Ballmer fights back against Bing, Xbox doomsaying
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer knows that a lot of investors have their knives out for Bing and Xbox, but he’s not having any of …
Articles by Brad Reed
Nokia shareholders rip Elop as a ‘triple-A flop’ on his way out
Microsoft probably shouldn’t appoint Stephen Elop as its next CEO if it wants to keep a good business relationship with the people of Finland. Finnish …
Samsung brings the art of gadget spamming to new heights
Are you having trouble keeping track of all the different versions of the Galaxy S4 that Samsung has released this year? If so then let’s …
Not an epic flop after all: Samsung has sold 800,000 Galaxy Gears
In retrospect, the BusinessKorea report about Samsung only selling 50,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches was too bad to be true. Per Reuters, Samsung announced on Tuesday that …
Video: Apple knockoff artists at Goophone release hideous smartwatch
Perhaps Goophone should stick to ripping off Apple instead of trying to design things from scratch. GizmoChina has posted a hands-on video showing us Goophone’s …
How AT&T keeps roping vendors into smartphone exclusivity deals
Even though it’s questionable whether selling smartphones exclusively on one carrier really helps out vendors, many companies keep signing exclusivity deals for their high-end devices …
The Galaxy Gear is reportedly an epic flop, has sold under 50,000 units
As amazing as it seems, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch may be an even bigger bomb than the ill-fated Facebook-centric HTC First smartphone. BusinessKorea reports that …
Samsung exec compares the Galaxy Gear to an unripened tomato
Samsung seems to have developed a knack for comparing its devices to fruits. Fresh off an ad that compared its Galaxy Round smartphone to a …
Apple may get its ban on Samsung devices after all
Although Samsung still faces the prospect of paying Apple hundreds of millions more dollars to settle its patent dispute, the company has so far been …
Jobs reportedly couldn’t wait to dump AT&T as sole iPhone carrier
Early iPhone users weren’t the only ones who wanted Apple to expand the iPhone’s reach beyond AT&T. Per Reuters, author Fred Vogelstein claims in his …
Snapchat rumored to have turned down $4 billion from Google
Snapchat must be very, very confident in itself because it’s apparently been turning down multibillion-dollar buyout offers left and right. Unnamed sources tell Valleywag that …
Nokia’s Lumia 2520 tablet launching in U.S. on November 22nd
If you’re looking to buy a giant red Windows RT tablet, then Nokia will have something special for you starting next week. Nokia announced on …
Ballmer reflects on time with Microsoft: ‘I’m big, I’m bald and I’m loud’
Give outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer credit: He seems to be very in touch with who he really is. In a lengthy interview with The …
Apple’s Schiller: ‘Copied’ Samsung phones sully iPhone’s prestige
Apple marketing boss Phil Schiller isn’t done raking Samsung over the coals just yet. Per The Wall Street Journal, Schiller told the jury in the …
PlayStation 4 teardown confirms hard drive replacement is a breeze
One of the coolest features we saw in Sony’s own teardown of its new PlayStation 4 was how easy it looked to replace the console’s …
Microsoft admits its data centers are vulnerable to NSA spying
Although Google has said that it’s deployed end-to-end encryption between its data centers to keep out the prying eyes of the National Security Agency, it …
Why Apple wants to squeeze every last dime from Samsung
Why is Apple so insistent on squeezing every last dime it can out of Samsung over patent infringement? Well, apart from the obvious greed factor …
Pfizer ditching BlackBerry due to company’s ‘volatile state’
It’s become pretty obvious that BlackBerry’s fruitless search for “strategic alternatives” did the company no favors. AllThingsD reports that pharmaceutical company Pfizer has advised all …
U.S. government requests for Google user info have tripled since 2009
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have gotten more and more hungry for Google users’ data over the past four years. Google said on …
Carriers finally unveil Isis mobile wallet now that no one cares about mobile wallets
Remember a couple of years ago when Google Wallet looked poised to launch a wave of mobile payment platforms powered by NFC? Well that didn’t …
IBM’s Watson will soon do much more than beat people in Jeopardy
The days of IBM’s Watson supercomputer being satisfied with being a Jeopardy champion are over. IBM announced on Thursday that it is creating a cloud-based open …
You can now buy a custom-designed Moto X from Verizon for $50
Motorola and Verizon are offering a very tempting stocking stuffer for early holiday shoppers. 9to5Google notes that Verizon customers can now design their own Moto …
FCC unveils new way to keep your carrier honest
You can’t go an hour without hearing an ad from wireless carriers about how they have the fastest, biggest or best 4G network, but do …
Why a $1 billion cash injection may not be enough to save BlackBerry
BlackBerry has certainly bought itself some time with the $1 billion cash injection it received from Fairfax Financial and its partners but there’s no guarantee …
Unless you’re Apple or Samsung, selling smartphones means losing money
You have to wonder how long it will be before some unprofitable smartphone vendors quit the market. AppleInsider points us to the latest data from …
Microsoft rumored to have already picked next CEO
Anyone hoping Microsoft would pick an outsider to be its next CEO may be in for a big disappointment. Via CNET, an unnamed source tells …
Windows Phone leaves BlackBerry in the dust, Android still dominates in Q3
Fresh evidence emerged Thursday that Windows Phone has steamed past BlackBerry to establish itself as the world’s No. 3 smartphone OS. New data from Gartner …
Pay TV services bleed subscribers in ‘worst 12 month stretch ever’
Cord-cutting has become even more of a headache for pay television providers over the past year. The Wall Street Journal points us to a new …
Dropbox out to make Ballmer regret dismissing it as a ‘little startup’
Earlier this year, we predicted that cloud storage company Dropbox would be guaranteed massive success after receiving the reverse-kiss-of-death from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who …
Apple’s additional Samsung patent demands down to ‘only’ $380 million
Apple must look longingly back at the days when a jury awarded it $1 billion in its patent suit against Samsung — ever since, the …
