Advertising and bloatware are about to invade your Start Menu in Windows 10
Microsoft has done a tremendous job with Windows 10 in so many ways, which is even more impressive when you consider that the company’s prior release …
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 15 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.
His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.
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Captain America: Civil War pushes Marvel past $10 billion at the box office
Marvel’s latest superhero adventure is on pace to be one of the studio’s biggest to date, having now racked up more than $940 million globally …
Next-level tracking addiction: UPS shows exact package locations on a map
Newsflash: people love stuff. They have tons of stuff and they want more stuff. They purchase stuff online all the time, like this 4K Ultra HD …
11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
It’s the end of yet another long week, and there’s no better way to celebrate the upcoming weekend than by grabbing a bunch of paid …
To make the iPhone exciting again, Apple has to launch… an Android phone?
It’s time to make Apple great again! We have arrived at an interesting chapter in the story that is Apple. Sure the company is still pulling in far …
Hate Instagram’s new logo? Here’s how to get the old one back on your iPhone
Facebook-owned Instagram rolled out an updated version of its mobile app earlier this week and it has been making waves ever since. This is the …
45,000 people are demanding that Netflix do something it definitely won’t do
Netflix is one of the most universally adored services out there. Where as most companies have as many outspoken critics as they do fans, heaps …
These 3D models likely show us exactly what the iPhone 7 will look like
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are still months away from being announced, and Apple could really use a hit in light of …
12 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
We have big shoes to fill after yesterday’s batch of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free, but we think we’ve done a pretty good …
The hottest iPhone you’ve ever seen will never exist
Designing a flagship smartphone is beyond easy when you don’t actually have to design a flagship smartphone. Things like technological limitations melt away and the …
Guitar legend Fender launches first in-ear headphone line (and yes, they rock)
My name is Zach and I am a recovering musician. I began playing the guitar at a very young age and took to it immediately. …
Ditching Chrome for Opera can increase your laptop battery life by 50%
Chrome didn’t take very long to become one of the most popular desktop web browsers in the world, and it stole users away from Internet …
10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Today’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free comes a bit later than usual, but you’ll love it every bit as much as …
Images of all the new emoji that might be coming soon to your smartphone
Typically when a new emoji proposal comes over the wire, it’s not worth diving too deep into because there are no guarantees that the Unicode Consortium …
Instagram releases completely redesigned iPhone app
Surprise: Instagram just released a major update to its iPhone app that completely changes the look of the world’s most popular photo-sharing app. We saw …
iPhone vs. Android: Which phones are more likely to fail?
For the second consecutive quarter, a study has determined that Apple’s line of iPhones is far more stable than Android handsets. Mobile diagnostics company Blancco Technology …
Materiable is a shape-shifting digital interface that can behave like a liquid
A group of researchers have created the groundwork for a new type of interface that could someday change the way we interact with devices. Developed …
One look at this visualization will make you a climate change believer
Some day the climate change argument will be over and one side will emerge victorious, but that day almost certainly won’t come in our lifetimes. People …
George R.R. Martin explains why he kills all your favorite Game of Thrones characters
Just a few episodes into the first season of HBO’s Game of Thrones and viewers knew that they were watching something special. The show was an …
11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Today’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free follows the killer batch we had yesterday, several of which are still free downloads if …
New free app gives Uber users the most important feature they’ve been missing
Uber has been a game-changer. Not “game-changer” as in some random startup with an overpaid PR firm claiming its automatic cat feeder is a game-changer. We’re …
5 private details Facebook asks for that you shouldn’t share
Like Google, Facebook’s business is built around a simple design. It offers services to users for free, but those users are not Facebook’s customers. Instead, …
New unlimited VPN app for iPhone is designed to bypass censorship
If you live in the United States and you make use of a VPN service, the odds are fairly good that you’re using it because …
New app can tell you if your iPhone might’ve been hacked
It might seem like your precious iPhone is always at your side and it never leaves your sight, but that’s simply not the case. You …
‘Captain America: Civil War’ declares war on box office records
Marvel’s latest blockbuster superhero film divides the avengers in half and pits them against each other in an epic battle for the ages. But the …
10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Rumors are finally starting to heat up ahead of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus release, but we still have a long time …
So long, Siri: How to get Amazon Alexa on your iPhone
Apple’s virtual personal assistant Siri was unquestionably a groundbreaking feature when it first debuted on the iPhone. It got off to a rocky start — …
HTC profit plummeted nearly 80% ahead of HTC 10 debut
The pressure is mounting on HTC’s new HTC 10 flagship phone and Vive virtual reality headset following an abysmal earnings report for the first quarter of …
You’ll be riding in self-driving cars as soon as next year
Of all the industries that are currently undergoing actual disruption right now, the automobile industry has to be somewhere near the top of the list. …
The one thing Apple never gets right
No one can see the future but when it comes to Apple, some things are becoming surprisingly safe bets. For example, when Apple releases a …
