Apple and Samsung accounted for 88% of mobile phone profits in the last 6 years
If you want to see how utterly futile it is for companies other than Apple and Samsung to make money selling mobile phones, look no …
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WhatsApp cofounder: Facebook won’t turn us into Soviet-style spy tool
We’re starting to get the feeling that WhatsApp really is getting some serious blowback from its user base after getting acquired by Facebook because its …
Upgrading from Windows XP can now get you $50 worth of free stuff
People, what is it going to take for you to finally ditch Windows XP? Microsoft has already sent out plenty of warnings to XP users …
Weeks before launch, Samsung reportedly having Galaxy S5 production woes
It’s now crunch time for Galaxy S5 production but Korean publication ETNews reports that Samsung is still having trouble manufacturing enough Galaxy S5 cameras in …
Another benefit to iOS 7.1: App crashes seem to happen less often
We’ve already taken a look at a lot of the cool new features and fixes Apple has added with iOS 7.1 and now it seems …
Amazon’s ‘set-top box’ will reportedly be a Chromecast-style dongle
It looks like Amazon is taking a page from Google and not Apple with its soon-to-be-announced TV streaming device that reportedly isn’t a set-top box …
Ive slams Apple copycats and their ‘anonymous, poorly made objects’
So, you don’t think Apple is taking its patent fight with Samsung personally? If you need more convincing then check out The Times’ interview over …
Google’s seriously cool new Android radial menu design revealed
We’ve seen designs for radial menus in Android before but they’ve never looked this cool or this detailed. Patent Bolt has spotted a recently published …
Are dual-boot phones the most useless innovation ever?
Now that we know both Microsoft and Google are working to stop OEMs from releasing dual-boot devices that combine Windows Phone and Android, maybe we …
More than a year too late, EA does the right thing with SimCity
More than a year ago, developer Maxis and publisher EA launched a refresh of SimCity, one of the iconic games of the 1990s that was …
1.5 million ATMs will still run Windows XP when support ends in April
Well this should be fun. Reuters reports that ATM maker NCR claims that two-thirds of all the ATMs running Windows XP in the world — or …
Galaxy S5 Zoom specs leak, highlighted by a 19-megapixel camera
The Galaxy S5 gadget spam is on its way, although some variations of the Galaxy S5 are actually shaping up to be pretty cool. SamMobile …
Bill Gates: Yes, robots really are about to take your jobs
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates isn’t going to sugarcoat things: The increasing power of automation technology is going to put a lot of people out of …
It’s official: Kinect is the Xbox One’s Achilles heel
Kinect was supposed to be the Xbox One’s key differentiator from the PlayStation 4 but it may be doing more to drag the console down …
Apple reportedly decides not to launch its 12.9-inch iPad Pro
One highly anticipated Apple gadget rumored to release this year has been the so-called “iPad Pro,” a 12.9-inch version of Apple’s iconic tablet that was …
More key iOS 8 details emerge: Changes to Notification Center and Messages
9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has been on a roll all week with leaked information on iOS 8 and he continues on Friday by giving us some …
United Airlines plans to make your tablet the hub of in-flight entertainment
In-flight entertainment services have made huge strides over the past several years but there has still always been major problem: It’s just not much fun …
Google gives U.K. government ‘special access’ to YouTube
National security officials in the United Kingdom will be given “special access” to some key YouTube features by Google, The Irish Times reports. Apparently Google …
Microsoft scraps two-year Xbox contract plans
For a while, Microsoft experimented with selling its Xbox consoles the same way many mobile carriers sell smartphones: By offering them at a discount in …
Microsoft comes under even greater pressure to release Office for iPad
Why Microsoft has held out for so long on releasing its Office suite for the iPad is anyone’s guess but Reuters reports that the company …
Specs leak for Google’s smartwatch
Have you caught smartwatch fever yet? Judging by early sales of smartwatches you probably haven’t but lots of other tech companies are nonetheless planning to …
While Sprint pledges a price war, Comcast won’t even promise smaller price hikes
For the past few months we’ve written a lot about two controversial potential mergers that have shaken the American Internet service and telecom landscape: A …
iOS 7.1 seemingly solves iPhone ‘motion sickness’ problems
One big problem that cropped up for many iPhone users with the release of iOS 7 was that some of the new animations on the …
Here’s the real reason Amazon is jacking up Prime prices
To the surprise of almost no one, Amazon finally announced that it was raising prices on annual Amazon Prime subscriptions by 25%, going from $79 …
ISPs won’t be laughing at Google Fiber for much longer
ISPs will ignore Google Fiber at their own peril. MarketWatch’s Nat Worden writes that many cable executives he talked with four years ago were openly dismissive …
New video shows the amazing potential of browser-based gaming
If you thought Mozilla importing the Unreal Engine 3 onto Firefox was impressive, just wait until you get a load of what they’ve done with …
Samsung has designed a smartphone with an insane 21:9 aspect ratio
Forget bringing back the flip phone — could Samsung be trying to resurrect the old-school candy bar phone? SamMobile has spotted a newly filed Samsung …
Google decides it won’t ruin searches with annoying banner ads
Good news, everyone: You’ll be able to keep searching through Google without the specter of annoying banner ads hanging over you. Marketing Land brings us …
Android users can now buy 2014’s most addictive mobile game
If you have friends who love to play games on their iPhones then chances are you’ve heard of Threes!, a puzzle game developed Sirvo that gives …
