The end is finally in sight for the Apple-Samsung patent feud
Everyone who’s sick and tired of smartphone patent lawsuits can rejoice: We may finally, at long last, be nearing the end of one of the …
Articles by Brad Reed
The Android phone market is about to get more insanely competitive
Unless you’re Samsung, selling Android phones probably means breaking even at best and losing money at worst. While Samsung has maintained a stranglehold on the …
The biggest threat to Windows: ‘People simply don’t care about it’
If Windows ever dies out, it will likely go out with a whimper and not with a bang. Windows enthusiast Paul Thurrott worries that the …
Google Glass’s No. 1 fan already thinks product is ‘doomed’ this year
Google must really want Robert Scoble to stop talking about or doing anything with Google Glass. Scoble, who last year annoyed Google CEO Larry Page …
One chart shows Google’s awesome power to kill your website’s traffic
If you want an illustration of just how powerful Google is, you need look no further than the search giant’s impact on Rap Genius, the …
5 things the tech industry absolutely needs in 2014
Given that it’s New Year’s Eve, I thought that I’d make a quick list of New Year’s resolutions that I’d like to see the tech …
Why your Galaxy Note may be jacking up your wireless bill
Are you an Android user who regularly blows through your monthly data cap sooner than you’d expected? If so then there’s a good reason for …
This is the one reason Android users are actually jealous of iOS users
Android users are a proud group and are typically not fond of admitting that they’re envious of iPhone users. However, there’s one area where even …
Samsung is building a metal smartphone… but it’s not the Galaxy S5
We feel pretty confident that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be a killer smartphone but one question remains: Will Samsung finally follow in the footsteps of …
Anti-porn politician’s website blocked by porn filters she advocated
As was predicted by just about everyone, the United Kingdom’s initiative to get U.K. ISPs to add default pornography filters has been a complete and …
Google strikes back at Apple and Microsoft’s anti-Android patent consortium
It hasn’t taken long for Google to strike back in the latest patent world war. GigaOM reports that Google this week has filed a lawsuit …
Google already looks poised to dominate the robotics industry
If robots are indeed the future then Google is getting a big head start on the competition. Technology Review notes that robots created by Google-owned …
Merger between Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly almost a done deal
T-Mobile CEO John Legere may want to make sure his résumé is up to date. Unnamed sources tell Reuters that Sprint parent company SoftBank is already …
Ousted Windows boss predicts phablets are the phones of the future [updated]
There’s no doubt that smartphone display sizes have been getting bigger ever since Samsung first introduced its original Galaxy Note phablet in 2012 — but …
Chen’s BlackBerry comeback plan compared to quadruple bypass surgery
John Chen clearly relishes a good challenge but he may never have taken on a task as daunting as turning around BlackBerry. Barron’s spots a …
Longtime McAfee exec explains why Samsung’s Knox looks doomed to flop
It’s been a rough month for Samsung’s Knox initiative, which has been hit with complaints from customers about delays and major reported security holes. One …
This is what could force Verizon and AT&T to finally ditch data caps
Verizon and AT&T have long insisted that the majority of their subscribers face no danger of going over their monthly data caps, but that may …
More evidence suggests PS4 is winning the console wars
We’re still very early in the game and the Xbox One has a lot going for it that could help it trounce the PlayStation 4 …
New CEO John Chen could be exactly what BlackBerry needs
Something very curious happened late last week: BlackBerry posted worse-than-expected quarterly earnings and yet its stock soared following the news. Why, you ask? In part …
Awful sales forced BlackBerry to cancel two phones planned for 2014
Hold onto that BlackBerry Z30 while you can, BlackBerry fans: It might be the last device designed in Waterloo targeted to the mass market for …
Two new secret Apple acquisitions reportedly uncovered [updated]
Apple is not giving up on its quest to make iOS Maps more useable. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has bought up two more companies that …
Video: One of 2013’s worst gadgets gets the year’s worst ad
Samsung’s marketing team is rightly renowned for its creative ads that can make even the most boring products seem exciting — the fact that the …
Apple’s iPhone 6 could come as soon as May
As improbable as it might seem, we might be getting a new iPhone much sooner than we’d expected in 2014. Digitimes‘ supply chain sources claim …
The bar has been raised for tablet battery life
The past couple of years have seen tablets compete over which one can deliver the best display. However, the big battle over the next year may …
BlackBerry’s downfall illustrated with one devastating chart
Things have been going poorly for BlackBerry for a while now but the past quarter might have been its worst yet. Not only is the …
Why Google scares Microsoft to death
Microsoft has bashed both Samsung and Apple in its ads this year but there is a very good reason why Microsoft fears Google above all …
T-Mobile’s next move could be devastating for AT&T and Verizon
T-Mobile CEO John Legere hinted that his company was about to make another big splash in the wireless industry and if this report from TmoNews …
This is what everyone hates the most about their tablets
People love their tablets… except when they don’t. Fixya, a self-described “community based trouble-shooting resource,” has followed up on a report it released last month about …
The iPhone 5c may be a costly mistake for Apple
It’s hard to say whether the iPhone 5c is an out-and-out flop but many reports we’ve read suggest that its sales haven’t lived up to …
BlackBerry waves white flag in high-end consumer smartphone market
BlackBerry has seen the writing on the wall and it realizes that practically no one is buying its high-end BlackBerry 10 devices. BlackBerry CEO John …
