How Samsung missed out on buying Android
Before being acquired by Google, Andy Rubin’s Android team pitched to Samsung at some point in late 2004, looking for further funding. However, Samsung did …
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Apple design boss Jony Ive mysteriously vanishes from Apple’s online list of executives [updated]
In curious move that remains unexplained, Apple Senior Vice President of Design Jonathan Ive was removed from Apple’s online list of top management early Monday morning. …
Study finds online trolls much more likely to be sadists, psychopaths
Does Dexter Morgan spend his time submitting flamebait posts on 4Chan when he’s not murdering people? That’s the implication of a new study flagged by …
The post-PC era takes shape: Apple devices outsold Windows in Q4
Recent research from analyst Benedict Evans reveals that in the fourth quarter last year, Apple shipped more “computers” than all of Microsoft’s Windows partners combined. Evans counted …
America’s broken home broadband market gets perfectly summed up in one quote
During a conference call with the press on Thursday, one reporter asked Comcast executive David Cohen whether his company’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable would …
What happens when two of the most hated pay TV companies say they’re merging?
As a blizzard hammered the east coast on Thursday morning, news of a pending deal that could see Time Warner Cable merge with Comcast hammered …
Another sign of the apocalypse: Couple names their baby ‘Facebook’
New evidence that not everyone is cut out to be a parent emerged recently when a couple in Mexico named their newborn baby “Facebook.” The …
Battle rages on as Apple and Samsung CEOs fail to find patent peace
In early January, Apple and Samsung agreed to try to go to mediation ahead of their second U.S. lawsuit that’s set to start in March, …
Viber sold for nearly $1 billion – how much is BlackBerry’s BBM worth?
Japanese internet powerhouse Rakuten announced that it acquired Viber for $900 million. Viber has 300 million registered users and is known for its strength in Africa, …
Even more Flappy Birds clones: Sesame Street and multiplayer versions available
After the original Flappy Bird game was removed from the App Store and Google Play Store out of addictiveness-related guilt, a plethora of Flappy Bird …
Tech behind Google Maps satellite imagery explained
In addition to strange-looking cars that drive around towns with huge cameras on top, Google relies on other imagery for its Google Maps and Google …
Microsoft admits that Windows 8 sales are lagging behind Windows 7
Although Windows 8 license sales appeared to be keeping pace with Windows 7 within the same time frame for the first several months, updates from …
Google looking to boost Google Fiber speeds up to ridiculous 10Gbps
Even as Time Warner Cable keeps arguing that people really don’t want super-fast Internet, Google is plowing ahead with plans to make its Google Fiber …
You can ruin someone’s Valentine’s Day with just one iPhone app
T.S. Eliot once wrote that “April is the cruelest month” but one iOS app developer is trying its hardest to make sure that February is …
Google bought Motorola for $12.5B, sold it for $2.9B, and called the deal ‘a success’
Rarely does a company offload a $12.5 billion purchase for less than $3 billion and call the deal “a success,” but that’s exactly what Google’s head …
How ISPs are working to keep you stuck with their slow service
Internet service providers are notoriously reluctant to build out faster services in rural parts of the United States — after all, building infrastructure is hard …
EU court decides not to ruin the Internet
A European Union court ruled on Thursday that hyperlinks are not copyright infringement. In other words, the court decided not to ruin the Internet. In …
Study: iPhone owners have ‘blind loyalty’ and will buy anything Apple makes
A study that will make blindly loyal Android fanboys giddy with glee has found that a huge chunk of iPhone owners admit to being blindly …
Just in case you forgot how awesome Bill Gates is…
Bill Gates is an awesome human being. He has played a huge role in changing the world on several occasions — literally, not figuratively — …
Apple finally declares war on something other than Android
A new Apple patent describes the methods the company has come up with in an effort to fight the increased number of spam messages that …
Three things that could kill the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger
Are you feeling excited about the officially announced merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable? If not then you aren’t alone — there are plenty …
Jacking up Amazon Prime prices could be a huge mistake
People may love Amazon Prime, but Amazon shouldn’t take that love for granted anytime soon. The Wall Street Journal points us to a new survey …
This iOS app promises to keep the naked Valentine’s Day videos you send from being shared
As Snapchat has grown more and more popular, it has increasingly become a target for hackers and developers looking to help users save messages that …
Time Warner Cable still in denial, says users might not want faster data speeds
Do home Internet service subscribers want faster data speeds at lower prices? The answer to that question might seem obvious to most people, but many …
Google’s robot army gains a major recruit
Like it or not, Google is building a robot army. After acquiring eight different robotics firms over the past year, the company is putting a …
Wondering why Google bought Nest? Here’s your $71 billion answer
Google had plenty of good reasons to scoop up Nest last month, but the latest report from Juniper Research could be one of the best …
Apple designer walks away from job, dishes dirt on what it’s like to work there
On the outside looking in, Apple seems like a terrific place to work — and for many employees it certainly is. We have spoken with …
We just learned that the leading mobile app makes 60 times more money than Flappy Bird
This has been an illuminating month for the mobile application business. Based on its daily download volume (as high as 2 million) and simple banner …
Massive ‘2014 Google tracker’ shows all the amazing things we know Google is working on
Call it evil all you want, but Google accomplishes great things every day that no other company on the planet can even dream of attempting. …
Gates and new Microsoft CEO Nadella look like they’ll be joined at the hip
Microsoft obviously isn’t the easiest company to manage but new CEO Satya Nadella will have a powerful ally helping him out in the early going: …
