Think Comcast’s service sucks now? Just wait until it merges with TWC
If they weren’t being paid ungodly sums to shill for one of America’s most hated companies, I’d almost feel sorry for Comcast’s top PR execs …
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Apple Store insults customer with awful anti-gay slur printed on receipt
Apple Stores are perhaps the most respected retail establishments in the world, racking up more revenue per square foot than any other large retail chain on …
Ingenious new smartphone prototype can be charged using only sound waves
Tired of being on the go and having to search for an outlet you can use to recharge your phone? If researchers at Nokia and …
Google spends a ton of money just to keep sharks from eating its underwater cables
Google already spends a lot of money deploying and maintaining its massive network of undersea fiber cables that it uses to help handle the enormous …
Our best look yet at Samsung’s upcoming VR headset
There’s little doubt that the Galaxy Note 4 will be Samsung’s centerpiece at the IFA 2014 trade show next month, but the smartphone maker might …
Will Apple really get away with charging $800 for a 5.5-inch iPhone 6?
Mobile handset industry blogger demigod Horace Dediu has just made two fascinating points about the upcoming iPhone 6 phablet, referred to by some as the …
Google nearly walked into a trap that even BlackBerry knew to avoid
Last month, when we heard the suggestion that BlackBerry should team up with HP to give its devices more of a presence in the enterprise, …
The reversible USB cable you’ve been dying to own has finally been completed
Apple fixed one of the most frustrating things about owning an electronic device when it released the Lightning connector, and now the USB 3.0 Promoter Group …
Comcast customer tries to cancel service, gets put on hold for over 3 hours until office closes
The hits just keep coming for Comcast. It was bad enough when Ryan Block recorded the infamous customer service call from hell and when another Comcast …
Alleged idiot killer asked Siri to help him hide his roommate’s corpse [Updated]
Siri is a lot of things to a lot of people, but we don’t think we’ve ever seen it as a potential accomplice to murder …
Apple pays tribute to Robin Williams with beautiful dedicated page
The world suffered a tremendous loss earlier this week when actor and comedic genius Robin Williams died of an apparent suicide at age 63. Various …
Why the iWatch is riskier for Apple than you think
So we’re now pretty certain that Apple will release its iWatch… well, sometime before the end of the year. In the buildup to its release, many …
Comcast: It’s ‘insulting’ to think there’s anything shady about us paying $110,000 to honor an FCC commissioner
Comcast really, really doesn’t like it when you talk about the enormous piles of cash it’s burning to jam its proposed merger with Time Warner …
Man tries ‘liking’ literally everything on Facebook for 2 days and the results were horrifying
Scrolling through a Facebook news feed can be a depressing experience. From the countless ads to the naive friends sharing links to Onion articles they …
Hilarious video compilation of botched FedEx deliveries will make you laugh and cry
We’ve seen plenty of videos featuring awful FedEx deliveries over the years but we don’t think we’ve ever seen them put together in one horrifying …
Remember when everyone said Apple was ‘doomed?’ Now it’s Samsung’s turn
My, how things change. Over the last couple of years, many Wall Street analysts have been predicting “doom” for Apple, highlighted by Global Equities Research analyst …
Awesome smart motorcycle helmet raises more than $650K in a single day
The next gadget to take crowd-funding sites by storm is the Skully AR-1, a smart motorcycle helmet that needed to raise $250,000 by September 9th to …
You need to check out these beautiful pictures of last night’s incredible ‘supermoon’
We’re due to get one more “blood moon” occurrence later this year but last night we were treated to a lunar phenomenon that doesn’t look …
This hideous Sony Google TV remote is Apple’s poster boy for terrible design choices
Apple’s dedication to simplicity and elegance has been evident for quite some time. From the company’s first computers to its most recent portable devices, Apple …
The one thing you absolutely need to do to get bogus Comcast charges refunded
Comcast’s PR issues are far from over following that customer care call from hell that went viral. A similar recording published online by a Comcast …
Travel in Westeros would be so much easier with this proposed Game of Thrones subway system
Complex transit maps are usual daily sightings, but few of them are actually artsy, as they have a more useful purpose in mind. However, graphic designer …
A comedian is writing a novel that’s comprised solely of Yelp reviews
A comedian is posting reviews on Yelp that are part of a bigger scheme, Grub Street has discovered. Instead of writing simple reviews for the places …
Scoring a Moto 360 will be much easier in the U.S. than anywhere else
Motorola is going to launch the Moto 360 this summer, at least in the U.S., but the device may arrive a lot later in some …
Here’s a brand-new luxury smartwatch that you can preorder right away
There’s a brand new luxury smartwatch in town, and it’s not coming from any of the usual players you’d expect to release such a device …
Forget the iWatch: This red-hot ‘smart shoe’ is the only wearable computer you need
It’s fair to say that wearable tech hasn’t quite caught on yet. Google Glass ignited the conversation, Android Wear has shown a great deal of potential and …
These amazing self-folding robots are the closest thing to Transformers we’ve ever seen
Who says Transformers will never be real? Researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed some incredible robots that are capable of folding themselves up until they’re …
Yahoo wants to encrypt all of your email, with Google’s help
Yahoo will offer its users full end-to-end email encryption and compatibility with Google’s own end-to-end email encryption at some point in 2015, CNET reports, as …
Teen takes selfies every day for 7 years, creates incredible compilation video that shows him growing up in 90 seconds
Kids grow up much too quickly, as the old saying grows. However, we don’t think we’ve ever seen a kid grow up quite so quickly …
Samsung’s most useful smartwatch ever is coming next month
Samsung has already released five different smartwatches over the last year to varying degrees of success, but Yonhap News is reporting that the South Korean vendor is …
George Takei shows how to give yourself a physical with your smartphone
Oh myyy: George Takei, the famous Star Trek actor and social media icon, has just released a sweet new video in which he talks with …
