MIT lists the 50 smartest companies (and Apple isn’t among them)
As it has done in years past, MIT’s Technology Review blog has ranked the 50 smartest companies in the world. Interestingly, however, the world’s top …
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FCC won’t appeal net neutrality ruling, will write new regulations [updated]
The Federal Communications Commission has decided not to appeal a recent court ruling that shot down its net neutrality restrictions and will instead write fresh …
These six organizations secretly run the Internet
Who runs the Internet? Is it Google, the global search leader that trades fantastic free services for borderline frightening insights into user behavior? Is it …
Report claims NSA spied on WikiLeaks and all of its readers
New documents leaked by former NSA employee turned whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA and GCHQ consistently spied on WikiLeaks in the past years, …
Apple in advertising: ‘The best-looking girl at the party, forced to wear a bag over her head’
Despite ruling two giant empires when it comes to personal data they can collect and analyze, Apple and Amazon are not willing to share that …
Study: Only 6% of consumers think the Comcast-TWC deal is a good idea
Get ready to be knocked out of your seats, readers — consumers think a Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is a bad idea. Comcast and Time …
How a delicious fruit could change tech forever
Believe it or not, one tiny fruit could change consumer technology forever — and no, fanboys, we’re not talking about Apple. It turns out that …
Samsung is very sensitive about being called a copycat
After getting thumped by Apple for alleged patent infringement, Samsung has become more determined than ever to shed its copycat image. That’s why Samsung has …
This is Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s new $22 million Hollywood mansion
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has a whoooole lot of money. And when people with a whooooole lot of money get bored, they buy new houses. …
There will be no escaping Google+
Google’s attempts to more aggressively push its Google+ social network have been controversial but we shouldn’t expect them to stop anytime soon. The New York …
50 of the most incredible natural phenomena you’ve ever seen
As amazing as the technology we typically cover here on BGR is, sometimes nature shows us things that are more incredible than anything man could …
Comcast insists it won’t throttle Netflix or other video companies following TWC merger
There are a number of fears that come to most pay TV and Internet subscribers’ minds when they think about the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable …
Undeniable proof that Facebook knows way too much about your life
There are times when we think that Google and Facebook really want to be Santa Claus, i.e., they see you when you’re sleeping, they know …
The company Apple ‘should fear most’ isn’t the company you’d expect
When asked to name Apple’s top competition, most would likely rattle off names like Google, Samsung and Microsoft — massive, established technology giants that compete …
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 …
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 …
