Cord-cutter streaming services are off to a flying start, but how long can they last?
2017 was the year that live TV streaming services came out of the nerd corner and truly became mainstream. AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Hulu’s Live TV, …
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Everyone loves their unlimited data plans
Something unexpected happened last year: all the big carriers started offering unlimited data plans again, after unceremoniously dumping them three years ago. In response to …
Netflix is growing faster than anyone expected
Netflix added far more customers over the holidays than Wall Street analysts expected, the company announced as part of its quarterly earnings. Netflix added 8.33 …
T-Mobile’s customer service is its biggest success story
Since John Legere took control of T-Mobile in 2012, the carrier has orchestrated a remarkable turn-around. Through launching the Un-Carrier initiative, T-Mobile turned its scrappy …
Amazon raises monthly Prime subscription price from $10.99 to $12.99
If you pay for Amazon Prime month-to-month rather than on a yearly basis, your budget is about to take a hit. On Friday, the online …
Interest in new iPhones at a historic low, study suggests
The cornerstone of Apple’s eye-watering profits remains the iPhone. While Apple’s other business divisions are growing at speed, the unbelievable profit margins that Apple rakes …
Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘deeply apologizes’ for iPhone battery ‘miscommunication’
In an interview with ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered an apology to “anybody that thinks we had some kind of other motivation” …
Study claims AT&T and Verizon are ‘still feeling the pain of unlimited’
AT&T and Verizon both introduced Unlimited plans early in 2017, thanks to pressure from T-Mobile and Sprint. The move made sense to prevent a customer …
The iPhone X just extended Apple’s lead over Samsung
In the run-up to the iPhone X launch, all the analyst chatter revolved around one topic: How big of a success the iPhone X would …
Shocker: Community-owned broadband is cheaper and better than Big Cable
This is another one of those pieces of news you’re going to need to take sitting down: Big cable companies are not, in fact, Good. …
Is the era of copying Apple’s every move finally over for Android phone makers?
Apple wasn’t the first company to release a smartphone, but it completely upended the industry when it finally entered the market in 2007. Companies like …
Verizon says tax cut won’t increase network investment
Donald Trump’s big tax cut bill was, according to the White House, supposed to drive investment and jobs in America. Cut corporate taxes, so the …
Crypto-currencies take huge dive as South Korea considers ban
All the major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple, have taken huge hits in the last 12 hours. The global cryptocurrency market is down nearly …
Uber had a secret program that froze company computers if the police raided an office
Not too long ago, there was great scene on the television show The Americans wherein a Russian spy, fearful that the FBI was about to …
Google just acquired a startup that transforms screens into speakers
Remember when Apple ditched the standard 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone and it said the reason was “courage”? Yeah, that wasn’t the reason. The …
Uber is paying up to $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with NYC drivers
When Uber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi took up the reins last year, he faced an intimidating to-do list. Uber had legal quarrels with everyone from Google …
It’s still unclear what Apple plans to do with its billions in overseas cash
Apple over the past few years has found itself in an interesting and enviable position; thanks to the raging success of the margin-friendly iPhone, Apple …
AT&T just dumped Huawei’s flagship, and that’s a big break for Samsung’s Galaxy S9
For years, there’s been a big hole missing in the US Android phone market. Samsung is the undisputed champion, and the only company making any …
GoPro shares fell 30% after it announced the end of its drone business, and it could be seeking a buyer
In a statement today, GoPro announced that it’s killing off its drone division and laying off 20 percent of its workforce. The camera-maker cited intense …
New leak again shows how Samsung’s Galaxy S9 will copy Apple’s smartest iPhone strategy
Back in mid-December I wrote a piece about how after all these years of copying Apple, it appeared as though Samsung was finally going to …
At least 6 major providers are hiking pay TV prices – here’s what you can do about it
This will surely come as a shock, so we hope you’re sitting down: pay TV prices are rising. Crazy, right!? All joking aside, cable and …
Intel knew about massive chip vulnerability when CEO sold $24 million worth of company stock
A little more than a month ago, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sold approximately $24 million worth of Intel shares, a sale that nearly eradicated Krazanich’s …
Uber has lost $22 billion in value in the last year
SoftBank, a Japanese tech and telecoms consortium, has acquired a 13-15 percent stake in Uber, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal is good news …
This Galaxy S9 news could make Apple’s bad day even worse
Apple shares are down nearly 3 percent on Tuesday, following a report that the company is planning to slash forecasts for iPhone X sales in …
The next few weeks will be crucial for Bitcoin
2017 has been huge for Bitcoin. At the start of the year, the currency was trading for about $900 per coin. It bumped along, hitting …
Everyone hates cable TV, not just young people
The common narrative for cable companies is that cord-cutting is all the fault of those gosh-darn millenials. If they’d just stop pirating shows and sharing …
Amazon has bought smart doorbell company Blink
Amazon has acquired Blink, a company that makes smart home camera and doorbell products, the company announced today. Blink hasn’t been around for long — …
Google’s first CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down as Alphabet’s executive chairman
Eric Schmidt, Google’s first CEO and longtime executive at the company, is stepping down from his current role as executive chairman of Google parent company …
AT&T will give bonuses to 200,000 workers to celebrate tax cut
AT&T has been one of the most vocal proponents of President Trump’s new tax bill, so it makes sense that it didn’t waste any time …
One Senator makes a good case for breaking up Comcast-NBC
The current trend in the telecoms/media industry is for the giant cable companies, which distribute content, to merge with the actual owners of said content, …
