Atari is planning to build the video-game themed hotel of your dreams
I have a lot of fond memories of owning an Atari 2600 console as a kid, a couple decades before consoles were even as remotely …
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The thing Apple fans hate most about the iPhone isn’t really a problem at all
Apple turned the smartphone industry on its head back in 2007 when it released the original iPhone. All the major players back then would see …
Apple just posted one of the biggest all-time quarterly profits ever
Wall Street regularly braces itself each quarter when it’s time for Apple to report earnings again, a release that’s always closely watched and the subject …
Apple is working on a massive acquisition that would be a game-changer
Apple’s streaming video service Apple TV+ has been live for almost three months now, a span of time during which the iPhone maker has spawned …
Meet the most important Apple executive you’ve never heard of
Within Apple, there’s a story about Tony Blevins — the iPhone maker’s tough, take-no-prisoners executive in charge of supplier negotiations, known as the Blevinator for …
Here’s what you need to know about the Sonos mess, which just got more confusing
If you’ve seen our Sonos coverage over the past several days, you’re already aware that the audio equipment company has a serious, high-profile mess on …
Comcast is raising cable prices again ahead of its Peacock streaming service launch
Comcast is about to try and insert itself in a major way onto the battlefield of the Streaming Wars, ahead of the company’s launch of …
Some want to boycott Sonos after the company killed support for older speakers
One of many angry Sonos customers decided to take to the audio hardware company’s Facebook page on Wednesday, venting in a post all of her …
Netflix CEO promises the service will never have ads
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took some time out of Tuesday afternoon’s presentation of the streamer’s fourth-quarter earnings — during which it revealed some headline-making viewership …
Huawei is barred from using Google Maps on its phones, so this is what it will use instead
Maps are obviously one of the core apps relied on by the average smartphone user, not only to help them navigate from Point A to …
Netflix is going to spend more than $17 billion on original content in 2020
With Disney+ and Apple TV+ both having made their debuts, and Peacock, HBO Max, and others slated to launch in the coming months, you might …
GameStop’s holiday sales tanked because we’re all waiting for the PS5 and Xbox Series X
The chief executive of GameStop was blunt in his assessment of how the video game retailer performed during the all-important holiday quarter that ended earlier …
Apple could be the first $2 trillion company by the end of 2021, analyst predicts
This year is going to be another busy one for Apple, with everything from 5G support coming to the new iPhone 12 series, as well …
Spectrum’s home security fiasco shows how big cable keeps screwing customers
We’ve written often about all the myriad ways that cable companies find to screw their customers, from terrible service to larding up bills with sketchy …
Apple just slashed the estimated trade-in values of iPhones, Macs, and more
If you’ve got an older iPhone you’ve been planning to trade in soon for credit toward your next Apple purchase or maybe for an Apple …
The iPhone 11 is helping Apple do something it hasn’t done in a long time
For several quarters, Apple has suffered through a slump in iPhone sales in one of its most important markets — the biggest consumer electronics market …
Your pay TV bill is going up yet again this month, because the industry is out of ideas
Some things never change. The hatred of Mondays. The joy of Christmas. And how, with inexorable regularity, the cable industry — in the face of …
Sonos sues Google for patent infringement and wants a ban on key Google hardware
Sonos dropped a bomb on Google while the latter was busy with all things CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, with the audio company …
Ex-HBO boss responsible for ‘Game of Thrones’ now working with Apple TV+
Richard Plepler, the former HBO boss whose list of projects he’s brought to fruition reads like basically a list of every TV show you loved …
Amazon threatens to fire employees who speak out about its climate policies
Three months after Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced its signing of “The Climate Pledge” — which is a promise to meet the goals …
Of course AT&T is outsourcing thousands of jobs after getting a massive tax cut last year
It’s bad enough that AT&T cut thousands of jobs (after promising to create thousands of new ones) despite saving a reported $3 billion thanks to …
Shockingly, Congress passed a law banning one of the cable industry’s most despised practices
It’s no secret at this point that Big Cable is a dying industry, hemorrhaging so many paying subscribers and jacking up prices on those poor …
T-Mobile is apparently considering a merger with the cable giant of your nightmares
Outgoing T-Mobile CEO John Legere has made a central focus of his time in the corner office at the so-called Un-carrier be all the things …
Surprise: Facebook just leaked data from more than 267 million US users
Two bits of Facebook news that both popped at week’s end should underscore how much awesome power the biggest social network in the world still …
Foxconn workers made $43M selling iPhones made from stolen parts
Apple’s Taiwan-based manufacturing partner Foxconn has apparently caught wind of a fraud ring that it’s now investigating, with the participants having involved some managers at …
Leaked memo reveals some of the things you hate most about airlines are coming to Amtrak
Come January, Amtrak is reportedly going to start borrowing even more from the playbook of airlines and importing some of that industry’s hated practices like …
Samsung refutes its own executive’s claim of one million Galaxy Folds sold
Well, it seems there’s one more bit of news related to Samsung’s much-maligned Galaxy Fold handset that we’re likely going to end the year on. …
GameStop kicks off a 10-day sale this Sunday with big discounts on games, consoles and more
The window is closing fast on the amount of time we have left to shop for presents for our loved ones. If you’ve got a …
iPhone shipments took a big hit in one of Apple’s most important markets
Here’s the thing about how important of a market China is to Apple when it comes to iPhone sales. According to data prepared by Bloomberg, …
AT&T is losing tons of customers, so of course it’s raising its prices again
Heads up, AT&T customers. We’re just a few weeks away from the start of a new year, which will bring changes to many of your …
