What’s driving Apple anxiety: ‘There have been no gee-whiz products in the Cook era’
Given its history over the past decade, it’s easy to see why investors have come to expect Apple to turn the whole tech market on …
Articles by Brad Reed
HTC still won’t say if the One is ever coming to Verizon
Verizon subscribers who are looking to own one of the world’s hottest Android phones may have to wait quite a bit longer to get their …
Asus plans to beat PC malaise with mix of Chromebooks, Android tablets
With the PC industry in decidedly bad shape lately, PC vendors have been looking for alternative ways to generate revenues in a computer market that’s …
Apple hits a brick wall in emerging markets as carriers balk at iPhone terms
Apple may be developing a lower-cost iPhone to sell in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, but it’s increasingly having difficulty finding wireless …
Barclays: Apple ‘is about to change the narrative’ with new products
The past few months have been tumultuous for Apple, which has seen its shares sink in value and has provided little buzz for new products …
Google shares close at all-time high of $861.55
The irrational exuberance that surrounded Apple shares last fall has apparently shifted over to Google. Google shares closed trading on Monday at an all-time high of $861.55, …
Image of first 8-inch Windows tablet leaked by Amazon
Anyone holding out for lower-cost Windows tablets may not have that much longer to wait. PCWorld reports that an image and product description for the …
The genius of Samsung ads: Even the most gimmicky features look like must-haves
One of the big criticisms leveled at Samsung after its admittedly ridiculous Galaxy S4 launch in March was that its new device didn’t contain anything …
Next Xbox won’t force users to stay online to play games
Good news for Xbox fans: Microsoft has decided to not commit commercial suicide by forcing gamers to have an Internet connection just to play games. …
Bill Gates: Apple’s ‘frustrating’ iPad should be more like Microsoft’s Surface
The iPad may have the highest customer satisfaction ratings of any tablet in the world, but Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates thinks that many of its …
SNL mocks Google Glass as a device for hapless dorks
When your product is being ridiculed on Saturday Night Live long before it actually releases, it’s safe to say that you’ve got a major potential …
Samsung tones down the iPhone bashing in latest Galaxy S4 ad [video]
A year ago, when Samsung was still scrapping to make itself a household name for smartphones, it had an obsession with bashing both Apple and …
Microsoft’s new plan to boost Windows Phone: Sell dirt-cheap Lumias at Walmart
Windows Phone has been far from a rousing success so far, but that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from trying to goose sales of Windows Phone devices …
Mozilla shows off ported version of Unreal Engine 3 in Firefox browser [video]
Mozilla is out to show that it wasn’t just blowing smoke when it said it wanted to bring console-quality games directly to your web browser. …
Bargain-bin smartphones vault ZTE into the top 5 in U.S. market share
The iPhone 5. The Galaxy S4. The HTC One. The BlackBerry Z10. These are the smartphones that we’ve been reading about obsessively for the past …
Lord help us: Reddit gets a Google Glass app
If you thought Google Glass was a major potential distraction before, just wait until Glass users start spending hours getting cute cat pictures projected onto …
Warner Bros. sued for copyright infringement by Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat creators
Warner Brothers and its fellow content distributors have made a habit of suing others for alleged copyright infringement, but now it seems the tables are …
Why Google Glass is worth doing even if it goes down as the next Segway
Google Glass has taken a lot of criticism this week from people who think that it will go down as a piece of technology that …
Why Apple’s cheaper iPhone might be mid-range, not bargain bin
We’ve been hearing rumors about Apple releasing a cheaper iPhone for a while, but J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz this week has made a compelling case …
BlackBerry Q10 early sales reportedly strong in Canada
It looks like BlackBerry fans really do love their physical keyboards. Barron’s points us to a new note from Jefferies analyst Peter Misek, who claims …
Time Warner Cable eyes Aereo-like service as way to ditch expensive bundles
As amazing as it sounds, it seems that Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt really does understand that customers are sick and tired of forking …
Obama’s new FCC chairman isn’t a reflexive shill for carriers, but he’s still a bad pick
When I first learned that President Obama had nominated the former president of CTIA and the National Cable Television Association to be the next chairman of …
Curved Apple batteries could pave way for thinner iPhones, iWatch
In Apple’s seemingly endless quest to make its products lighter and thinner, the company may have come up with a clever way to save space …
Jelly Bean overtakes Ice Cream Sandwich, but still trails moldy Gingerbread
Slowly but surely, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is inching its way toward overtaking the two-and-a-half year old Gingerbread as the dominant platform version of Android. …
Netflix content chief says piracy drops whenever Netflix launches in new markets
Netflix’s chief content officer has a novel way to combat online piracy: give people easy and affordable ways to access content. In an interview with …
‘Dorky’ Google Glass compared to the Segway, pocket protectors
Is Google Glass the next major revolutionary portable communications device or is it just a novelty item that will be used by socially awkward dorks? …
Dish chairman hits back at SoftBank, says Sprint will need ’employees who speak English’
Just one day after SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son attacked the Dish Network over its plan to buy U.S. wireless carrier Sprint, Dish chairman Charlie Ergen hit back …
Mega exec predicts new apps will double website’s users to 6 million
Kim Dotcom’s Mega file-sharing site could get a mega boost with the launch of its mobile apps. New Zealand’s Stuff reports that Mega chief executive Vikram …
HTC One seen holding its own against Galaxy S4 marketing barrage
The biggest question for the HTC One hasn’t been whether it’s good enough to go toe-to-toe with Samsung’s Galaxy S4, but whether it can survive …
New Google Glass video shows off swipe-based controls [video]
Google has provided us with another tantalizing glimpse into how its Google Glass headset will look from a user’s perspective. In a new “Getting Started” …
