Wall Street unimpressed with Apple’s product announcements
It seems that investors were expecting something splashier than iOS 6 and the next-generation MacBook Pro. Although most major stock indices were down sharply today …
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Apple’s new iOS Maps service features turn-by-turn navigation, 3D maps, Siri integration
Apple’s new iOS Maps service features turn-by-turn navigation, 3D maps and Siri integration among many other features. The most impressive-looking Maps feature debuted by Apple …
Apple unveils next-generation MacBook Pro with Retina display
Apple on Monday showed off the next generation of MacBook Pro computers, complete with Retina displays, at WWDC 2012 in San Francisco. The new laptop …
MetroPCS scores Huawei’s first U.S. smartphone
Most Americans think of Huawei mainly as a network equipment manufacturer but the company does make smartphones as well. The Huawei Activa 4G will be …
Google Street View can keep up its Swiss watch, court rules
Anyone familiar with the Swiss knows that they’re a private sort of folk who don’t care much for the meddling of outsiders. This is a …
Facebook’s App Center comes online
Facebook on Friday launched yet another app store that consumers will be able to choose from, only this one provides them with apps that are …
Posner smacks down Apple, Motorola and the U.S. patent system
Judge Richard Posner, one of the most distinguished legal minds in the United States, sounds absolutely fed up with Apple and Motorola Mobility for wasting …
Bizarre Android malware disrupts bizarre Japanese girl-band election
Symantec recently discovered what it’s calling “bizarre malware” that has been created to infect Android phones of fans who are voting in Japan’s premier annual …
How Samsung could get its revenge against Apple
The word on the street is that Apple could file for a temporary restraining order against the Samsung Galaxy S III on Friday. Naturally, Samsung probably …
Verizon forms new industry group dedicated to hooking up cars with 4G LTE
Everyone agrees that it’s bad to surf the web while driving, but what if a car happens to double as a giant smartphone? Verizon is …
Asus G75VW heralds the coming of '5G Wi-Fi'
Mobile fans had better get ready, because there’s yet another wireless buzzword coming down the pipeline. As The Verge’s Jeff Blagdon reports, the new Asus …
Hulu Plus hits 2 million subscriber milestone
Hulu Plus now has more than 2 million subscribers just 21 months after first coming online. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced the milestone at an …
Newest Intel Core i5, i7 processors deliver up to 20% performance improvement
Consumer Reports has been playing around with computers using Intel’s newest generation of Core i5 and i7 processors and has determined that they deliver the …
RIM axes 16GB PlayBook
We hardly knew ye, 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook. The demise of the 16GB PlayBook, first reported by N4BB and later confirmed by Engadget, means that RIM …
Microsoft Windows 7 sales hit 600 million mark
Windows 8 may indeed be Microsoft’s biggest launch ever but that hasn’t stopped the company from making plenty of cash from Windows 7. Speaking at …
IPv6 goes live
Although the average web user won’t notice a difference, Wednesday marks a major milestone in the history of the Internet. Several major ISPs and tech …
Apple wants all new HTC Android phones barred from U.S.
The latest shocking twist in the Android Patent soap opera (“As the Droid Turns?” “The Young and the Wireless?”) is definitely going to ruffle some …
Verizon's unlimited 4G LTE data plans live on (for now, at least)
Although Verizon has said that it will no longer support grandfathered unlimited data plans for users upgrading to LTE smartphones, it seems some users have …
Apple looks to spoil Samsung's Galaxy S III party
Android fans waiting to get their hands on a Samsung Galaxy S III could be in for a rude awakening later this month. That’s because, …
New Microsoft tech means your smartphone will know you're not just another pretty face
Facial detection is a big emerging technology in the smartphone space and Microsoft Research Asia is working on staying at the cutting edge. Microsoft scientists released …
Leaked hardware parts list suggests big Mac lineup update
AppleInsider scored a leaked list of part numbers for new Apple hardware and it looks as though Apple is preparing a big refresh for the …
Dell exec engages in Ballmeresque iPad trash talk
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make underestimate the iPad. Per the Financial Review, it seems that Dell Australia managing director Joe Kremer doesn’t …
AT&T to sell $50 Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate starting June 10th
Not everyone wants to shell out $200 for a Samsung Galaxy S III, which is why AT&T is offering a much cheaper alternative with the …
Microsoft expanding $99 Xbox program to Best Buy, GameStop
$99 Xbox 360 consoles just got a little bit easier to find. Xbox Live programming director Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb said on Tuesday that Microsoft …
Android patent litigation roundup, featuring Google IP lawyers and the Samsung Galaxy Tab
It’s another day in the tech world, which means that there are lots of stories swirling around Android devices allegedly infringing upon patents. Hit the …
Prepaid iPhone coming to Virgin Mobile USA
Apple’s ever-popular iPhone will be coming to yet another prepaid wireless carrier this summer, according to a new Market Watch report. Citing unnamed sources, Market …
Oh the indignity: RIM sued over mobile pager tech
Can a patent suit be tossed out because it’s wantonly cruel? That’s a question a judge will soon have to deal with because Research In …
Ice Cream Sandwich slowly slinks toward double-digit Android adoption
Ice Cream Sandwich may have been billed as Google’s grand unifying version of Android, but so far it is still struggling to crack the 10% …
Facebook tries to friend youngsters, but not in a creepy way
Facebook is apparently trying to get kids 13 and younger just as hooked on its social network as teens and adults already are. According to …
Nintendo's Wii U GamePad aims to make gaming more social
Rightly or wrongly, gaming has always been viewed as a solitary activity, but Nintendo wants to make sure that Wii gamers never again have to …
