Amazon’s video juggernaut is about to pass Yahoo
Last February, Amazon had 28 million unique viewers for its video content, far behind Yahoo’s 43 million unique viewers. But according to fresh comScore numbers, …
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BlackBerry’s best bet: iOS and Android?
BlackBerry is currently exploring a number of options as its struggles persist, and a buyout is among them. It’s nearly impossible to value the company …
Google starts integrating Waze into Google Maps
Unfazed by a Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation, Google has started integrating Waze into Google Maps. The company announced on Tuesday that “users of Google …
Bing’s gains still haven’t put a dent in Google
The good news for Microsoft: Bing’s market share has grown by two whole percentage points over the past 10 months. The bad news: It’s been …
Google awarded patent for insanely creepy ‘pay-per-gaze’ technology
Google and Microsoft seem to be in a competition to decide which company can come up with the most creepy and invasive new consumer technology. Marketing …
Nook’s death rattle
Barnes & Noble has finally slashed the price of its moribund Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight to $99. The entire eBook reader industry received a fatal …
Beats looks to dump HTC
HTC’s $300 million mistake quickly turned into a $150 million mistake, and now Beats reportedly wants out once and for all. According to The Wall …
The funniest Amazon product reviews of all time
Amazon users’ product reviews have helped guide millions of people as they researched various purchases, but sometimes they’re as entertaining as they are helpful. As …
How one iOS browser is promising to keep you anonymous on the web
Anyone looking to surf the web on their iPhone without running the risk of being snooped on by the National Security Agency may want to …
Google has reportedly been snuffing out employees’ personal project time
One of Google’s calling cards over the years have been the creative freedom it gives its employees to work independently on projects that they find …
BlackBerry CEO in line for $55 million payday if company is sold
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has more than 55 million reasons to sell the company. Bloomberg reports that Heins will receive a pay package worth $55.6 …
Apple ramps up hiring in China
Apple knows that it has to expand its presence in China and now The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has posted openings for …
Study: Facebook is making users miserable
Facebook is the world’s largest social network with more than 1.15 billion monthly active users. From users’ standpoint, the service serves an important purpose by …
Facebook could soon help you with your online shopping
Facebook is always thinking of new ways to generate revenue and its latest venture looks as though it could actually add value to the site without …
Proxy war: Bill Gates helps Motorola-suing patent troll get more patents
Bill Gates may no longer be running Microsoft but that doesn’t mean he can’t help his company out in his spare time. Ars Technica reports …
A major American city is officially fed up with Comcast
Comcast has the lowest customer satisfaction rating of any ISP in the United States and now it’s exhausted the patience of an entire city. The …
Apple reportedly begins recruiting for new iPhone R&D center
A report from last week claimed Apple is preparing to open a new research and development center in Taiwan to work on next-generation iPhone models …
China Mobile confirms it wants Apple’s iPhone, but troubles persist
China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua on Thursday confirmed to reporters that his carrier, the largest in the world, wants to begin selling Apple’s iPhone. “We are …
The U.K.’s porn censorship plan has all the makings of a disaster
The United Kingdom’s government has been taking heat for asking British ISPs to implement pornography filters as default settings for their users, who will have to specifically …
If BlackBerry goes private, a breakup looks inevitable
BlackBerry may wind up going private but that doesn’t mean that the company will stay intact as a comprehensive hardware and software provider. As The …
Nokia exec in charge of developer experience leaves for Amazon
Amazon is still hard at work on an own-brand smartphone, according to BGR’s sources. While the handset is expected to be based on a heavily …
Google searches just got a lot more personal
Google really is serious about making its searches more personal to its users. The company on Wednesday announced that it was integrating data from Gmail, …
In quest to determine BlackBerry’s worth, patent portfolio pegged at up to $5 billion
BlackBerry is practically impossible to value right now, but that obviously won’t stop analysts from trying. With the struggling smartphone maker having recently announced that …
Microsoft may be about to lose even more money on the Surface RT
Microsoft has already taken a $900 million hit on the Surface RT but it soon may have to pay out even more. AllThingsD reports that …
HTC’s desperate U-turn
HTC’s new billion dollar marketing campaign is kicking off. And it’s built entirely on whimsy. It features Robert Downey Jr. in a series of wacky situations that have …
SSR: Buying BlackBerry would be as bad as Sprint’s Nextel acquisition
Even while BlackBerry is down, industry watchers can’t seem to stop kicking it. Analysts have been having a field day since BlackBerry announced on Monday …
Brazil accuses Samsung of serious labor violations in $100 million suit
Apple isn’t the only company that’s gotten into hot water over alleged labor law violations. The Guardian reports that the Brazilian government has sued Samsung …
Video: HTC releases first ad in $1 billion Robert Downey Jr. blitz
Can Iron Man save HTC? We’re about to find out. Robert Downey Jr. is the star of HTC’s new $1 billion marketing campaign as the …
Apple acquires second screen TV specialist Matcha.tv
Apple has acquired Matcha.tv, an iOS developer known for its “second screen” app that serves as a companion as users watch TV or streaming videos …
Why Samsung shouldn’t expect Obama to veto the ITC’s latest ruling
Samsung shouldn’t expect the Obama administration to rescue it from the International Trade Commission’s latest ruling that bans some of its older products for infringing …
