iPhone 5s seen spawning wave of fingerprint scanning copycats
Apple looks like it’s about to get a lot of company in the market for smartphones equipped with fingerprint scanners. IHS has released new research …
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Motorola’s Moto G unveiling looks set for November 13th
The low-cost version of the Moto X looks set to drop this month. Motorola has posted a landing page for the upcoming Moto G smartphone …
Here’s one use of drones that everyone can support
The use of unmanned drones has become a controversial topic lately, largely because governments like to use drones to either launch missiles or spy on …
Google, Microsoft give thumbs-up to proposed NSA restrictions
You get the feeling that major tech companies want the National Security Agency reined in almost as much as digital rights activists do, if only …
Why we’re about to get swamped with Surface ads this holiday season
Microsoft looks intent on growing its marketing budget to Samsung-esque proportions. Asymco’s Horace Dediu has posted a chart on his Twitter feed that compares advertising …
Teardown shows only masochists should try at-home iPad Air repairs
iFixit has a message for amateur mechanics who think they can repair their own iPad Airs: Don’t try this at home. After ripping apart the …
More good news for Microsoft: Nokia now No. 4 U.S. smartphone vendor
Beating out Motorola may not mean much these days, but Microsoft nonetheless has to be happy that Nokia has blown past Motorola to become America’s …
How Google is flexing its muscles to take more control of Android
Google’s Android is still free for anyone to use but the company has started asserting more control over the mobile platform by making its default …
Monday is D-Day for BlackBerry
With the success of BlackBerry Messenger making lots of headlines lately it’s easy to forget that BlackBerry could soon accept a deal that would make …
Facebook may have actually figured out a way to out-stalk Google
Facebook just may have gotten a leg up in its race with Google to see which company can come up with creepier ways to collect …
Patent World War: Google, Samsung, HTC sued by Apple, Microsoft, Sony
When the history of the patent wars is written, the auction of Nortel’s mobile patents may be seen as the equivalent of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s …
New Darkmail Alliance aims to make email NSA-proof
Secure email service Lavabit closed up shop earlier this year after the United States government forced it to hand over its users’ private data. But …
Time Warner Cable loses 300,000 pay TV subscribers in a quarter
Cord cutting is accelerating at Time Warner Cable. Per The New York Times, Time Warner Cable reported that it lost 306,000 pay television subscribers last …
America’s favorite tablet brand is… Samsung?
Surveys showing iPad users as the most satisfied of all tablet users have become so routine that they’re barely worth writing about. But when a …
How Microsoft is Scroogling its own users with Windows 8.1
Congratulations to everyone who thought that Microsoft’s “Scroogled” ad campaign wasn’t born from the company’s deep-seated concerns for user privacy. InfoWorld’s Woody Leonhard this week writes …
Android 4.4 KitKat details revealed in leaked document, screenshots
Google hasn’t released a major new version of Android for more than a year now and has instead been content to make some minor adjustments …
Apple is losing tablet market share – here’s why it might not matter
Android tablets have led the iPad in market share for a while now and Windows-based tablets will likely take off at some point as well. …
Despite higher Wii U sales, Nintendo posts operating loss in Q2
Price cuts have helped Nintendo sell a lot more Wii U consoles but they haven’t helped the company’s operating bottom line. Per Engadget, Nintendo posted …
Woman gets ticket for wearing Google Glass while driving
Maybe this is why Google has been investing so much money in self-driving cars: Because it knows that Google Glass users will endanger themselves and …
Head of Steam: Valve’s store now has more active users than Xbox Live
Valve seems to have hit on a good thing with its Steam online store for PC games. The Verge reports that Steam now has 65 …
Dell: Flawed manufacturing, not cat urine, to blame for smelly laptops
Not even the Dell Dude could help convince us to buy a laptop that smells of cat urine. Per Engadget, it seems that Dell this …
Benchmarks show the iPad Air blows away all previous iPads
If you liked older versions of the iPad then you could really get a kick out of the iPad Air. Primate Labs has posted results …
Nexus 5 shown unboxed in new leaked picture
We’ve already seen leaked press shots of Google’s upcoming Nexus 5 and now we’re getting a look at the device in a more casual setting. …
Apple to reportedly tap LG for iWatch display
Life’s about to be good for LG’s smartwatch display supply business. The Korea Herald reports that Apple plans to tap LG Display as its main …
Bipartisan bill unveiled to curb the NSA’s spying powers
Given that surprising new allegations of National Security Agency spying seem to pop up every day, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has now decided that …
Great news for Microsoft: Lumias start to break through in the U.S.
One nugget buried within Nokia’s less-bad-than-expected earnings report released Tuesday was that the company’s Windows Phone-based Lumia devices may finally be breaking through in the …
Why Samsung may get the last laugh with the Galaxy Round
Samsung’s Galaxy Round has been dubbed a useless gimmick by many in the media but maybe we’re just not looking at the device the right …
And the surprise dark horse bidder for BlackBerry is… Facebook?
How’s this for a counterintuitive merger: A mobile device company that plans to focus its efforts more on the enterprise market coupled with a consumer-centric …
Meet the man who advises Google, Facebook and LinkedIn on tax dodging
If there’s one thing that Silicon Valley executives love more than having fancy product launch parties it’s avoiding taxes by funneling profits through Ireland. Bloomberg …
Amazon’s MatchBook aims to drag paper book fans into the digital age
Even some people who relish having the latest cutting-edge gadgets have had a hard time giving up their large collections of old-school paper books. Amazon …
