AT&T announces $5 Netflix competitor to help stop cord cutting
AT&T (T) on Monday unveiled a new video-on-demand service for its U-Verse TV subscribers at its annual Developer Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company …
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Huawei unveils two new quad-core Android phablets
Huawei (002502) on Monday took the wraps off its colossal Ascend Mate and Ascend D2 smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The …
Mark Zuckerberg faces fine in Germany over Facebook privacy violations
Facebook (FB) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg could face a fine of $26,000 for not allowing German citizens to maintain anonymous identities on Facebook, The …
AT&T to launch $50 Pantech Discover on January 11th
Pantech (5125) is known in the United States for its budget-friendly smartphones and tablets, and the company on Monday unveiled its latest handset at CES …
iPhone 5 helped Apple capture majority of U.S. smartphone market for the first time ever
Apple’s (AAPL) smartphone market share has surpassed 50% in the U.S. for the first time ever, according to Kantar Worldpanel. The launch of the iPhone …
Google will once again foist Google TV upon the world at this year’s CES
Google (GOOG) and its manufacturing partners are once again going to try to make a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show. The company on Friday …
Amazon adds TV episodes from A&E Networks to its Prime Instant Video service
Amazon (AMZN) has spent the better part of 2012 beefing up its Prime Instant Video service. During the past year, the company brought the streaming …
Next-generation LTE chips to reduce power consumption by 50%
While voice over LTE technology is seen as the future of the mobile industry, recent tests have found that the it could reduce a smartphones battery life …
HTC CEO says his company’s smaller marketing budget is the top reason it’s getting killed by Samsung
HTC (2498) had a bad year in 2012. Despite releasing a number of high-end smartphones, the manufacturer posted reduced profits in each quarter last year. Samsung …
Waze said to have rejected Apple’s buyout offer
It isn’t often you hear about a small startup rejecting a buyout offer from the world’s most valuable company, but times may be changing. Earlier …
MacBook sales in the U.S. fell 6% during the holidays, Windows laptops were down 11%
Retailers offered heavy discounts on laptops from various manufacturers over Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving Day, but it wasn’t enough to entice consumers. According …
First leaked picture of the Samsung Galaxy S IV emerges
An image alleged to be of Samsung’s (005930) upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone was published on Friday by SamMobile. If authentic, the image reveals that Samsung …
Samsung, Nokia and others hit with fresh patent infringement lawsuit
InterDigital (IDCC) on Thursday filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Samsung (005930), Nokia (NOK), Huawei (002502), and ZTE (000063) for selling …
Huawei launches the Ascend P1 in the U.S. for $450 through Amazon
Despite its attempts to attract new customers with high-end phones, Huawei (002502) remains relatively unknown to U.S. consumers. The company is looking to change that …
Sprint will reportedly launch its own prepaid plans on January 25th
There are choices on the market if you are looking for prepaid options from Sprint (S). The carrier offers no-contract plans through two subsidiaries, Boost …
Facebook updates Messenger app to support voice messages
Facebook (FB) on Thursday released an update to its Messenger app on Android and iOS that will help the company further compete with services like …
Apple’s Q1 iPhone sales may hit 50 million as iPad sales climb to 24 million
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are down more than 20% in the past three months from highs in the $700 range. Despite guiding for a record …
‘iPhone 5S’ could feature new ‘touch-on display’ technology
The display Apple (AAPL) uses in the iPhone 5 could be replaced as soon as this year. It has been reported that the panel’s in-cell …
Samsung and Apple are still the only winners in the mobile market
The duopoly of the U.S. mobile market intensified dramatically in 2012. Despite increased efforts from Motorola, LG (066570), HTC (2498), Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) …
Apple reportedly not looking to buy Waze after all
Despite earlier rumors that claimed a deal was in the works, CNET and TechCrunch are both reporting that Apple (AAPL) has no plans to acquire …
Samsung forced to reveal Galaxy sales data to Apple
Samsung (005930) was found to have infringed upon six of Apple’s patents this past August and ordered to pay the company $1.05 billion in damages. …
Quick fix for Boot Camp brings Windows 8 to new iMac computers
Early adopters of Apple’s (AAPL) new iMac computers who chose the 3TB Fusion Drive model have been unable to use Boot Camp Assistant. The program, which …
Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs
It was previously reported that several Galaxy S III owners were experiencing problems with their devices. Users discovered that the flash memory in the handset was …
HTC rumored to debut flagship ‘M7’ smartphone at CES
HTC (2498) will reportedly unveil a new flagship smartphone code-named “M7” at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The rumor comes to us from XDA-Developers forum member “Football,” who …
Microsoft lashes out at Google’s decision to spurn Windows Phone
Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft (MSFT), took aim at Google (GOOG) and the company’s unwillingness to develop for Windows Phone …
50 million Android and iOS devices activated in last week of December alone
The latest numbers from analytics firm Flurry suggest that Android and iOS flourished in the last week of the 2012. The firm previously estimated that roughly …
HTC says licensing agreement with Apple will lead to better devices in 2013
Apple (AAPL) and HTC (2498) signed a 10-year licensing agreement in November that covered all current, pending and future patents and ended the ongoing litigation …
Thieves stole more than $1 million worth of Apple products during a New Years Eve heist
As the world celebrated the New Year, masked men forced their way into an Apple (AAPL) retail store in Paris and made off with an …
Five tech resolutions for 2013
As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, millions of people around the world vowed to make changes to the way they live their …
Galaxy Note II sales hit 1 million in South Korea
Despite initial complaints that Samsung’s (005930) original Galaxy Note smartphone was too big and too clunky to ever see success, the handset sold through the roof …
