Investors still optimistic about the iPhone X amid falling stock prices
Apple’s shares are down nearly 10 percent since the iPhone X unveiling, from $165 as Craig Federighi messed up the Face ID demo, to $150 …
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Uber ends service in Montreal as regulatory crackdown continues
Uber has announced that it’s ending operations in Montreal, just days after its license to operate in London was revoked by city authorities. It’s the …
Equifax CEO Richard Smith decides to retire after destroying the trust of 143 million Americans
Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who was paid a salary of nearly $12 million, has decided that allowing the leak of personal information on 143 million …
Elon Musk isn’t worried about Mercedes’s $1 billion electric car investment
Whereas iconic CEOs like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates famously abhorred competition and did everything in their respective powers to squash it — sometimes using …
iPhone X sales likely to skyrocket once Apple gets a grip on production issues
Apple would have certainly preferred to launch the iPhone X alongside its brand new iPhone 8 models, but Apple’s next-gen smartphone is understandably a tad …
T-Mobile and Sprint will complete merger within weeks, report says
Rumors have been swirling for months about a T-Mobile/Sprint hookup, but things are getting very realistic, very fast. A new report from CNBC quotes sources who …
The nightmare T-Mobile Sprint merger is close to happening
Sources have told Reuters this morning that T-Mobile is “close to agreeing tentative terms on a deal to merge with peer Sprint,” bringing us one step closer …
Mercedes-Benz is making a $1 billion bet against Tesla
Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is spending $1 billion to start the production of electric vehicles at a factory in Alabama. Blockbuster investment …
Google is buying the heart of HTC’s smartphone division for $1.1 billion
Google and HTC have announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement between the two companies, which will send a large part of HTC’s smartphone engineering team …
Apple is about to score a multi-billion dollar deal to fix its iPhone storage problems
One of the most boring tech stories of the year has been the imminent sale of Toshiba’s memory chip division. The Japanese company has been …
Equifax has been sending hack victims to a fake phishing site
If you’re feeling lost and confused following news of Equifax’s recent data breach, don’t worry: not even Equifax’s own customer service knows what’s going on. …
Young Americans will be the death of cable TV
The best data we have suggests that cord-cutting — ditching cable TV for streaming services — is happening faster than anyone foresaw. But in case …
HTC schedules major announcement as Google takeover rumors intensify
HTC has issued a trading halt on its stock, effective tomorrow, as it’s set to make a major announcement to shareholders. The announcement ties in …
Media giant Viacom dodges bullet over massive security breach
Viacom, the media conglomerate that owns Paramount, Comedy Central, MTV, and hundreds of other properties, has had a giant security flaw exposed by a security …
T-Mobile is raising its throttling threshold to a massive 50GB
T-Mobile just published a blog post announcing changes to its Unlimited plan, and for once, they’re actually good. The prioritization threshold — the amount of …
T-Mobile and Sprint are reportedly talking about a merger… again
As the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States, T-Mobile and Sprint have been casually chatting about a merger for a long, long …
The iPhone X’s astronomical price might be to blame for supply shortages
Apple announced the iPhone X in a blockbuster presentation last week. But we’re still left with some uncharacteristically big questions for Apple about its new …
Throttling streaming video is a cost-cutting move for Verizon
Verizon recently pulled an unpopular U-turn over streaming video, introducing new restrictions to its unlimited plans that limit streaming video to 480p standard definition. Analysts …
Nintendo Switch outsells PS4 and Xbox One in the US once again in August
Nintendo’s incredible rebound year got even better this week as The NPD Group on Thursday released its sales report for the month of August, revealing that …
Samsung just tried to steal some of the iPhone X’s thunder, and it really didn’t work
Today is the day tens of millions of Apple fans around the world have been eagerly anticipating for months. That’s right, it’s new iPhone day! …
Did Unlimited plans actually slow Verizon’s network?
Early this year, Verizon launched a fantastic Unlimited data plan. Months later, it abruptly turned one plan into two, and tacked on a bunch of …
Equifax is already facing the largest class-action lawsuit in US history
Hmm, who could have seen this coming? Less than 24 hours after Equifax revealed that all of its customers’ personal info had been plundered by …
‘5 Features Apple’s iPhone 8 Needs to Beat Android’ is the stupidest thing I’ve read all week – come relive it with me
We’re less than a week away from seeing Apple unveil its hotly anticipated next-generation iPhone lineup, including the iPhone 8. Apple’s redesigned flagship iPhone has …
Here are the biggest reasons Verizon customers want to switch
Among the Big Four wireless carriers, T-Mobile is alone in having customers who a vague amount of loyalty. 23% of T-Mobile customers wouldn’t switch for …
New survey claims the iPhone 8 could be Apple’s biggest flop in years
The iPhone 8 is supposed to be a huge moment for Apple. Not only is it going to be the 10th iPhone launched, the marker …
Tesla is in hot water with the US government after employee complaints
Tesla made electric cars cool, helping to usher in the gas-free transportation revolution and proving that it might be possible to break free from our …
What is T-Mobile going to reveal next week?
T-Mobile is having a good few months. The company is aggressively expanding its network coverage, winning customer loyalty, and to top it off, its biggest …
Best Buy is expanding same-day delivery to take on Amazon
The most annoying thing about shopping online is that you have to wait a while to get your order delivered. The major online retailers out …
Apple just told the FCC what we’ve all been thinking about net neutrality
Net neutrality, or more specifically the Trump FCC’s attempts to butcher it, are a hot topic lately. FCC chairman Ajit Pai has laid out a …
Best Buy wants to send salespeople to your house
As big box stores continue to struggle to lure customers through their doors, Best Buy is taking an interesting approach to ensuring its brick-and-mortar locations …
