BlackBerry CEO wary of producing a PlayBook sequel
The BlackBerry PlayBook was not one of BlackBerry’s (BBRY) more successful products, which is why CEO Thorsten Heins is understandably wary about producing a sequel …
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg now most-liked CEO as Tim Cook plummets in rankings
Tim Cook is still well-loved by Apple (AAPL) employees — he’s just not as well-loved as he was a year ago. Glassdoor’s most recent CEO …
Verizon’s Redbox Instant video streaming now available to general public
Netflix (NFLX) just got an intriguing competitor this week now that Verizon (VZ) has brought its Redbox Instant video streaming service out of beta and …
‘Awkward’ Windows 8 not yet stopping the consumer rush toward tablets
Microsoft’s (MSFT) attempts to merge desktop and tablet functionalities with Windows 8 have left it with an “awkward” operating system that consumers have been slow …
Samsung said to be planning a ‘great escape’ from Android
You may have noticed that Samsung (005930) rarely said the word “Android” on Thursday while unveiling its new Android-based Galaxy S 4 flagship phone. And …
Samsung succinctly shows off Galaxy S 4’s features, sans tap dancing [video]
Amazing but true: Samsung (005930) can show off all the Galaxy S 4’s new features in under five minutes, and without elaborate dance numbers. In …
Microsoft’s Surface marketing has been bafflingly bad
Now that we know the Surface has likely sold well below Microsoft’s (MSFT) own expectations, it’s fair to ask, “What went wrong?” Well, a lot …
Samsung CEO knocks Microsoft for ‘lackluster demand for Windows-based products’
It’s a pretty safe bet that Samsung (005930) CEO J.K. Shin doesn’t see Microsoft (MSFT) as Samsung’s top partner. In an interview with The Wall …
Rubin’s departure paves the way for Android-Chrome merger
Andy Rubin’s departure from his post as Google’s (GOOG) Android boss on Wednesday was surprising because Android under his watch has steadily risen to become …
New BlackBerry Work Space service separates work, personal data on iOS and Android
There’s apparently a new slogan at BlackBerry (BBRY): If you can’t beat ’em, integrate ’em. BlackBerry on Thursday announced Work Space, a new feature for …
BlackBerry 10 only offers 34% of the most popular iOS, Android apps
As we’ve said many times before, BlackBerry 10 has an app problem. And now PCMag has taken the time to figure out just how big …
BlackBerry projected to sell at least 2 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones per quarter in 2013
We’ve seen a number of promising signs for BlackBerry (BBRY) lately and now Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski has delivered one of the more bullish projections …
Samsung was never an underdog – it was a sleeping giant that has now been awakened
In its commercials, Samsung (005930) likes to portray itself as the scrappy newcomer that’s risen from humble beginnings to challenge Apple (AAPL) for the title …
LG undermines Samsung, places even larger billboards above Galaxy S IV ads in Times Square
LG (066570) seems to have adopted the same clever guerilla marketing techniques that have served Samsung (005930) so well over the past year. Per Engadget, …
Why graphene speakers could become the audio industry’s new gold standard
We’ve heard a lot about graphene being a “wonder material” that could be used for smartphone casings and antennas, but now it seems that some …
Apple marketing chief bashes Android one day before Galaxy S IV launch
Apple (AAPL) executives don’t typically engage in public trash talking, but Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller on Wednesday lashed out at the rival Android operating …
Galaxy S IV to feature same GPU technology used in iPhone 5
While there hasn’t yet been a formal teardown of Samsung’s (005930) upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone yet, we can now confirm what technology it will …
BlackBerry says an unnamed partner has ordered 1 million BlackBerry 10 phones
Continuing our run of good news for BlackBerry (BBRY), the company on Wednesday announced that an unnamed “established partner” has agreed to buy 1 million …
Android’s steady march to 1 billion activations gets visualized
In addition to announcing that Andy Rubin would be leaving his role as Android boss today, Google (GOOG) CEO Larry Page also announced that his …
Samsung said to have no ‘interest in seeing the Windows Phone platform succeed’
If it looks as though Samsung (005930) isn’t putting that much effort into selling Windows-based devices, that might be because it isn’t. Per Barron’s, a …
How Google Glass could look more fashionable
Google’s (GOOG) Project Glass is one of the more intriguing gadget concepts that we’ve seen in recent years, but it does come with a fairly …
Supply orders indicate BlackBerry Z10 has been an ‘unqualified success’ so far
As we’ve said before, BlackBerry’s (BBRY) goal with the Z10 isn’t to catch up with iOS and Android overnight but to simply live to fight …
Samsung’s smartphone marketing Death Star spent $402 million in U.S. last year
One of the reasons Samsung (005930) has all but crushed its rival Android vendors has been a series of first-rate advertisements backed up by its Death …
Georgia legislature kills bill that would have clamped down on municipal broadband
The dire threat of public broadband lives on in Georgia. Consumerist reports that Georgia’s state legislature has shot down a bill that would have barred …
Certification filing suggests HTC One soon coming to Verizon
The HTC (2498) One is one of the best-looking Android devices we’ve seen in a while, but there is one downside to it — so …
Google shows off Gmail, third-party apps for Google Glass [video]
We have no idea whether Google (GOOG) Glass will actually become a popular accessory, but at least we now know that it will have access …
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to lift ban on cellphone unlocking
Amazing but true — commonsense ideas are still capable of getting bipartisan support. A bipartisan coalition of senators this week introduced legislation that would lift …
Google to pay $7 million to settle Street View data collection privacy case
Google’s (GOOG) Street View data collection practices have gotten it into legal hot water throughout the world and on Tuesday the company agreed to pay $7 …
FCC approves T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger
Sorry, AT&T (T) — it seems that the Federal Communications Commission is willing to let T-Mobile merge with another company after all, as long as …
Apple warned to spice up the iPhone 5S or risk becoming ‘boring’
How do we know that Apple (AAPL) is facing its most intense pressure ever in the smartphone space? Because longtime Apple watchers like iMore’s Rene …
