Major outage takes down multiple Google services [updated]
No, it’s not just you who can’t access Gmail. At approximately 2 p.m. ET on Friday, multiple Google services went down including Gmail, Google+, Hangouts …
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BlackBerry turns up heat on Ryan Seacrest, tries to block Typo sales [updated]
BlackBerry is not messing around, Ryan Seacrest. IDG News, via InfoWorld, reports that BlackBerry this week asked a court in California to block all sales …
Why I’ve learned to never count out Microsoft
I’ve taken my fair share of shots at Microsoft over the years but thankfully I’ve never been foolish enough to label the company “doomed.” If you …
How Facebook plans to tear down Google’s online empire brick by brick
Facebook has ambitions that go well beyond being just a social network. In fact, the company has designs on becoming a ubiquitous online powerhouse with …
Facebook gives best possible response to ridiculous Princeton study
Earlier this week we highlighted a study from Princeton that used Google search trends to predict that Facebook would lose 80% of its users by 2017. The study seemed …
Samsung wants to dial down mobile marketing for a change
Samsung on Friday told analysts that it plans to cut its mobile marketing this year in order to keep it relative to revenue, Reuters reports, …
Samsung posts weaker Q4 2013 earnings, says smartphone and tablets still strong
Samsung on Friday posted its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2013, missing estimates and confirming the unaudited numbers it revealed a few weeks …
Scammers slap Apple logos on floor tiles, sell them as iPads
Everyone’s heard of getting your iPad bricked but what happens when your iPad gets tiled? The answer, it turns out, isn’t that it becomes a …
EU court says Nintendo can’t stop users from hacking its consoles
There has been plenty of discussion lately on how Nintendo can recover from its downward spiral, but none of the potential solutions have included allowing …
Here’s how Netflix is thinking of changing subscription prices
For the past year, Netflix has been experimenting with different pricing schemes. Back in December, Netflix began offering a $6.99 plan that was standard-definition and …
Microsoft crushes expectations with EPS of $0.78 on revenue of $24.52 billion
Microsoft on Thursday posted an EPS of $0.78 on revenue of $24.52 billion for its second fiscal quarter of 2014, thus crushing the consensus forecast …
Now that net neutrality is dead, only Netflix can save us
In a move that shocked no one, a United States appeals court hammered the final nail into net neutrality’s coffin last week. Also not particularly …
Man who wrote entire book on Google+ has no idea how to stop it from spamming him
It’s one thing to be a frustrated Google+ user. It’s another thing to be a frustrated user who happened to write an entire book on …
Sony Xperia Z1S review: Does the Uncarrier finally have its Unphone?
It’s understandable if you missed the unveiling of Sony’s revamped Xperia Z1S for T-Mobile in early January. After all, it was buried in a sea …
Pope calls the Internet a ‘gift from God’
And you thought Al Gore invented the Internet… According to a statement released by the Vatican on Thursday, Pope Francis has called the Internet a …
Apple looks to out-Google Google with mood-based targeted ads
To some, Google’s acquisition of Nest brought visions of a terrifying (and perhaps, “evil”) future where the advertising giant tracks our every move and serves …
One last gift for Microsoft: Nokia’s smartphone growth has collapsed
After a couple of quarters of promising growth, Nokia’s smartphone unit sales suddenly shrank from the third quarter last year to the Christmas quarter of 2013. …
Nokia’s phone-free future looks less bright
Nokia reported its fourth-quarter results on Thursday morning — it’s final earnings report that will include a full quarter of results from its devices and …
Why you should always back up your smartphone before telling off your boss
An unexpected side effect of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy many companies are adopting is that smart device owners who either quit their jobs or are …
Apple scores another big win against Samsung ahead of new patent trial
Samsung may really want to settle with Apple soon because it doesn’t look like things are getting better for the Korean smartphone titan when it …
Netflix had a killer holiday quarter, added 2.33 million subscribers
Yes, it seems that Netflix is doing OK for itself. The company on Wednesday announced that it added 2.33 million streaming subscribers in the United …
WTF of the week: Princeton researchers say Facebook will lose 80% of its users by 2017
We’re used to zany Wall Street analysts making wacky predictions about the tech world, such as the amazing prediction made by Money Map Press analyst Keith …
Candy Crush Saga developer denies that it’s trademark trolling
King, the app developer behind popular game Candy Crush Saga, sparked controversy this week when it started issuing takedown notices to several games that had …
How Google aims to shame ISPs into delivering better service
Streaming video over the web has increasingly become the way that we watch television and Google wants all of us to know which ISPs are …
T-Mobile CEO John Legere on crushing rivals, shaking up the industry, and talking s**t
If there’s one thing T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO loves to do, it’s swear up a storm while talking to the media and while speaking during T-Mobile’s …
CNNMoney says Samsung is failing
Of the hundreds of Android smartphones that have launched since the mobile platform first debuted in 2008, Samsung’s most recent flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, …
Forget the wireless industry, T-Mobile launches new attack on banking
Not content with shaking up just one massive industry, the Uncarrier has set its sights on another: banking. T-Mobile on Wednesday announced a new program …
China outlaws anonymous online video sharing to curb government critiques
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, film and Television (SARFT) on Monday announced that Internet users who want to post videos on any of …
Facebook’s ‘teen problem’ may not be as bad as you thought
While Facebook may have a “teen problem,” it may not be as bad as a report from iStrategy last week suggested. According to a report …
Man who wore Google Glass to movie gets tossed out, interrogated by DHS
As amazing as it might seem, the Department of Homeland Security really has nothing better to do than bust alleged pirates at movie theaters. Business …
