Making a bullish case for BlackBerry
No tech company that’s still in business had a worse year last year than BlackBerry but some analysts are starting to see an upside to …
Articles by Brad Reed
Google working on yet another way for apps to track you
Don’t be surprised to see future mobile apps ask your permission to track your vital signs. Google Operating System has spotted some code for a …
Microsoft employees reportedly call Windows 8 ‘the new Vista’
We’ve argued in the past that it wouldn’t be fair to compare Windows 8 to Vista, in part because Vista was widely hated by many …
Microsoft to finally unveil Siri, Google Now rival in April
Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is …
Google once again named America’s best place to work
Who would have thunk it: A company that installs slides into its office buildings is a fun place to work? Fortune this week has released …
The sweetest new technology of 2014: A 3D chocolate printer
3D printing has never tasted so sweet. CNN reports that Hershey’s is teaming up with 3D Systems to make a 3D printer that can make …
Here’s the latest thing scientists warn will kill you: Supervolcanoes
As if we don’t have enough to worry about in our daily lives, scientists are now warning that there’s a heightened risk of supervolcanoes erupting …
Impending Windows XP malware nightmare now slightly less apocalyptic
If you’re still running a machine that runs Windows XP… well, you should really, really, really think about upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8 …
One carrier should fear T-Mobile more than anyone… and it’s not AT&T
We already know that T-Mobile added roughly 869,000 net postpaid subscribers and 1.645 million total net customers in the fourth quarter of 2013. But how did …
How much am I willing to let Google stalk me?
As I’ve mentioned before I’ve long been a user and fan of many of Google’s services. Android is my mobile operating system of choice, I …
Google brings one of Android’s coolest features to your desktop
Android has a lot of great native features and one of its best is Google Now, the voice-enabled personal assistant software that aims to give …
This is how insanely popular the Galaxy Note is in Korea
The Galaxy Note is big in more ways than one. SamMobile notes that Samsung this week has revealed that it has sold 10 million units …
Ryan Seacrest’s Typo isn’t the only keyboard BlackBerry has to fear
Even if BlackBerry successfully sues Ryan Seacrest’s Typo keyboard attachment for patent infringement it could just end up playing whack-a-mole with countless other BlackBerry-style iPhone …
New startups may be bigger losers in net neutrality fight than Netflix
We’ve already read today about the big net neutrality ruling’s potential impact on Netflix but it turns out that there might be even bigger losers …
What BlackBerry’s Z30 does better than any other smartphone
BlackBerry’s Z30 phablet didn’t exactly launch with a lot of fanfare last year but that doesn’t mean the device is devoid of virtues. Four writers …
Google unveils new tool to help you beat AT&T and Verizon’s data caps
Data caps are one of the wireless industry’s least popular concoctions and they figure to get even less popular as mobile applications become more bandwidth …
Former Nest fans return their thermostats after Google acquisition
The minute Google bought Nest, it was inevitable that some of the company’s fans would recoil, particularly those who are also fans of Apple. The …
ISPs now have free rein to gouge Netflix thanks to net neutrality case [updated]
For every winner there’s usually a loser and in the case of the big net neutrality verdict handed down on Tuesday, the biggest loser might …
Apple’s iPhone 5c gambit is going (sort of) as planned
From a sales perspective, the iPhone 5c looks like a dud… but that doesn’t mean Apple is at all disappointed with it. As we’ve noted …
Mobile app developers’ chances of success are an estimated 0.01%
Are you a mobile app developer who dreams of instant overnight Snapchat-like riches? Well, you should probably find a more realistic dream because new research …
Legere comes up with yet another way to troll AT&T and Verizon
T-Mobile CEO John Legere has become fond of using social media to taunt his rivals at Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. And on Tuesday, Legere came …
The coolest iPhone game you have to download right this second
If you want to get a sense of just how cool mobile gaming is going to be in the future, then you really need to …
Bad omen for Microsoft: It’s using BlackBerry’s ‘tools not toys’ line
As I’ve noted in the past, the “tools not toys” line of attack against iOS and Android devices was not at all effective for BlackBerry …
Sorry, BlackBerry: Ryan Seacrest’s Typo is getting solid early reviews
BlackBerry is clearly not happy that Ryan Seacrest is trying to convert its physical keyboard-loving users to the iPhone, especially when the physical keyboard attachment …
U.S. appeals court kills net neutrality
Any semblance of net neutrality in the United States is as good as dead. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia …
T-Mobile is scaring Wall Street for all the right reasons
Here’s how you know that T-Mobile is onto something: It’s making Wall Street very nervous for all the right reasons. Reuters recently talked with several …
Will the post-PC world also be the post-Windows world?
We learned over the weekend that Microsoft is planning to release a major update to Windows next year that will essentially act as a do-over …
Wearing Google Glass while driving could actually save your life
Ever since Google officially took the wraps off Google Glass, lawmakers have been understandably worried about idiots who wear Glass while driving and get into …
Judge slaps down Apple’s bid to escape its antitrust monitor
Apple may truly hate its court-appointed antitrust monitor but it looks like the company is stuck with him. Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge Denise Cote …
Surprise! You won’t be able to email Larry Page through his Google+ page
Google’s most recent tactic for pushing Google+ on its user base has drawn plenty of criticism and apparently even Google realizes how potentially annoying it …
