Desperate RIM considering Windows switch, says report
Things have gotten so bad for RIM that the company is willing to look at Nokia’s strategy for guidance, Reuters reports. Citing unnamed sources, Reuters says that …
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FCC smacks Comcast for hiding standalone broadband option
Cable companies just love to sell bundled services for one important reason — it makes them buckets of money — but Comcast last year made …
Next iPhone will be ‘biggest product launch in consumer electronics history’
Surprise! An Apple product is already getting absurd amounts of hype months before its release. Per StreetInsider, the latest batch of Apple hype comes from …
Nokia CEO voices regret surrounding recent company decisions
RIM isn’t the only former smartphone giant that’s hurting, as Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has been getting hammered lately as well. And according to Asymco’s …
WSJ details RIM’s long, sad decline
How resistant were executives at RIM to changing with the times? So resistant that, according to former Bank of America Securities analyst Brian Blair, they …
Samsung’s Galaxy series bests iPhone for top smartphone sub-brand
Although smartphones based on Android have typically sold more overall units than iOS-based smartphones, Apple’s iPhone has long been the top individual smartphone sub-brand, easily …
Google Chrome coming to iPhone, iPad
Just one day after releasing the final version of Google Chrome for Android, Google announced that it is releasing Google Chrome for iOS on Thursday …
Analysts on RIM Q1 earnings: Expect a bloodbath
Things haven’t been going well for RIM and they likely won’t get any better when Thursday’s earnings report comes out. All Things D has talked with …
T-Mobile gives businesses the option of getting throttled or paying overage fees
T-Mobile on Wednesday said that business users who consume more than their plan’s monthly allotment of HSPA+ data now have two options: They can either …
Google Chrome for Android hands-on: Asses kicked, names taken
Google has effectively ended the debate over which mobile browser Android fans should use on their smartphones and tablets — the answer is Chrome. And …
Chrome for Android out of beta, available now on Google Play
Google is trying to end the debate over which mobile browser works best for Android by releasing the mobile version of its popular Chrome browser …
Sprint’s LTE network to go live in five cities July 15
Sprint has been selling 4G LTE smartphones for weeks now and soon it will finally have LTE services to go with them. The company on …
Google teases more details about its Glass project
Google Glass, Google’s tantalizing glasses headset that projects images and data directly onto users’ eyes, got its own segment at Google I/O Wednesday even though …
Google announces tablet version of Google+
Google today announced a tablet-specific version of its Google+ social network. Among other things the new tablet applications will feature Hangouts that automatically switch cameras …
Google announces Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Google showed off some killer new features for its Android operating system at Google I/O on Wednesday with its rollout of Android 4.1 (“Jellybean”). The …
One-third of cord cutters say they’ll never go back to cable
It seems that a good number of people who have unsubscribed from cable or satellite television services never want to go back. According to a …
Web privacy guru designing anti-spying iPhone app
It seems there’s a new app for iPhone users who feel like they’re being watched. Per Technology Review, the new Silent Circle iOS app encrypts …
Hundreds of Rogers employees face the ax
Canadian wireless giant Rogers Communications will be cutting at least 400 more jobs soon after letting 300 workers go earlier this year, the Financial Post reports. …
Smartphone market to grow 38% in Q2 2012
Market research firm Strategy Analytics now projects that smartphone shipments will grow 38% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2012, although the firm cautions that growth …
Patent trolls cost companies $29 billion in 2011
Patent trolls — that is, entities that purchase patents in bulk and sue other companies for infringement despite not making any products of their own — …
Firefox for Android hands-on: Vastly better than Android’s default browser but weaknesses remain
One of the downsides of being an Android user is having to scrounge around for a mobile browser alternative since the Android default browser is …
Woz goes to bat for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has never been one to shy away from courting controversy, even when it’s at the expense of his former company. This …
BlackBerry 10 BBM images leak
Purported images of Research In Motion’s next-generation BlackBerry Messenger application have been leaked online. N4BB, which has been on a roll lately with BlackBerry 10 scoops, …
New Firefox for Android app promises speedier browsing; now available for download
Everyone knows that the default browser on Android devices leaves a lot to be desired but so far no browser has emerged as the clear …
Facebook scraps Find Friends Nearby app after one day
Facebook has pulled a new application designed to help users make friends in their areas. The new Find Friends Nearby application that uses a device’s …
Gmail iOS app gets Notification Center support
Long-suffering iPhone Gmail users had their prayers answered Monday as Google announced support for Apple’s Notification Center on its iOS Gmail app. In other words, …
Facebook changes users’ email addresses to their own
How many people out there use Facebook as their primary email service? Although the answer is “not many,” Facebook is trying to change that by …
Two LulzSec hackers plead guilty to hacking charges
Two LulzSec hackers may soon learn that it’s easier to break into government databases than it is to break out of jail. Ryan Cleary, 19, and …
Microsoft Yammer acquisition gets official
The rumors were true: Microsoft is indeed buying business-centric social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion, or $200 million more than early rumors indicated. A presumably …
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update now finally live
The Samsung Galaxy S II, the still-popular older brother of the Samsung Galaxy S III, has finally graduated to Android 4.0. Although some AT&T customers …
