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 …
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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 …
How ISPs are making video streaming slower than it should be
If your favorite video streaming service is experiencing slow buffering, then your ISP is unsurprisingly partly to blame — and not just because it’s delivering a …
Obama administration urged to veto ITC’s iPhone 4 ban
Apple isn’t the only company unhappy with the International Trade Commission’s impending import ban on the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2. The Wall Street …
Apple SVP Mansfield exits executive team
Bob Mansfield, Apple’s longtime senior vice president of technologies, is no longer on the company’s executive team and is instead working on “special projects” under …
Apple partner Pegatron accused of violating workers’ rights, called worse than Foxconn [updated]
Manufacturing Apple products is now an instant ticket to increased scrutiny following the years-long investigation into Apple partner Foxconn’s treatment of workers in its various …
Apple awarded ‘Brand of the Year’ for iPhone, iPad and MacBook
Apple for the second consecutive year won the Harris Interactive’s “Brand of the Year” award in three categories. The company beat out rivals including Google, …
Google finally discloses Waze acquisition price
Google confirmed in June that it had acquired social navigation company Waze. Initial reports had suggested that Google may have paid up to $1.3 billion …
U.K. government takes heat for porn filtering plan
The United Kingdom has a prudish reputation by nature but nobody could have expected the country’s government would ask ISPs to implement pornography filters as …
Why Amazon is still smiling despite Q2 loss
Amazon has never given granular detail about its business, preferring to keep investors, analysts and the media as far away as possible from knowing the …
A closer look at how the iPhone crushed Intel and boosted ARM
There are numerous areas one might examine when looking for data to support the advent of the post-PC era. Declining PC sales, exploding tablet sales …
The smartphone market’s huge Q2 growth is awful news for big brands
Market research giant IDC recently announced surprisingly strong spring smartphone numbers. Global smartphone volume growth topped expectations handily, coming in at torrid +52% between the second quarter …
Ballmer reportedly admits Surface was a flop, says Windows 8 sales are disappointing
Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has always exuded unwavering confidence in public interviews, behind closed doors he’s apparently being much more candid. The Verge reports …
How Samsung’s ‘gadget spam’ is crushing Apple in the world’s top smartphone market
With Apple’s revenue from China having dropped last quarter, the company is coming under more pressure to negotiate a deal with carrier China Mobile to …
Samsung tops Apple to become the most profitable handset vendor in the world
Apple may still be the most profitable consumer electronics company in the world, but Samsung’s successful Galaxy S4 launch helped the South Korea-based giant top …
Five indicted in largest hacking scheme in U.S. history
The United States government has accused five men from Russia and the Ukraine of masterminding the largest hacking scheme in U.S. history, The Wall Street …
eBook price-fixing verdict could cost Apple almost $500 million
The vast majority of Apple’s award from its Samsung patent infringement victory could go up in smoke now that the company has been found guilty …
More than a quarter of Facebook users hate its new ads
Shares of Facebook have surged more than 25% since the company reported second-quarter earnings ahead of Wall Street’s expectations. Facebook’s growing ad business helped the …
Verizon’s new FiOS plan: Half as fast as Google Fiber at nearly three times the price
Verizon this week announced its fastest-ever FiOS service, but it may only go to show American consumers what a great deal Google Fiber is for …
Another round of layoffs sweeps BlackBerry
BlackBerry eliminated 5,000 jobs in fiscal 2013, but it looks like the struggling smartphone vendor isn’t done. Following reports earlier this month suggesting recent departures would …
Apple’s latest major acquisition: Apple
Analysts and pundits regularly state that Apple “needs” to use some of its growing cash pile on major acquisitions. Yahoo recently spent $1.1 billion to …
Why disappointed Netflix investors are missing the point
Shares of Netflix predictably tanked earlier this week when the company posted disappointing subscriber growth numbers, since many investors had been looking at the company …
Google, FTC officially settle Motorola patent spat
Google hasn’t had much to show for its acquisition of Motorola and the Federal Trade Commission is making sure it stays that way. The FTC …
Congressional vote set to curb NSA spying powers
The public backlash against the National Security Agency’s broad spying powers has apparently been greater than many in Washington had anticipated. The Guardian reports that …
Facebook may have finally figured out how to monetize its mobile users
Facebook reported its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, crushing Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $1.81 billion. The social networking giant now has 699 million …
Exec responsible for the PlayBook quits BlackBerry
The mass exodus of BlackBerry executives continues. According to The Wall Street Journal, David J. Smith, the executive who led the team that created the failed …
Despite Surface debacle, Microsoft is far from ‘doomed’
We now know that Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet will go down as one of the biggest consumer electronics bombs of the past year, perhaps second …
Apple’s Q4 guidance may imply September device launches
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his supporting cast of executives have said on several occasions that the company has several exciting new products in the …
