Can BBM revive BlackBerry?
BlackBerry shocked Wall Street on Thursday by delivering a much narrower loss than expected. The company is now growing its cash pile even though it …
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BlackBerry posts narrower than expected Q1 loss as smartphone sales improve
BlackBerry on Thursday morning reported earnings that beat the Street’s expectations by a significant margin, suggesting that the company’s cost-cutting measures are paying off more quickly …
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Apple and Samsung reportedly near a patent truce
Apple and Samsung may be closer to a ceasefire when it comes to their never-ending patent wars, according to a report from The Korea Times. …
Google spills some new details about how Android Wear will work
Google published a video on Wednesday introducing future developers to Android Wear, the platform on which many of the most anticipated wearables will run in …
Elon Musk: Yes, we should fear Terminator-style artificial intelligence
Elon Musk doesn’t invest in many companies, but when he does, you should probably pay attention, especially when that company is an artificial intelligence company. …
AT&T CEO says Sprint/T-Mobile merger isn’t happening
When AT&T tried to acquire T-Mobile back in 2011, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that there was no way AT&T should be allowed by regulators …
Microsoft busted trying to pay bloggers to write nice things about Internet Explorer
Microsoft has been making a lot of smart moves lately, but this is a blunder that brings back grim memories of the Clippy era. TechCrunch founder …
YouTube prepares paid music service, blocks labels that don’t sign on
After months of speculation, YouTube has finally confirmed the existence of its subscription service for music, but unfortunately, not everyone is on board. As Robert …
Kanye West has a stupid theory about why Apple bought Beats
Kanye West is known for saying and doing some silly things so it shouldn’t surprise us that his take on why Apple “really” decided to …
The senate is still trying to jam through its hugely controversial cybersecurity bill
The federal government refuses to let one of the most controversial Internet bills ever conceived die. CISPA, as it was known when it was introduced in …
Game of Thrones finale shatters piracy records with 2PB of illegal downloads
The finale of the fourth Game of Thrones season shattered all previous illegal download records, TorrentFreak reports. First, a quarter-million people shared a single file at …
New details emerge on Samsung’s Oculus-like virtual reality headset
If there is one characteristic that has defined Samsung over the past few years, it’s the company’s willingness to try absolutely anything. If a rival …
The ‘Netflix for Books’ just launched on Android
If you’re a hefty reader who isn’t overly attached to physical books then you may want to check out a new app that promises to …
Check out these rare pictures from inside Amazon’s enormous warehouses
It’s not every day that reporters get a peek inside one of Amazon’s warehouses, but thanks to a great article from Wired, we can get …
There’s a very good reason Apple has taken so long to release an iWatch
We’ve been hearing reports of Apple developing an iWatch for years now but the company still hasn’t released it yet and probably won’t until this …
Time Warner Cable can’t even handle the most basic Internet service: Delivering emails
It’s not unusual for email services to occasionally go down. But to have them go down for days on end without any official estimate of …
How to be completely anonymous online
Being anonymous online is very difficult in the current Internet landscape that’s filled with companies and government agencies looking to either keep tabs on your …
One chart shows how much of a killing Apple will make with the iPhone 6
Apple is expected to launch not one but two completely redesigned iPhone models in 2014. According to a number of solid reports, the first will …
New bill unveiled to kill Internet ‘fast lanes’ once and for all
The Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality plan has been controversial to say the least and now a newly unveiled piece of legislation aims to stop …
Google’s eye in the sky will help it predict when the next iPhone will launch
While Google is paying only $500 million for satellite imaging company Skybox Imaging, the purchase may be a lot more valuable for Google’s future because it’ll help …
Apple settles massive $840 million price-fixing suit
Apple at one point vehemently denied that it was involved with an alleged eBook price-fixing scheme that drove up the cost of eBooks. Now, the …
Wireline isn’t the only net neutrality fight you should care about
U.S. regulators are apparently considering whether to take a fresh look at wireless and wireline networks and whether to apply the same net neutrality rules …
Meet movie studios’ worst nightmare: IsoPlex, the free torrent-streaming movie app
Popcorn Time is an amazing online service that allows users to stream movies online free of charge instead of downloading them via Torrent services. Basically, …
CNBC: If Sprint and T-Mobile merge, the new company will ditch the name ‘Sprint’
With Sprint continuing to shed subscribers and its brand losing more and more steam with each passing quarter, it looks like owner SoftBank will take …
5 things you probably don’t realize Facebook knows about you
When it comes to privacy, Facebook is hardly a shining beacon. Despite efforts in the past few months to clear up its image, it continues …
Here are all the lucky places where Comcast is testing home broadband caps
You know how much you love your Comcast service? Well then just wait until you start getting hit with overage fees for using it too …
Samsung is in talks to buy Nuance, the company behind Siri’s speech recognition
Nuance Communications, one of the biggest names in speech recognition, might be heading to the highest bidder before long. The Wall Street Journal reports that …
The single biggest reason Apple is still in a class of its own
Apple haters may not want to admit it but Apple’s business model is working out very well, and not just because it’s helping Apple continue …
Hilarious: John Oliver now wants FCC Chairman to prove he’s not a dingo
A few weeks ago, John Oliver’s net neutrality appeal during his HBO show went viral, convincing many Internet users to leave comments with the FCC …
These are the secret patents Microsoft used to squeeze billions out of Android vendors
Microsoft’s return to the mobile space following the epic downfall of Windows Mobile has been slow going so far. In fact, the company’s Windows Phone …
