Twitter reportedly pondering a WhatsApp-style direct messaging app
Could Twitter soon go head-to-head with WhatsApp, Kik and other big mobile messaging services? Unnamed sources tell AllThingsD that Twitter has been working on “plans …
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Apple, Samsung dominate J.D. Power’s smartphone satisfaction poll
Apple and Samsung don’t only have the most profitable smartphone businesses — they also have the most satisfied customers. The latest survey of American consumers …
Google beats expectations, posts $10.74 EPS on revenue of $14.9 billion in Q3
Google on Thursday slightly beat Wall Street expectations by reporting third-quarter earnings per share of $10.74 on revenue of $14.9 billion, thus besting the consensus …
Apple’s Retina iPad mini could be next to impossible to find at launch
The biggest “Will they or won’t they?” question for Apple fans heading into the holiday season will be whether the company will at long last …
A beginner’s guide to cord cutting
If you’re like a lot of people, then you may be less-than-happy with your cable TV provider. The good news is that you can now …
Samsung insider claims peculiar Galaxy Round is just a prototype
Do you think the Galaxy Round is a pointless gimmick that Samsung released just so it could say that it was the first-ever company to …
Intel expects super-cheap Haswell tablets, laptops by the holidays
Intel is about to make its big push into the world of tablet processors. Per ZDNet, Intel expects that we’ll start seeing very cheap new …
Video shows huge Xbox One speed improvements compared to Xbox 360
Good news for Xbox fans: It looks like booting up the next-generation console won’t take nearly as long as booting up the Xbox 360. A …
Verizon toys with same-day smartphone delivery option
Who wants to wait around for days just to get the new smartphone you ordered online? Verizon announced this week that it’s started up a …
Buffett tells Apple to ignore Icahn’s plea for a bigger buyback
In a not-so-shocking development, famous investor Warren Buffett thinks that Apple should ignore the advice of fellow famous investor Carl Icahn. Barron’s points out that …
Despite dismal results, HTC sticking with high-end smartphone strategy
To say that things have gone poorly for HTC in 2013 so far would be an understatement: The company released one of the year’s best …
Microsoft seen folding Windows RT into Windows Phone by 2015
Microsoft may not be planning to perpetually support three different operating systems after all. An unnamed source tells ZDNet that Microsoft will likely fold its …
Comcast’s latest subscriber shakedown
There are times when you just have to tip your cap to Comcast for coming up with creative ways of swindling its subscribers. The company’s …
Ireland mulls closing Apple’s favorite tax loophole
Apple’s luck with the Irish may be about to run out. Bloomberg reports that Irish finance minister Michael Noonan has pledged to change parts of …
Is the iPhone 5c a dud? WSJ says Apple is slashing orders
The iPhone 5c is starting to look like the closest thing to a hardware flop that Apple has released in a while. Unnamed sources tell …
Microsoft rumored to be making Windows Phone 8.1 a tablet-capable OS
For a long time, many analysts and observers have wondered, “What’s the point of Windows RT?” And if the latest rumors from Paul Thurrott’s Supersite …
HP CEO says Microsoft has gone from ‘partner’ to ‘competitor’
Stating the obvious doesn’t seem to be a problem for HP CEO Meg Whitman. Barron’s reports that Whitman told analysts on Wednesday that HP has …
Eight more arrested in Bitcoin drug den bust
Buying and selling illegal drugs on the Internet using a virtual currency isn’t as fun as it used to be. The Associated Press, via NPR, …
Sony mulled selling PS4 with Kinect-like Eye for same $400 price
There’s only so much money that Sony’s willing to set on fire. Per the Australian Business Spectator, it seems that Sony actually considered selling its …
IDC: Q3 PC sales weren’t as awful as expected
PC sales are still shrinking but they aren’t shrinking as quickly as previously feared. The latest numbers from IDC show that PC sales declined by …
Microsoft’s Nokia buy still won’t get key apps on Windows Phone
Microsoft’s decision to buy Nokia’s handset division signaled its intention to build its own smartphone hardware but this still isn’t enough to get Candy Crush …
Full HTC One Max specs seemingly confirmed in new leak
The HTC One Max ship has sprung another leak. Nowhereelse.fr editor Steve Hemmerstoffer has posted a picture on his Twitter account that purportedly shows the full …
Comcast now lets users record, watch shows through Twitter
Twitter may have found a good way to shore up potential revenue streams ahead of its IPO. BGR sister publication Variety reports that Twitter has partnered …
Barclays: Apple should make the iPad more like… the Surface?
Apple gets a lot of unique advice from excitable analysts, and the latest research note from the always-excitable Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes doesn’t disappoint. Per Barron’s, Reitzes …
Canadian pension fund CEO: BlackBerry sale ‘the most bizarre sales process I’ve seen’
If you have no idea what’s going on with Fairfax’s plan to buy out BlackBerry, don’t worry — prospective investors seem in the dark as …
Piracy isn’t destroying musicians’ ability to earn a living
Many musicians understandably hate online music piracy but there’s no evidence that it’s turning them into starving artists. Timothy Lee at The Washington Post’s Wonkblog …
Microsoft throws in the towel on Windows Phone YouTube app
Microsoft has had enough of wrangling with Google for the time being. WPCentral notes that Microsoft has updated its homemade Windows Phone YouTube app so …
Video: Schmidt claims Android is more secure than iOS, laughter ensues
Google chairman Eric Schmidt drew big laughs at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo this week but it most likely wasn’t on purpose. ZDNet reports that Schmidt told attendees …
Apple iPad event set for October 22nd
Apple is ready to talk iPad and the company will soon send out press invitations to let the world know that it will unveil its …
Microsoft designing ‘touch first’ version of Office for iPads
Although Microsoft has had its share of problems breaking into the mobile market, the company’s Office software is still the world’s most-used productivity software and …
