Microsoft Acquiring Xobni or Xobni Staying Put and Exiting Beta?
We’ve been using Xobni’s Outlook plug in Insight for several months now and it really does juice up Microsoft’s email client quite nicely. The lightning-fast …
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 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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Italians say 3G iPhone Soon, No Exclusivity
We’ve taken a pass on much of the 3G iPhone rumors floating around lately because, well, enough is enough. The latest one is of particular …
Live Pic of Mystery HTC Device Uncovered
…and it’s not a ridiculous giant joke this time. The pic above surfaced recently on Mobile-Review and it’s quite interesting to say the least. We …
Site-wide 15% Off Secret Sale at Handango
We hate bringing attention to Handango aka The "Dear developer, the mobile software industry is booming but we’re still upping our take to 50%" Software …
Psystar President Insists That He’s Not Robbing You
After the blogosphere did nothing short of tear Psystar apart limb from limb, rottweiler style, Forbes managed to wrangle an interview with the man behind …
Apple Responds to Complaints of Sneaky Software Installation Practices
Consider us impressed. Less than a month ago, Mozilla CEO John Lilly made some comments that equated Apple’s sneaky attempts to feed Safari to PC …
Motorola’s 2008 Roadmap Revealed
Once again, some loose lips at Moto have managed to leak some significant info. This time we have what appears to be a nearly full …
Nokia’s “Comes With Music” Model is Uncompetitive?
As 2007 came to a close, Nokia announced an exciting initiative that awarded a year’s worth of unlimited free music downloads to purchasers of a …
Comcast Still Hates Its Customers, Still Not Secure
Ooooooooh Comcast. If there’s one person whose service you probably shouldn’t terminate without cause and who you shouldn’t made idle threats against, it’s probably Dave …
Nokia Announces Q1 2008 Results
Nokia press released its financial results for Q1 2008 this morning and as expected, all is good for the Finnish giant. Almost, at least. As …
Quake Live Beta Accepting Applicants
Whether or not you’ve moved on to bigger and better things, any FPS fan has to pay some respect to the Quake franchise. First person …
AT&T Mobile TV (MediaFLO) Details, Price List and Launch Date
In our post last month containing live shots of AT&T’s MediaFLO on the LG Vu and Samsung Access, we also told you that the service …
Microsoft Surface Launches Tomorrow at Five AT&T Stores
We’ve all heard and seen so much about the Microsoft Surface over the past few months and now we’ll be able to see it in …
Parrot Shows Off World’s First NFC Speakers
Bluetooth, who needs it? The future of wireless communications between portable devices is here and exciting is an understatement. NFC, or Near Field Communication, has …
Sony’s 0.3mm-thick OLED Display is Insane
Ummmm, for real? If we didn’t see photos of this thing with our own eyes, we would’ve called shenanigans faster than Madonna can jump on …
Microsoft to Danger: Pwned!
It’s official; Microsoft announced that its acquisition of Danger has been completed. Danger of course is the company behind Sidekick client software and we’ve all …
Mowser Closes its Doors
After some recent posts concerning many difficulties that Mowser has been having of late, Co-founder Russell Beattie announced yesterday that the service would be closing …
Fring Releases Native iPhone Application
File this one under "friggin awesome". In a surprise move today, the folks at fring have announced the availability of a native iPhone application that …
S60 Webkit-based Browser Isn’t Going Anywhere
Regarding recent rumors that Nokia may be ditching the current Webkit-based browser found on S60 devices, Peter Harbeson of S60 clears the air: OK, (ouch) …
Sony Ericsson Leaks Z780
Oops! If you break out your bifocals you’ll see some products shots above of the upcoming flip phone that Sony Ericsson will be issuing in …
Caught in the Wild: More Live Pics of LG VX8610 for Verizon
Bye bye Chocolate, hello VX8610. We’re not sure what feisty nickname this puppy will end up with, but at least we can all be sure …
Truphone Wants To Own the World
…Or at least all of the VoIP and mobile calling in the world. In a pretty big move this past week, Truphone has announced an …
Hulu Agrees, Sharing is Caring
It has been a few weeks since Hulu became available to the general public and so far the internet video service has been met with …
“Amazon Tax” Soon to Become Reality in New York
It was only a matter of time before states began making moves to level the retail playing field when it comes to online stores. Barring …
Neo Geo Stick 2 Controller for Wii
Remember how jealous you were in elementary school of the rich kid up the block whose BMW-driving parents actually shelled out $650 so that he …
Commit a Misdemeanor to Avoid a Felony: T-1000 Cell Phone Jammer
Scenario: You’re sitting at a table in a decent restaurant enjoying a nice meal with your little lady when a cellphone at the table next …
Is S60 Saying Goodbye to its Webkit-based Browser?
Love it or hate it, the S60 Browser can be found on more smartphones in the world than any other browser. It was the first …
iChabber: First Native IM Client for iPhone to Support Gtalk and Jabber
While there are a few web app solutions for IM with Google Talk and Jabber support, there’s nothing like a little native application love. Web-based …
C2Call Introduces First True Browser-based VoIP
It seems like a new VoIP service pops up every few minutes in this day and age. In some ways that is a good thing …
NHL Launches Broadband Video Service as Playoffs Get Underway
Hockey fans rejoice! The playoffs are here, the Devils are playing the Rangers and all is good in the world of the NHL. Guess …
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