re now vulnerable to all …
Twitter may have just bought its own answer to Facebook Home
If no one wants to own a Facebook-centric phone, why should we think a Twitter-centric phone would fare any better? Nonetheless, it seems that Twitter …
AT&T makes its best offer yet to keep you from cutting the cord
AT&T is now following Comcast and Time Warner Cable by coming out with a low-cost option for subscribing to a basic cable package that will include HBO …
AdAge: Sprint’s ‘Framily’ ads are ‘absurd’ and ‘frightful’
Amazing but true: A talking hamster probably isn’t going to convince you to switch wireless carriers. AdAge has done a review of Sprint’s newest “Framily” …
Video: This ad might scare you away from texting and driving forever
Texting while driving is something that everyone knows is a bad idea but that many people end up doing anyway simply because the temptation to …
Hugely popular Android security app revealed as a complete scam
As we’ve noted before, there are definite downsides to Google’s policy of allowing all apps onto the Google Play store and only removing them after users flag …
Video: Incredible new technology can charge a smartphone in 30 seconds
How would you like to plug your battery-depleted smartphone into an outlet and have it charge up in under a minute? Well of course you’d …
Microsoft has a plan to kill annoying adware once and for all
Microsoft knows how annoying it can be to have an adware program take over your browser and inject extra ads onto the webpages you’re visiting. That’s …
Here’s a roundup of every major complaint Apple employees have about their jobs
Working at Apple is a dream job for a lot of techies but it’s also clearly not for everyone. Business Insider has done a great …
HBO Go crashes amid huge demand for Game of Thrones premiere
HBO might want to call up Netflix to get some tips for how to deal with heavy streaming demand for incredibly popular television series. It …
