Facebook’s Android app wants to do strange things to your phone
In a post on Geektime, My Permissions CEO Olivier Amar points us to the new permissions in the Facebook Android application that are a bit …
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Spotify is about to get a whole lot smarter
Spotify announced on Thursday that it will be acquiring The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company that has helped power Rdio, Vevo, iHeartRadio and dozens …
Every single satellite orbiting Earth, in a single image
As we gear up for an era where space travel becomes more common thanks to the efforts of companies like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and …
2014’s smartphone slowdown is extremely painful for Apple
Apple’s profit growth has stalled. The company started an aggressive Chinese expansion program this winter to rejuvenate its iPhone division. Now IDC is sketching out a …
Tired of waiting for Google Fiber? Take matters into your own hands
If you aren’t on the list of cities Google is considering bringing into its fiber-optic cabal, you’re probably wondering if there are any alternatives. High-speed …
This could very well be the man who really created Bitcoin
According to Bitcoin lore, the cryptocurrency got its humble beginnings in a white paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” written by a man …
Google exec bashes Facebook for $19 billion WhatsApp buy
Google wanted to acquire WhatsApp but it couldn’t get the deal done. Now, Google is apparently venting some frustrations that Facebook beat it to the punch. While …
Apple awarded nearly $1 billion in huge court win, but judge won’t ban Samsung phones
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday delivered her final judgement on the damages awarded to Apple in its huge 2012 victory over Samsung. The …
One graph shows the slow death of big box electronics stores
Amazon and other online retailers are slowly bleeding big-box electronics stores to death, a fact made all the more obvious this week when RadioShack announced that …
New report suggests Ballmer screamed his way out of a job
By his own admission, outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is “big, bald and loud.” These are traits that have helped him impose his will at Microsoft …
The Sprint-T-Mobile merger has been put on ice
It figures: Just when we were starting to see one good reason for Sprint to acquire T-Mobile, the whole transaction has been put on ice. …
This awesome interactive map details the undersea cables that wire the entire Internet
If you’re reading this post right now, odds are good that you’re one of millions upon millions of people who access the Internet each day …
Get ready for unbearable full-screen ads on your iPhone
You know those horrendous full-screen ads that pop up on some news sites? The ones that hover there for a while until you angrily click …
Samsung pushed out of iPhone 6 chip production?
A new AFP report, which cites a Commercial Times story, says that A8 chip production for the iPhone 6 family of phones has started, with …
Meet the guy that hung up on Steve Jobs not once, but twice
The stories we hear about Steve Jobs, much like the stories we hear about any public figure, often paint him in broad strokes — as …
Scientific proof that trolls are ruining the Internet
Internet trolls are not a new phenomenon, but people have yet to find a way to effectively stop these woeful web goers from spoiling the …
After CEO outrage spawns BlackBerry-friendly T-Mobile promo, 94% ditched BlackBerry anyway
BlackBerry users were outraged when they learned that T-Mobile had launched a promotion enticing them to trade in their old BlackBerry smartphones in exchange for …
Man who helped draw up U.K.’s porn filters is being investigated for child pornography
To say that the U.K.’s Internet porn filter policy has been a predictably hilarious disaster would be understating things. The filters have blocked U.K. web users’ …
Chen says there’s a 50% chance his BlackBerry comeback plan fails
One of the things that’s been the most interesting about new BlackBerry CEO John Chen is that he’s been refreshingly blunt about some of the …
The worst argument for the Comcast-TWC merger you’ll ever read
If you ever want to find a skull-crushingly stupid opinion on anything, you normally need look no further than articles written by assorted Forbes contributors. …
The stupidest possible explanation of why the iPhone 5c is a flop
Regular BGR readers might notice that while we report on research from many industry analysts who cover Apple, it has been several years since we’ve …
How much did Samsung pay for the best advertising money can buy?
People are still talking about Samsung’s advertising campaign that took over the 86th annual Academy Awards. Some might say money can’t buy this much press, …
Review: ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ for PlayStation 3
South Park: The Stick of Truth is, among other things, the best episode of South Park I’ve seen in years. Matt Stone and Trey Parker …
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer will retire in September
Apple announced on Tuesday that longtime chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer will retire this year in September. He will be succeeded by Luca Maestri, Apple’s vice president …
Video: Facebook attacks Google’s balloons with drones
For obvious, ad-related reasons, both Google and Facebook are interested in bringing more people online, with each company having its own initiatives to offer affordable …
Government angry at Sprint for wiretap overcharges, sues carrier
The wiretapping business can be quite expensive for the U.S. Government, and a lucrative deal for carriers that have to comply to court-ordered surveillance operations …
Microsoft taps brain behind ‘Scroogled’ ads as chief strategy officer
Has Microsoft’s Scroogled ad campaign convinced you to switch to Bing yet? Probably not but that isn’t going to stop Microsoft from unleashing similar anti-Google …
Ellen’s Oscar selfie tweet breaks Obama’s retweet record
Ellen DeGeneres was not shy about using a Galaxy phone during Sunday’s 86th edition of the Academy Awards to take pictures of herself and others …
Al Franken warns against Com-Warner Cable merger, citing history of broken promises
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) warned regulators in a letter last week that the proposed merger between cable industry giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable should …
The Wolf of Wall Street: Separating fact from fiction
Were things really as crazy as Scorsese made them out to be? Ritholtz Wealth Management financial advisor and “Reformed Broker” Josh Brown recently went on Yahoo …
