Apple’s $147 billion cash pile accounts for 10% of all U.S. corporate cash
So it seems as though Apple has been doing pretty well for itself over the past few years. Per The Wall Street Journal, Moody’s now …
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BlackBerry filing shows that company is falling apart everywhere in the world
When BlackBerry 10 first rolled out, many believed that the platform could be successful even if it never caught on in the United States as long …
Study suggests Microsoft’s ‘Bing-it-on’ claims are false [updated]
Surprise! It turns out that people who take Microsoft’s “Bing it on” challenge don’t actually prefer Bing to Google by a rate of 2-to-1. Yale …
Comcast seen increasing speeds solely as a way to further gouge customers
It’s true that Comcast has been aggressively boosting the speeds on its network, but it may only be a pretense for getting its customers to …
Apple moves closer to joining Google, Intel in the cable-killing game
We’re starting to get a better sense of Apple’s ambitions for television in the future. AppleInsider points out that Apple has now hired Jean-François Mulé, the …
Microsoft may take a page from Samsung’s playbook with multiple Surface models
Microsoft may have learned a thing or two from watching Samsung work its magic over the years: If at first you don’t succeed try again …
Google seemingly close to settling EU antitrust case
Google looks like it’s about to skate it yet another antitrust probe. The Wall Street Journal reports that Joaquín Almunia, who serves as the European Union’s …
Microsoft owes Nokia a giant ‘thank you’ card: Windows Phone surges in Europe
Windows Phone adoption has been surging in Europe, thanks mostly to the efforts of Nokia. Kantar Worldpanel’s latest data on European smartphone market share shows …
Study: The Galaxy Note 3 looks like the world’s best smartphone display
While it’s fashionable to mock Samsung for building its smartphones with cheap-feeling plastic, even its detractors admit that the company knows how to build terrific …
T-Mobile keeps gaining steam on ‘uncarrier’ plans, iPhone launch
Evidence keeps piling up that American consumers really do want an alternative to traditional wireless carriers. A new report from Kantar Worldpanel shows that T-Mobile’s …
Former Microsoft privacy advisor: ‘I don’t trust Microsoft now’
It’s doubtful that Microsoft will recruit its former privacy advisor Caspar Bowden to help it come up with witty one-liners for its next round of “Scroogled” …
Why Ford CEO Mulally could be the right person to lead Microsoft
With Stephen Elop’s tenure at Nokia now shrouded in controversy, Microsoft may be looking in a different direction when it comes to picking its next …
NSA admits that analysts spied on their love interests
When Sting wrote “Every Breath You Take,” he probably never imagined that someone in the future could literally act out the song word for word. …
Video: Microsoft ditches dancing, unveils a strong Surface 2 ad
Microsoft’s marketing campaign for its original Surface was undoubtedly one of the worst for a major product launch in recent memory: Instead of showing people …
Apple reels in Nike Fuel Band designer to help with wearable computers
Apple’s about to get a big boost in the wearable computing department. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has hired top Nike Fuel Band and Flyknit shoe …
Verizon and AT&T’s data caps have made LTE a waste of money
I remember when I used to be excited about LTE. It was going to be a super-fast wireless technology that would deliver broadband speeds over …
Google looks to scoop up engineers in BlackBerry’s hometown
Former BlackBerry employees may want to get their résumés in order: Google is coming to town. Reuters reports that Google’s Motorola Mobility division is setting …
Fairfax boss helped triple BlackBerry CEO Heins’ golden parachute this year
When it comes to golden parachutes, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop may have nothing on BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins. Reuters reports that BlackBerry’s board of …
BlackBerry’s Q2 earnings as ugly as expected
BlackBerry released its second-quarter earnings report on Friday and it’s just as bad as the company warned us it would be last week. On the …
UK government wants Google to block piracy sites like it blocks child abuse pics
Watching an unauthorized Game of Thrones torrent is now apparently on par with downloading child pornography. PC Pro reports that United Kingdom members of parliament …
iPhone 5c already selling at a discount in China
Apple may never have had any intention of selling a budget smartphone but its iPhone 5c is already on its way to becoming one in …
Third-party Android browser forms ‘anti-Google alliance’ with rival search engines
Dolphin, a third-party mobile browser that runs on Android and iOS, is apparently tired of seeing Google reign as the de-facto king of the Internet. …
Apple’s record-smashing iPhone sales seen as split evenly between 5s, 5c
There have been a lot of different estimates about the breakdown of last weekend’s 9 million iPhone sales but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks …
Microsoft plans single app store for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone
This could be just the thing that Microsoft needs to reignite developer interest in Windows Phone: A common app store for its multiple platforms. Unnamed …
Survey shows developer interest in Windows Phone is actually shrinking
Steve Ballmer might want to break out the checkbook and start an extra big “Developers, developers, developers!” chant. IDG News, via CITE World, reports on a …
Longtime manufacturing partner plans on ‘disengaging with BlackBerry’
In the latest depressing round of BlackBerry news, AllThingsD reports that longtime BlackBerry manufacturing partner Jabil Circuit is looking to end its relationship with the …
Apple releases iOS 7.0.2 to fix security flaw
iOS users can breathe easy: You won’t have to worry about someone bypassing your lock screen. Per 9to5Mac, Apple on Thursday released iOS 7.0.2, the …
Chart shows how Android is more responsible for BlackBerry’s downfall than iPhone
The typical narrative surrounding BlackBerry’s current woes is that the company reacted far too slowly to the threat that the iPhone posed and thus planted …
Samsung says it’s not developing smartphone fingerprint scanners yet
Samsung may have been willing to release a gold Galaxy S4 but it’s apparently not willing to follow Apple into the realm of putting fingerprint …
There’s only one company left making Windows RT tablets… and it’s Microsoft
Microsoft is about to have a 100% market share on Windows RT tablets. As Business Insider notes, Dell has stopped manufacturing its Windows RT-based XPS …
