Apple, Microsoft and wireless carriers commit to $750M education pledge
Some of the biggest names in tech have come together this week for the sake of schoolchildren all around the country. The Associated Press reports …
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Nadella seen as best choice for Microsoft’s new CEO… except in one crucial area
Microsoft’s decision to pick enterprise and cloud boss Satya Nadella as its next CEO has been widely met with praise from analysts and investors so …
This is the best way to beat the Amazon Prime price increase blues
If you’re already dreading the Amazon Prime price increase and you want to vent your frustration — but maybe also accomplish something productive in the …
Google engineering boss: Our brains will be hooked up to the cloud by 2035
Imagine having millions of nanobots in your brain that constantly remind you to log into Google+. That seems to be the vision of Google engineering …
HTC forced to redesign phones to avoid sales ban
A German court recently ruled in favor of Nokia in its patent case against HTC. According to the finding, several HTC smartphone models made illegal …
Sony reportedly in talks to offload PC business to Lenovo (who else?)
Selling computers is a tough racket to be in right now, and it looks like Sony might be nearing the end of the road. A …
Precarious permanence: Cementing your legacy 140 characters at a time
It pains me greatly to acknowledge it, but blurting out whatever comes to mind on Twitter, Facebook or any number of social channels is a …
It’s official: Microsoft names Satya Nadella as new CEO [updated]
The rumors were true… well, some of them, anyway. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has picked enterprise and cloud boss Satya Nadella as its …
Here’s one way that both Microsoft and Google have Apple beat
Tech companies compete for titles every day of the year. Whether it’s sales, profits, shipments or reviews, there’s always winners and losers, but sometimes healthy …
Rumors of key Googler being ‘front-runner’ for Microsoft CEO position debunked
Amid reports that Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is considered the top candidate for a certain vacancy with the company, a new name has been entered into …
Apple’s fine in price-fixing suit could approach $1 billion
Apple faces a fine of up to $840 million in “state and consumer antitrust claims” in its eBook price-fixing suit in the U.S., Bloomberg reports. …
Now everyone can use one of Android’s best features on their desktop
A couple of weeks ago, Google quietly released a desktop-centric version of Google Now for Chrome Canary, the experimental build of Chrome primarily designed for …
Sprint tries to convince FCC that T-Mobile merger won’t be disastrous for wireless customers
The last time Sprint made a major acquisition in the wireless space, it turned out to be an unmitigated disaster for both its own customers …
Apple’s unaired Super Bowl ad for Mac was shot entirely on iPhone
Instead of competing with the usual rivals in the tech business for the consumer’s attention during this year’s Super Bowl edition, Apple decided not to …
Earning $100,000 a year from making YouTube videos isn’t as fun as it sounds
If ever something sounded like a dream job, it’s making $100,000 a year just from creating your own YouTube content. However, as a New York …
CEO John Chen says BlackBerry isn’t giving up on consumers just yet
On the one-year anniversary of the BlackBerry 10 operating system’s debut, BlackBerry’s market share in the United States reportedly hit just about 0%. Investors are …
It’s time to embrace the future of phone networks – and the death of telephone numbers
If you’ve been on pins and needles waiting for HD voice calls to become the norm, the wait is apparently almost over. The Washington Post …
Video: Steve Jobs biographer takes back Apple criticism after calling Google more innovative
Walter Isaacson, who is best known for writing the authoritative biography of Steve Jobs, is walking back some of his criticisms of Apple. A couple …
Apple retail stores stink… literally
Apple is known for sweating the smallest details in its retail stores: the floors come from a family-owned quarry outside of Florence, Italy; the glass …
The 11 most hilariously bad autocorrect fails of 2014 so far (NSFW)
Smartphone software is constantly improving across the board with each new generation, but there’s one thing that we have always been able to rely on …
Now armed with a floundering phone company, Lenovo says it wants to crush Apple and Samsung
Motorola launched two Moto-branded phones last year that each received critical acclaim. The Moto G was a remarkably affordable entry-level smartphone with a design and …
Amazon plans to kill brick-and-mortar stores with kindness
Amazon has been not-so-secretly trying to put brick-and-mortar stores out of business but now it looks like the company is planning to launch a charm …
PayPal is itching to help Apple with its mobile payments platform
It really looks like Apple is getting into the mobile payments game. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was working on a …
Amazon Prime may soon cost $119
Amazon reported a disappointing holiday quarter on Thursday. Revenue was up 20% at $25.59 billion but analysts were expecting just over $26 billion in sales. Making …
Microsoft to reportedly name next CEO, may oust Gates as chairman
Big news broke late on Thursday as Bloomberg reports that Microsoft will name cloud and enterprise boss Satya Nadella as its next CEO and is considering ousting …
Google’s Q4 profit spikes 17%, but badly misses estimates
Google faced lofty expectations for its fourth-quarter earnings and the company missed by posting earnings of $12.01 per share on revenues of $16.86 billion. The …
Google smacked with yet another fine for illegal private data collection
Google has been fined yet again for illegally collecting people’s private data. This time around, the fine comes from South Korean regulatory body Korea Communications …
Here’s why the Sprint/T-Mobile merger is a terrible idea
Sprint and parent company SoftBank haven’t officially announced their intention to acquire T-Mobile yet, but about a dozen independently confirmed reports from various news organizations state …
This may be the most important reason Google bought Nest
When Google first announced that it was buying Nest, most of the chatter revolved around how Google’s software would affect Nest’s smart thermostats. However, one …
Microsoft’s epic CEO search might finally, for real, be almost over
Could we finally see white smoke billowing out of Redmond over the next few days to signal that Microsoft has at long last found its …
