Interview: Secret messaging app Confide wins new fans in the Trump era
It started with an email, which led to a swapping of voicemails, which led to several days of back and forth until the two professionals …
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Amazon slashes free shipping threshold back down to $35
Almost exactly one year ago, Amazon raised its free shipping threshold on orders to $49 for customers who didn’t subscribe to Amazon Prime. The move …
WWDC 2017 will be held from June 5-9 in San Jose
Apple on Thursday announced that its annual WWDC developer conference will be held from June 5th through June 9th in San Jose, California. San Jose …
As Apple stock hits all-time high, world’s richest investor thinks it’s going even higher
After reporting an increase in iPhone sales last quarter, and bolstered by mounting excitement for the iPhone 8, shares of Apple have been on an …
Samsung’s top exec is about to be arrested for allegedly bribing the president
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a massive scandal in South Korea could see the head of the country’s largest conglomerate jailed and the …
Giant credit card hack hits Arby’s because nothing is sacred anymore
According to a report from respected security journalist Brian Krebs, hundreds of Arby’s stores have had their payment systems hacked, compromising the credit cards of hundreds …
Apple poaches Amazon’s Fire TV boss to lead Apple TV business
The word “best” is never really an absolute in consumer tech since opinions, needs and wants vary so dramatically. When that word is tossed around …
Trump’s border tax would massively help Tesla
In recent weeks, Donald Trump has been kicking around the idea of an import tax on Mexican goods. The specifics are nowhere to be found …
Here’s the full list of 97 companies that just filed against Trump’s immigration ban
President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office have been tumultuous, to say the least. The biggest question ahead of the president’s inauguration last month …
How Snapchat and Facebook’s billionaires are changing rules to keep power forever
As part of the papers filed for its IPO yesterday, Snpachat’s parent company Snap revealed the ownership and power structure that the company will use …
Apple is destroying Samsung where it really matters
There’s no end in sight to the war between Apple and Samsung. In all likelihood, competition between the two will be healthier than ever this …
The one way Android will never, ever be able to compete with the iPhone
I have always been extremely careful when handling my smartphones over the years. My wife… not so much. Sure I have dropped my phones a …
Time Warner Cable ‘deliberately defrauded’ customers, New York State lawsuit says
On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court against Time Warner Cable and its new parent company, …
This is why T-Mobile is everyone’s favorite wireless carrier
The results are in, again. According to Nielsen Mobile Insights, which is comfortably the largest survey of cellphone customers,, T-Mobile has the best customer satisfaction, …
Day trader is betting his last $250,000 that Apple shares will crash today
One of the oldest adages about investing is that you can’t time the market. Sure, you can do your best to try, but if you’re …
Trump and Apple are on a dangerous collision course
Early Tuesday morning, the Financial Times published an interview with President Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro. The interview touched on a range of subjects — actually, …
Walmart’s going to war with Amazon with free 2-day shipping for everyone
The fight between Walmart and Amazon for control of the nation’s internet shopping habit isn’t going to be over any time soon. But Walmart is …
Apple could finally have broken its losing streak with the iPhone 7
Apple’s financial results have been bad for the past year, with revenue down for three straight quarters. For a company where increasing growth is normally …
Interview: Survios is pushing the boundaries of VR to go ‘beyond reality’
2017 is going to be another banner year for virtual reality, with a continued torrent of new content flowing into the mainstream and a steady …
Alphabet earnings show that it’s (very slowly) becoming more than just search
Alphabet released its earnings report for the recent December quarter and the results were largely impressive. While the company just barely missed Wall St. estimates with …
Verizon might merge with Charter, which is terrifying for anyone with an internet connection
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Verizon is considering a takeover of Charter, which itself recently completely a takeover of Time Warner Cable. …
It’s still really hard not to be Apple or Samsung
Samsung just posted the third most profitable quarter in company history despite the unprecedented recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 last year. Apple is expected …
T-Mobile employees share horror stories of lies and bill cramming in ‘wild outlaw’ stores
Former T-Mobile employees and managers have contacted BGR to confirm a previously rumored scandal: that across the country, certain unscrupulous T-Mobile sales reps lie to customers and …
Samsung earnings soar in Q4 despite unprecedented Note 7 recall
If one year for humans is the equivalent of roughly seven years for a dog, how quickly does a smartphone age in a year? Power …
New in-depth analysis suggests iPhone 8 will not support long-range wireless charging
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 8 won’t be unveiled for another eight months, give or take. By that time, however, we’ll already know practically everything there is …
Sprint just made Jay-Z rich
Early this morning, slowly dying wireless carrier Sprint announced that it has bought a 33 percent stake in Tidal, Jay Z’s nearly-dead streaming music service. …
Hugo Barra leaves Xiaomi, says China has ‘taken a huge toll on my life’
Smartphone startup Xiaomi began life as a peculiar beast. From within the safety of China, the company did all it could to copy every last detail of …
AT&T is losing cellphone customers, fast
AT&T is steaming ahead at full speed with its plan to merge with media company Time Warner. That’s probably a good thing for the company’s …
AT&T just raised activation and upgrade fees for the second time in 9 months
January 20th is Inauguration Day, and AT&T is making America great again by increasing the fees it charges customers to activate or upgrade their smartphones. Again. …
Android’s biggest strength is driving people to the iPhone
Once upon a time, a team of engineers began work on a mobile operating system called Android. The platform began its life as an uninspired BlackBerry OS …
