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 …
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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 …
Internet speeds are about to double for some Comcast customers (not you, cord cutters)
In a bit of good news for Comcast subscribers — a rare bit of good news, some might argue — a new report suggests that …
Browser beware: A list of browser extensions that spy on you and contain adware
The NSA is watching your every move (not really) and malicious hackers are trying to steal your data at every turn (really), so the last …
Study: Apple is no longer consumers’ favorite tech brand to deal with
Apple had been a leader for several years in Forrester Research’s annual study on consumer electronics brand customer satisfaction, but the latest edition of the …
Verizon recovers from huge loss with $5 billion Q4 profit
Verizon Communications posted a massive $1.93 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2012 as pension expenses and costs associated with Hurricane Sandy took a …
Harvard students working on ways to send smells through smartphones
Imagine if you could not only post pictures of your meals on Instagram but post their odors as well? That seems to the premise that …
Believe it or not, Betamax is still relevant to our lives
It’s been a while since anyone has used, thought about or cared about Betamax, the video cassette technology that lost out to VHS back in …
Bill Gates seen as Microsoft’s shadow CEO
Why is Microsoft having such difficulty finding a new CEO? As Re/code reports, many potential CEO candidates are worried about whether they’ll really have a …
You can now buy merchandise from your favorite artists through Spotify
Music streaming companies are pulling out all the stops lately, whether to pre-empt tomorrow’s launch of the much-hyped Beats Music service or to stay ahead …
Nest CEO: Any privacy changes will be transparent following Google acquisition
Nest CEO Tony Fadell promised in an interview that any privacy policy changes that could follow after Google purchased his company will be transparent and …
Apple sued for collecting and selling customers’ personal info
Apple is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from three residents in Massachusetts who claim Apple collected their zip codes and profited from selling them …
Microsoft-invented ‘smart elevator’ listens to everything you say
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like using Google Now or posting on Facebook because you don’t want tech companies knowing about your …
This is what the Internet will be like without net neutrality
Pro-net neutrality activists have long warned that not having net neutrality will lead to a world dominated by large companies such as Facebook and Google …
CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and …
Do yourself a favor and watch this hilarious 1981 TV report about the Internet
It’s easy to forget how far the Internet has come considering how plugged in we all are today thanks to laptops, smartphones and other connected …
‘Password’ is no longer the dumbest password of the year
New research conducted by SplashData revealed that “password” isn’t the dumbest password choice around anymore, as it has been replaced by “123456,” for the past …
