Google may lose major patent case with big ramifications for Android
In an Oracle vs. Google appeal case, the judges appear to be siding with Oracle, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters, although there isn’t a …
News
Ex-BlackBerry employees, partners dish on company’s epic blunders
When BGR published the famous open letter from an anonymous BlackBerry executive back in 2011, it was easy for some of the company’s defenders to …
Mulally reportedly staying at Ford, won’t take over Microsoft
Stephen Elop might get to become Microsoft’s next CEO after all. Bloomberg reports that Ford company director Edsel Ford II said on Thursday that current CEO …
Facial recognition tech: Privacy, best practices on Obama’s agenda
The National Telecommunication & Information Administration (NTIA) on Tuesday announced that it plans to hold a variety of meetings next year, starting in early February, …
YouTube’s streaming music service launch reportedly delayed to 2014
Google will not launch a second music subscription service this year, people familiar with the matter told AllThingsD, as the company is not happy with …
With Topsy, Apple may be gunning for Google’s Search business
Apple’s $200 million purchase of Topsy prompted speculation earlier this week on what the iPhone maker may do with the analytics firm. PeerIndex founder Azeem Azhar …
BlackBerry’s fate may rest in this man’s hands
After former BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins couldn’t manage to clean up the mess that co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie left behind, a full or …
One-time Android boss Andy Rubin becomes… Google’s android boss
Ever since Andy Rubin stepped down from his post as Google’s Android boss, questions arose about what would be his next job within the company. …
Here’s how much Spotify really pays artists
Spotify has always been a double-edged sword for artists. Streaming music is a gargantuan business and one of the best ways to quickly attract an …
UK government: Avoid ‘aggressive’ tax evader Amazon this Christmas
Eight members of the U.K. parliament led by Margaret Hodge, head of the public accounts committee, joined an Ethical Consumer campaign to boycott Amazon, advising …
Google hits Amazon where it hurts with Cloud Platform
Google’s Cloud Platform just got a major enhancement that hits Amazon and other major cloud players right where it hurts. The company on Monday evening …
The next big mobile moneymaker: Gambling
Wearable computing is at the forefront of every conversation these days when it comes to predicting the next big thing in mobile. As it turns …
What’s really behind Amazon’s delivery drone trial balloon?
Let’s face it: The chances that the federal government will let Amazon fly delivery drones around in densely populated areas by the end of 2015 …
A month with the iPad Air
When Apple first introduced the MacBook Air, the world looked on in amazement. What kind of sorcery was this? How could Apple squeeze a 13-inch …
HTC hit with major smartphone sales ban in the UK
Things just get worse and worse for HTC. Bloomberg reports that London Judge Richard Arnold has issued a sales ban against the HTC One mini smartphone in …
Google’s mystery boats will reportedly be floating retail outlets
We might not know the true purpose of Google’s mystery barges until they finally open up to the public, but yet another report has called …
Apple’s buying spree continues with $200 million Topsy acquisition
Apple is on a roll as 2013 winds down. Just one week after Apple confirmed that it acquired Israel-based Kinect inventor PrimeSense, the company has …
Big Cyber Monday sales jump shows how the world is going mobile
Cyber Monday has only existed for a the better part of a decade, but it is already beginning to rival Black Friday. Bloomberg reports that …
Why 2014 might be the beginning of the end for passwords
If there’s one legacy Internet protocol that really needs to go, it’s the password. Given how easy it’s become for hackers to decipher most passwords …
Cable companies are making too much money to bother with 1Gbps service
Whenever you see an industry with high profits and low customer satisfaction ratings, it’s a good bet that it doesn’t face the same kinds of …
Google hates patents… but collects 1,800 new patents this year alone
Despite publicly belittling software patents and lobbying for patent reform that would make it difficult for companies to use such patents in patent-based lawsuits, Google is …
BlackBerry tries to shoo off vultures in latest open letter
BlackBerry is tired of rival mobile device management (MDM) companies circling its body like a swarm of ravenous vultures. In an open letter to enterprise …
Email, Twitter and the always-on lifestyle: Today’s double-edged sword
Today, I made a choice. I made a choice to carve out a chunk of time to write this article, but I did so at …
Amazon Prime Air: Unmanned drones to ship packages in 30 minutes or less
Amazon on Sunday unveiled a bold new shipping initiative during CBS‘s popular TV show “60 Minutes:” Amazon Prime Air, which aims to ship packages to …
A chilling start for the shopping season
According to National Retail Federation, shoppers spent about $1.7 billion less during the Thanksgiving weekend than they did in 2012. The sluggish weekend was anticipated, because …
Researchers use NSA’s own tactics to see how invasive NSA spying is
Stanford researchers are trying to act like the NSA in order to learn about the NSA. Researchers Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler created MetaPhone, an Android …
Google, Microsoft ordered to remove pirate sites from search results
A French court on Thursday ordered Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo to remove from search results 16 websites that host pirated media, in a case started …
Walmart reports hot Black Friday tablet sales led by iPad mini
Walmart on Friday announced that its 2013 Black Friday campaign has been a smashing success, with the store delivering “the biggest shopping day of the …
No end in sight for HTC’s downward spiral
2012 was a bad year for HTC, 2013 has been even worse and 2014 may be the worst yet. Focus Taiwan points us to a …
Online retail sales growth slows sharply on Thanksgiving Day
IBM reports that Thanksgiving Day online retail sales increased by 11% over last year’s level. Despite the double-digit growth, this is actually a steep drop-off compared to years …
