Apple just released its second iOS 8.3 beta to developers
iOS 8.2 still isn’t out yet but Apple has already released two different betas for iOS 8.3. Per MacRumors, Apple on Monday seeded iOS 8.3 …
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5 old-school smartphones that are still awesome to use, according to Android fans
The life of a smartphone is typically very short and it seems like even the hottest Android phone will seem obsolete after only a year. …
The MacBook Air is getting serious competition from an unexpected source
Dell seems to have gotten a lot more innovative ever since going private. Both Ars Technica and AnandTech have just published reviews of Dell’s new …
Sprint and T-Mobile have no future unless the FCC changes its approach to spectrum auctions
One of the more pernicious ideas that’s popped up in recent years is that spectrum auctions’ main goal should be to maximize revenue for the …
Microsoft just nuked Lenovo’s adware so you hopefully don’t have to
Lenovo has been justifiably catching a lot of grief this week for preloading dangerous adware called Superfish onto its computers that hijacks HTTPS traffic to …
Awesome timelapse video shows just how much effort cats put into being lazy
Anyone who owns a cat knows how much they love sleeping in the sun. An awesome timelapse video that was actually filmed three years ago …
Lenovo finally admits its sleazy adware ploy put its own customers at risk of being hacked
After news broke this week that Lenovo was putting dangerous adware on its computers, the company responded by removing the offending software from new machines …
There is no reason to buy a PC from an OEM anymore
If Lenovo’s epic adware debacle has reinforced anything for me it’s that there’s no reason whatsoever to buy a PC directly from any OEM anymore. …
Why Apple plans to give you unprecedented early access to iOS 9
Apple likes keeping things close to the vest but it turns out the company will do something unprecedented in the history of iOS to fix bugs: …
Comcast customer complains about data caps, Comcast rep tells him they’re ‘mandated by law’
You didn’t really think Comcast was going to let Time Warner Cable’s attempts to steal away some of its bad press go unchallenged, did you? Ars …
Why cut the cord? Cable stations just gave you another big reason
As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to cut the cord and rely on streaming services to get your TV fix, cable stations themselves …
Watch the tantalizing teaser for Mad Men’s final season
Mad Men has been one of the best things on TV over the last decade and this year the story of Don, Peggy, Pete, Joan …
Time Warner Cable out-Comcasts Comcast, calls customer a ‘c**t’ in letter
Time Warner Cable has been jealously watching Comcast soak up all the bad press and now it’s doing something about it. Ars Technica reports that Time …
Sony just unveiled the stupidest product in the history of the universe
We’re starting to think there’s something seriously wrong with Sony these days. In addition to its ridiculous looking new Google Glass rival, Sony this week …
How Lenovo single-handedly lit its reputation on fire this week
We’ve seen plenty of companies score own goals over the years, but this one is still quite a doozy. PCWorld reports that security researchers recently discovered …
Windows 8 vs. Windows 10: The biggest features Microsoft axed for its new OS
Windows 8 was definitely a polarizing operating system, which is why Microsoft is making some big changes for Windows 10 that are designed to appeal …
Has Jony Ive found a new way to abdicate his responsibility as a designer?
I don’t mean to pick on Jony Ive but… actually, yes, I do mean to pick on Jony Ive. Earlier this week I wrote about …
Wait, the 18-karat gold Apple Watch could make Apple how much money?
Earlier this week, our resident Boy Genius did some back-of-the-envelope calculations about how much money Apple could make with the upcoming Apple Watch, with a …
T-Mobile has been killing it for the last year – here are the numbers
After teasing us with a preliminary earnings estimate in January, T-Mobile on Thursday released its final earnings report on the fourth quarter of 2014 that …
You owe it to yourself to check out Google’s amazing Street View images of Greenland
You probably wouldn’t want to visit Greenland this time of year, which is why Google is letting you explore this gorgeous and remote landmass virtually …
Vengeful Bostonian buries his neighbor’s car in snow after it took his parking spot
Anyone who’s lived in Boston knows that we get very territorial about our parking spaces during blizzards, and with good reason. It takes a long time …
Ex-GM CEO says Apple has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to cars
Is Apple biting off more than it can chew when it comes to manufacturing its own car? Dan Akerson, a retired CEO of General Motors, certainly …
Little Caesars’ latest pizza may leave no survivors
Here at BGR, we absolutely love writing about fast food, particularly if it looks simultaneously revolting and delicious. This is why we were pleased as …
Motorola exec rips Jony Ive’s boneheaded criticism of his company
Jony Ive is a brilliant designer but he’s not immune from saying boneheaded things every now and then. 9to5Mac directs us to one particular passage …
You couldn’t pay me to use a smartwatch right now… but talk to me in 3 years
I’m usually the sort of person who gets very enthusiastic about new kinds of tech products when they first release. Digital music players, smartphones and …
Google employee posts horrifying video that will convince you to never buy a Nest smoke alarm
It’s a safe bet that Nest CEO Tony Fadell is not too happy with Google staff engineer Brad Fitzpatrick right now. Fitzpatrick last week posted …
Windows 10’s most potentially revolutionary feature
The traditional password system is due for a serious shakeup. Because so many people choose utterly boneheaded passwords that are easily hacked, websites are increasingly …
iOS App Store search forever changed with this awesome new tool
Let’s face it: The App Store’s app discovery functionality is terrible, mostly because it rewards apps that are already popular and doesn’t give you a …
These 100 people could be the first humans to fly to Mars… where they’ll very quickly die
While the idea of permanently leaving the Earth behind to take a one-way trip to Mars doesn’t appeal to a lot of us, thousands of …
This may be the best celebrity endorsement BlackBerry has ever received
Forget about Kim Kardashian and definitely, definitely forget about Alicia Keys. BlackBerry has received a ringing endorsement from author E.L. James, who wrote a good …
