Microsoft may soon admit defeat to Android
Is Microsoft getting ready to wave the white flag when it comes to getting developers to build apps for its own mobile platform? The Verge’s …
Articles by Brad Reed
Bloomberg: Apple will unveil major Apple TV refresh in April
Apple is planning to do a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box that it will unveil in April and will officially release in …
Amazing video shows what it’s like to fall thousands of feet to your death
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fall thousands of feet to your death but have been understandably too scared to try …
It could be worse: IDC pegs BlackBerry’s market share at 0.6%
Last month Consumer Intelligence Research Partners caused a bit of a stir when it reported that BlackBerry’s market share in the United States had fallen …
Sorry, Microsoft: The iPad is more than ‘just a toy’
Earlier this year, Microsoft debuted a new advertisement for its Surface tablets that depicted a young student looking inquisitively at the camera with the caption …
HTC’s next flagship phone shown in highest-quality pic yet
There have been several dubious leaked pictures of HTC’s next flagship smartphone but one new picture seems to look more like the real deal than …
Google’s robot army gains a major recruit
Like it or not, Google is building a robot army. After acquiring eight different robotics firms over the past year, the company is putting a …
Comcast comes up with yet another way to shaft cord cutters
If there’s one thing that Comcast seems to love more than anything else, it’s shafting its basic cable subscribers and pushing them to upgrade to …
T-Mobile might actually escape Sprint’s clutches
If you don’t like the thought of Sprint buying up T-Mobile then the last two days have brought some welcome news. Not only is Sprint …
What in God’s name have you done, Flappy Bird?
The Flappy Bird saga may be the stupidest phenomenon the world has seen since Linsanity but it’s definitely a phenomenon nonetheless. App Annie points out that …
Two new reported Galaxy S5 features could blow Apple out of the water
We all expect that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be a terrific device with top-notch specifications but a new report in The Korea Herald suggests that …
iPhone 6 reportedly won’t have sapphire display after all
Apple may have everything it needs to make more than 100 million sapphire iPhone 6 displays but that doesn’t mean the company actually plans to …
Early adopters are no longer the only Virgins using Google Glass
As we’ve mentioned before, Google Glass has some potentially amazing applications that go well beyond taking shower selfies. Now Virgin Atlantic has announced that it’s …
T-Mobile isn’t destroying Sprint after all
While T-Mobile has clearly gotten into AT&T’s head, many analysts expected that Sprint would be the company that had the most to fear from T-Mobile’s …
No, Microsoft doesn’t ‘need’ to make an Android phone
We can’t count all the times that companies have been told that they “need” to make an Android phone even though there’s no evidence that …
Gates and new Microsoft CEO Nadella look like they’ll be joined at the hip
Microsoft obviously isn’t the easiest company to manage but new CEO Satya Nadella will have a powerful ally helping him out in the early going: …
Gadget spam or just trolling? Samsung reportedly not done popping out Galaxy S4 editions
Hundreds of years from now, Samsung will probably still be releasing new versions of the Galaxy S4. SamMobile has found some leaked information posted on …
WSJ: Nokia to officially unveil its Android phone at MWC
Nokia is about to be acquired by Microsoft… but the company is still going to release an Android phone anyway. Unnamed sources tell The Wall …
Only a miracle can save HTC now
I’ve gone on the record multiple times saying that I think the word “doomed” is overused in tech journalism. Apple is not doomed, Microsoft is …
Windows 8 has ‘perhaps destroyed the most successful software franchise of all time’
Longtime Windows enthusiast Paul Thurrott has been holding back no punches lately when it comes to criticizing Microsoft over Windows 8. And although he thinks …
No, Apple doesn’t ‘need’ to make a phablet
The lower-than-expected iPhone sales Apple reported last quarter predictably led to a series of panicky demands from analysts that Apple release an iPhone with a …
Samsung apparently knows Galaxy Gear 2 has no hope if it costs $300
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear was a flop for a number of reasons and one of them was certainly its initial $300 price tag. ZDNet Korea reports …
Proposed law could end smartphone and tablet theft once and for all
We know that thieves have been increasingly targeting people’s smartphones and tablets for theft in recent years and the problem has gotten so bad that …
New study says smartphones are wrecking our ability to work and sleep
Do you find that reading on your smartphone late at night ruins your ability to sleep? Well you’re not alone. The Wall Street Journal reports …
Could pot be good for your heart?
OK, so it’s definitely an exaggeration to say that smoking a bowl is good for your heart but it turns out that pot’s major psychoactive component …
EA’s ability to enrage its own customers is a rare talent
For the past two years, Electronic Arts has been named the “Worst Company in America” by Consumerist readers… and it stands a damn good chance …
How to make a killing as an international iPhone dealer
The next time you travel overseas, you might want to bring a hefty stock of unlocked iPhones with you — they might just make you …
Researchers: Playing too much GTA actually can make you a sociopath
While violent video games are often unfairly used as scapegoats for mass shootings, scientists have found that playing violent video games for several hours a …
iOS 7.1 reportedly won’t release until March
Although Apple is very close to being done with iOS 7.1, iPhone users may have to wait a little longer to finally get their hands …
Samsung denies it ever told Olympians to hide their iPhones
A mini-controversy arose earlier this week when a Swiss website reported that Swiss Olympians claimed they were told by Samsung to cover up the logos …
