Obama administration looks to make unauthorized streaming a felony
Although pressure from activists and major tech companies helped kill off the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) last year, it looks as though the Obama …
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Apple’s new ‘iPhone M’ seen outselling flagship iPhone 5S
With growth slowing in the high-end smartphone market, many industry watchers have suggested that Apple’s much rumored entry-level iPhone is a necessity if the company …
Samsung’s strategy to slip away from Android: Follow in Palm and BlackBerry’s footsteps
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A smartphone vendor plans to launch a new smartphone platform that isn’t really just a smartphone platform, …
Comcast reportedly working on fairer version of ‘six strikes’ anti-piracy system
Comcast seems to have heeded warnings from many observers that the “six strikes” anti-piracy system favored by Hollywood is impractical and impossible to carry out …
HTC: We are not for sale
HTC’s struggles continue despite the successful launch of its new flagship HTC One smartphone, and the company now believes it may soon post its first …
Why Obama stopped the ITC from banning Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad 2
News broke on Saturday that President Obama stepped in and stopped the U.S. International Trade Commission from enforcing a ban it had previously ordered on …
Samsung loses $1 billion in market value following Obama’s iPhone ban veto
President Obama on Saturday reversed a sales ban on Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad 2 that was set to go into effect on Monday. The …
DOJ wants Apple to scrap deals with publishers to settle eBook price-fixing case
The United States Department of Justice has given Apple its first offer to settle charges that it led a conspiracy to rig eBook prices. The …
The next week could determine whether Apple’s patent battle has been a bust
Apple’s patent battle against Samsung probably hasn’t gone as well as the company had hoped. Sure, Apple won big last summer when a jury awarded …
Frost & Sullivan: Apple is ‘too late and too limited’ to tackle automotive market
Well known business consultant and market research firm Frost & Sullivan recently issued a report that claims Apple’s move to take on the automotive infotainment …
Nobel Prize-winning economists call for the death of software patents
Dislike of software patents is no longer confined to wild-eyed Redditors and Mark Cuban. The Washington Post points us to two Nobel Prize-winning economists who …
Apple seemingly sticking with Samsung for A7 chip components
Apple and Samsung may really hate one another but that doesn’t mean they’re going to break out of their mutually codependent relationship anytime soon. 9to5Mac …
Microsoft Kinect’s most amazing feat yet: Translating sign language
When it comes to gaming, Microsoft’s Kinect sensor is clearly one of the biggest developments in recent history — and the best is yet to …
BlackBerry Messenger for Android exclusively pictured for the first time
This would have been a much bigger deal a couple years back, but BlackBerry Messenger is indeed coming to iOS and Android later this year, …
Appeals court says feds don’t need warrant to track cell phone location data
Let’s hope you weren’t betting on the courts to rein in the government’s expansive surveillance powers. IDG News reports that the United States Court of Appeals for …
Google ousts AT&T, will provide Wi-Fi to 7,000 Starbucks stores
Google just raised its profile as an ISP in a big way among espresso-swilling hipsters as the company announced on Wednesday that it has become …
Why Android’s ‘cheap and nasty’ strategy is a huge threat to the iOS ecosystem
Yes, many Android phones have that tacky, plastic feel. No, Android vendors selling those sub-$200 phones are not making much money. Yes, Android is seriously fragmented. …
Did Google change its stance on net neutrality? [updated]
Now that Google is an ISP, it’s started to act more like one. Wired reports that Google has barred a “potential” Google Fiber customer from attaching …
HTC has become a total disaster
Why does HTC CEO Peter Chou still have a job? That’s the only question that comes to mind when looking over HTC’s latest earnings report, …
Wii U sales plummet to just 160,000 units in Q2
Nintendo shares fell 5% in Tokyo on Wednesday as the company posted June-quarter results that don’t paint a pretty picture. The company managed to swing …
Who needs Google? New service will let you sell your own data to companies
Are you annoyed that Google and Facebook get to rake in enormous revenues every year because they’re selling your personal data to other companies without …
Using Facebook is about to get a lot more annoying
It was only a matter of time before Facebook started bringing auto-play ads into users’ news feeds. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Facebook will start …
Time Warner Cable to milk subscribers for an extra $150 million with fee increase
Modem fees are one of the cable industry’s less popular financial innovations but there’s a good reason that cable companies use them: They rake in …
BlackBerry exec: ‘BlackBerry is not in trouble’
The first step on the road to recovery is admitting that one has a problem. While BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins hasn’t been shy in making …
Apple CEO visits China, likely to hash out China Mobile iPhone deal
With Apple’s market share in China under pressure, CEO Tim Cook seems to be taking a renewed focus on hammering out a deal with China …
HTC’s Q2 profit tumbles as company forecasts first-ever loss for Q3
They say the darkest hour is just before dawn, and HTC certainly hopes “they” are right. The company on Tuesday posted second-quarter financial results that …
Sprint posts massive $1.6 billion Q2 loss
With SoftBank undoubtedly eager to get this first Sprint report since its acquisition out of the way, Sprint on Tuesday night posted its results for …
Why Samsung will thrive during 2013’s smartphone profit slowdown
Unlike a lot of smartphone vendors, Samsung has a pretty good business to fall back on in case smartphone demand dries up. The Wall Street …
Surface debacle shows Microsoft still struggling to keep it simple
One of the reasons that Apple has been so successful has been its obsession with keeping its products as simple as possible so that computing …
AT&T and the Red Queen’s Race
AT&T’s spring quarter had a bit of that “Alice in Wonderland” quality. The mammoth carrier beat Wall Street’s consensus by 10% by adding 551,000 new …
