China approves Google's Motorola buy, demands Android remain open
The United States Department of Justice approved Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this past February, but the massive deal awaited the blessing of …
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Amazon shops Kindle Fire home screen to advertisers
Amazon is reportedly meeting with advertisers to pitch the idea of welcome screen ads on its popular Kindle Fire tablet. The retail giant is asking …
Nokia sells New York headquarters
Nokia has sold its New York headquarters, located north of Manhattan in an industrial area outside of White Plains, New York. Purchased six years ago …
Amazon's 10-inch Kindle Fire tablet due in Q3, report claims
Amazon’s second Kindle Fire tablet, an updated model with a 10-inch display, will launch in the third quarter this year according to a recent report. …
Microsoft offers free Xbox 360 to PC buyers
Microsoft is looking to bolster sales of Windows-powered computers this summer by offering students a free Xbox 360 video game console with a qualifying PC …
Facebook hit with $15 billion privacy suit on IPO day
Facebook is officially a public company as of Friday morning shortly after 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and what better way to celebrate the milestone than …
Microsoft Kinect transformed into surgical assistant
Microsoft’s Kinect motion and voice-based controller accessory was launched with gaming in mind, but researchers have taken the technology in a number of different directions. …
Windows Phone overtakes iPhone in world's largest smartphone market
Analysts repeatedly harp on how important China is for Apple’s iPhone. The Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant’s iPhone 4S launched in China earlier this year …
Apple's next iPhone may feature one of Steve Jobs's last designs
Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone may be one of the last products unveiled by the Cupertino, California-based technology giant that was designed by Steve Jobs. The company’s …
Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million
Samsung said earlier this year that is hoped to sell 10 million units of its smartphone-tablet hybrid, the Galaxy Note, in 2012. End-user sales reached …
HTC to beat Apple patent predicament with custom Android builds
HTC is in a tough spot as two of its new flagship smartphones — smartphones it desperately needs to make available in the United States as it …
Nearly half of Facebook users will never click ads
The effectiveness of Facebook’s advertising was called into question earlier this week when General Motors confirmed that it would be pulling the $10 million the …
Windows Phone shows signs of life
Microsoft’s mobile platform has not been the blockbuster success the Redmond, Washington-based technology giant was hoping for thus far. Google’s Android OS and Apple’s iPhone …
Facebook prices IPO at $38, valuation set at $104 billion
Facebook on Thursday set the share price for its initial public offering at $38. Shares of Facebook will begin trading on the NASDAQ exchange after …
HP may cut 25,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard is reportedly mulling a massive workforce reduction that will see as many as 25,000 jobs cut from the company. Bloomberg cites unnamed sources in …
AT&T, Verizon look to further squeeze subscribers as earnings soar
AT&T noted record smartphone sales when it posted a monster holiday quarter to close out 2011, and the carrier came back in the first quarter …
'iPad mini' reportedly nears production
Apple’s display suppliers are reportedly preparing to undergo a certification examination as rumors surrounding a smaller version of Apple’s wildly popular iPad tablet continue to …
BitTorrent piracy found by study to boost music sales
A recent study found that contrary to arguments repeatedly posed by major record labels — and perhaps contrary to logic as well — BitTorrent piracy …
Apple, on Siri complaints: Buy a different phone
Some believe Siri is a driving force behind Apple’s record-breaking iPhone 4S sales, but not everyone is impressed with the Cupertino, California-based company’s virtual assistant. …
A match made in heaven: BlackBerry PlayBook and… Windows Phone? [video]
What do you get when you cross a struggling vendor’s debut tablet with a mobile operating system that has spent the past 18 months running …
HTC EVO 4G LTE review
Successfully launching an iconic smartphone is a daunting task, and following up a blockbuster flagship phone launch is even more difficult. Apple and Samsung might …
Android fragmentation gets visualized, again
Android’s rise to the top of the mobile operating system food chain as measured by device proliferation has been remarkably swift, but not without its …
Apple patent spats finally pay off
The launch of Sprint’s flagship EVO 4G LTE has been delayed indefinitely and supply of AT&T’s flagship HTC One X will be constrained as a …
Apple's next iPhone will have a 4-inch display, WSJ says [updated]
Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone handset will reportedly feature a larger display that measures “at least 4 inches diagonally.” Mirroring numerous earlier reports, The Wall Street Journal on …
Torrent-busting 'Pirate Pay' may be illegal
A Russian startup that received $100,000 of funding from Microsoft made headlines recently as its emerging efforts to battle digital piracy found their way to …
Google+ is a ghost town, study says
Google’s emerging social network Google+ may boast big user numbers, but a new study suggests that social activity and user engagement are anything but impressive. …
'iPad mini' to be ultra-thin thanks to new touch technology
Apple’s much rumored “iPad mini” will reportedly utilize new touch panel technology that allows the device to be thinner than previous models while also managing …
The Holy Grail of TV: Dish's automatic commercial skipping angers networks
Dish Network made no friends among the major television broadcasters last week, but it will likely pique the interest of tens of thousands of consumers …
Next-gen iMac said to include Retina display
Apple’s next-generation iMac will reportedly feature a new high-resolution Retina display according to a recent report. Earlier this week, reports emerged claiming that Apple is …
Unreleased MacBook Pro, iMac revealed by benchmarks
Unreleased versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers have appeared in a Geekbench database maintained by benchmark testing software provider Primate Labs. Designated as “MacBookPro9,1” and …
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