Only way for smartphone vendors to compete with Apple, Samsung: Stop selling smartphones
As Apple and Samsung continue to divvy up all of the profits in the smartphone industry, rival vendors have yet to really find a way …
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Top Android exec departs Google amid reports of love triangle
Top Android executive Hugo Barra has confirmed that he has left Google to work at Xiaomi, an emerging Chinese Android smartphone vendor. The news was …
Grooveshark settles Sony lawsuit, strikes deal to expand catalog
The music streaming service Grooveshark seems to be stuck in perpetual hot water. When we last reported on Grooveshark, the company’s app had been pulled …
Despite Facebook gains, Google still dominates mobile ad revenues
Facebook’s push to generate more revenues from mobile ads seems to be getting results but not nearly enough to dent Google’s share of total mobile …
Online bookmaker begins taking bets on next Microsoft CEO
Although the dust surrounding Steve Ballmer’s retirement has still yet to settle, the internet is already abuzz over the future of Microsoft’s top spot. While …
Fear and loathing in Redmond: Ex-Microsoft manager describes effects of ‘stack ranking’
One of Microsoft’s most criticized policies has been its use of a “stack ranking” system to evaluate its employees that inadvertently gave employees an incentive …
Apple’s buying spree continues with reported AlgoTrim acquisition
Apple confirmed earlier this month that it had acquired second screen TV company Matcha.tv, and it also purchased mapping startup Embark last week. Now, the …
Microsoft’s next big challenge: Stopping talent from following Ballmer out the door
With no successor now lined up to take outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer’s place, Microsoft faces a danger that many employees will run for the exits …
BlackBerry said to be sitting on a ‘patent goldmine’
As BlackBerry explores a number of options that might help it reverse the troubling course it now finds itself on, valuing the company is beyond …
This is the biggest question Microsoft’s next CEO will have to answer
So far the mobile computing world has shown that there are two successful business models for making money from software: You can either exclusively sell …
BlackBerry considers breaking BBM off into new company
BlackBerry is seemingly on the verge of finally releasing BlackBerry Messenger for the iPhone and Android devices. According to a new report from The Wall …
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was pushed to retire early
This time next year, Steve Ballmer will no longer be the CEO of the world’s largest software company. The widely criticized executive announced last week …
Apple’s new iPhone trade-in program may launch next month
For those who aren’t interested in getting top dollar for their used gadgets, carrier and retailer device trade-in programs are a good and relatively painless …
Nokia threatens to abandon business in India amid tax battle
In response to tax issues Nokia is currently having in India, the company has threatened to pull its manufacturing business out of the country. Authorities …
Apple’s alleged anticompetitive eBook practices might be even worse than we thought
Apple’s already in some hot water for allegedly conspiring to rig eBook prices and now the United States Department of Justice has revealed some new …
Despite his missteps, Ballmer was Henry Ford compared to Ed Zander
Microsoft’s share price has barely budged in a decade, its massively expensive smartphone project has yielded only a few percentage points of global market share and the …
Amazon looks to the sky in quest for complete control of content
A report Thursday night from Bloomberg stated that Amazon has been testing Globalstar’s wireless satellite network in order to determine if it could build a wireless service …
Watch out, Apple: BlackBerry shows how big stock buybacks can backfire
Let’s hope Apple CEO Tim Cook knows what he’s doing if he follows activist investor Carl Icahn’s proposal to increase the company’s share buyback program. …
‘Retirement, retirement, retirement!’ Ballmer leaves mixed, funny legacy
How to assess the legacy of soon-to-be-retired Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer? It would be too easy to merely focus on his many mistakes over the …
Here is Steve Ballmer’s full retirement letter to Microsoft staff
Steve Ballmer is retiring. Investors are happy. Those of us who love his unwavering charisma have mixed emotions, and of course Microsoft has done a …
Microsoft CEO Ballmer plans to retire within a year, shares surge
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is preparing to call it quits. In a surprise announcement made Friday, Microsoft said that its longtime chief executive is planning …
Samsung denied retrial for Apple ‘rubber band’ patent infringement
Trying to get a retrial for infringing upon Apple’s famous “rubber band” design patent was too much of a stretch for Samsung. CNET reports that …
Microsoft now being investigated for alleged bribes in Russia, Pakistan
Microsoft’s alleged bribery woes may reach farther than China. The Wall Street Journal reports that the United States Department of Justice is widening its probe …
How I destroyed email
Email was destroying my life, so I destroyed email. I crushed everything about it that I hated, leaving only what I absolutely needed. I tore …
Chinese takeover rumors now swirl around HTC
An extensive Bloomberg article published on late Wednesday afternoon examined the likelihood of HTC getting bought by ZTE, Huawei or Lenovo. According to recent speculation, …
3% of American Internet users still stuck with dial-up
While many of us think of dial-up Internet service as a long-buried relic of years past, for many Americans it’s still a sad, slow reality. …
Apple seen wrapping up China Mobile deal by end of the year
Getting its devices on the world’s largest mobile carrier is crucial to Apple’s plan to tackle emerging markets and now one analyst is predicting that …
Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring web access — and Facebook — to 5 billion more people
Google isn’t the only company that’s helping both itself and others by trying to get more people connected to the Internet. In an interview with …
LG exec says new 6-inch phablet, tablet, Firefox phone and smartwatch all coming soon
LG is one of only a few outliers actually managing a small but consistent profit from selling Android smartphones, and the company is about to …
Alleged illegal arms dealer busted after posting pics of guns and money on Instagram
Here’s one advantage to not having Instagram on your smartphone: You won’t be tempted to upload pictures of your criminal activities for the whole world …
