Canadian hug: No bonus for Nokia employees as Elop grabs $25 million
According to a Nokia intranet post acquired by BGR India, Nokia will not be handing bonuses to its handset unit employees for 2013. Exiting CEO Stephen …
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Wall Street stamps its feet, begs Apple to unleash the iPhablet
Apple handily beat Wall Street’s expectations for both EPS and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report released Monday, but that still wasn’t enough to stave …
Why Sony is much more desperate to win the console wars than Microsoft
One of the more underrated questions surrounding the latest round of console wars between Microsoft and Sony is, “Which company needs a win more badly?” …
T-Mobile CEO changes tune, says Sprint merger would help fight AT&T-Verizon duopoly
When T-Mobile CEO John Legere first addressed rumors that Sprint and parent company SoftBank might make a play to acquire T-Mobile USA, he openly bashed …
The iPhone 5c flop hurt Apple more than you might realize
Apple’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report was actually pretty good despite the 8% ding to Apple’s share price after hours on Monday, with the company beating …
Video: This is what Windows looked like two months before the Macintosh debuted
Two months before Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh to the world in 1984, Microsoft demoed an early version of Windows at COMDEX 1983. Much like …
Former FCC commissioner thinks it’s time to go nuclear on ISPs
Now that the Federal Communications Commission’s legal framework for enforcing net neutrality regulations on American ISPs has fallen apart, one former FCC commissioner thinks it’s …
Apple’s earnings show us just how bad things are right now for smartphone makers
HTC and BlackBerry each reported dismal Christmas-quarter results — but they’re both terminal losers. Nokia turned in a shocking sequential smartphone unit decline in Q4 …
Government reaches deal with Microsoft, Google on data requests
Microsoft and Google, joined by Facebook, Apple and other tech firms, have been fighting for months to ensure that the public is given a more …
All hail the king: Apple beats sky-high earnings expectations with $13.1 billion profit
Apple on Monday posted an EPS of $14.50 on revenue of $57.6 billion, thus beating the consensus estimate of $14.09 EPS on revenue of $57.46 …
The phone industry is turning into a painful demolition derby
LG just reported a surprisingly large 43 billion won loss in its mobile communications division, despite 54% unit volume growth during the Christmas quarter of 2013. This …
Google acquires AI firm (because its robots can’t take over the world until they become self-aware)
Google has confirmed to Re/code that it purchased an artificial intelligence (AI) company without disclosing the amount of cash it paid for it. The publication …
Samsung and Google strike patent deal – is there hope for peace with Apple?
In a move that will hopefully start a trend that eventually kills off the patent wars that have plagued the tech industry for the past …
Medical researchers are finding incredible uses for Microsoft’s Kinect
Although plenty of us are content with using the latest video game technology such as Microsoft’s Kinect to simulate flailing around in order to hit …
Scientists find that people can literally smell how sick you are
If you come down with the flu this winter, don’t be surprised if people avoid you without even thinking about it just from the way …
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 …
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 …
