The wild $5 billion Candy Crush Saga IPO and its implications
UK-based King, the creator of “Candy Crush Saga,” has filed for an IPO in the United States. Expected valuation tops $5 billion. King is the …
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Fairfax boss helped triple BlackBerry CEO Heins’ golden parachute this year
When it comes to golden parachutes, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop may have nothing on BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins. Reuters reports that BlackBerry’s board of …
HTC and Beats part ways following $265 million share buyback
The tie-up between HTC and Beats Electronics has been a curious one, and now it is coming to an end. HTC dumped $300 million into …
BlackBerry’s Q2 earnings as ugly as expected
BlackBerry released its second-quarter earnings report on Friday and it’s just as bad as the company warned us it would be last week. On the …
UK government wants Google to block piracy sites like it blocks child abuse pics
Watching an unauthorized Game of Thrones torrent is now apparently on par with downloading child pornography. PC Pro reports that United Kingdom members of parliament …
Third-party Android browser forms ‘anti-Google alliance’ with rival search engines
Dolphin, a third-party mobile browser that runs on Android and iOS, is apparently tired of seeing Google reign as the de-facto king of the Internet. …
Longtime manufacturing partner plans on ‘disengaging with BlackBerry’
In the latest depressing round of BlackBerry news, AllThingsD reports that longtime BlackBerry manufacturing partner Jabil Circuit is looking to end its relationship with the …
Simple trick brings free iTunes Radio to international users
iTunes Radio launched alongside iOS 7 last week, but the service is currently only accessible to iTunes users within the United States. But for users …
Weak demand forces T-Mobile to bail on BlackBerry in stores
As BlackBerry fights for its life, the hits keep on coming. T-Mobile confirmed on Wednesday evening that it will stop carrying BlackBerry smartphones in its …
20% of all Yelp reviews are written by paid shills [updated]
How many of the Yelp reviews you read would you guess are forged by the companies being reviewed? MarketWatch reports that 20% of Yelp reviews …
Apple’s wireless carrier contracts under investigation in France
Quelle surprise! Apple’s dealings with wireless carriers in France have come under investigation. MarketWatch reports that authorities in France are probing Apple’s contracts to determine …
Survey: 15% of U.S. adults still don’t use the Internet
Considering just how much time we spend online every day, it’s hard to fathom a life completely devoid of an Internet connection. Yet according to …
Fairfax’s BlackBerry bid seen stretching the ‘limits of M&A creativity’
Fairfax Financial’s $4.7 billion offer to take BlackBerry private is fairly unorthodox. In the first place, Fairfax made the offer public without raising anywhere close …
Nokia would like to remind you that Motorola’s Sanjay Jha received $47M following Google’s buyout
Nokia’s vice president of Media Relations has reached out to BGR and pointed out that “our non-Finnish speaking audience would appreciate balanced coverage.” Nokia would like …
Samsung’s marketing spending could hit $4.5 billion in Q4
The Samsung advertising juggernaut looks like it’s having its biggest year yet. Enders Analysis analyst Benedict Evans has posted a chart on his Twitter account …
Samsung, LG display businesses declare patent truce
The Apple-Samsung patent battle isn’t the only major patent fight that’s gripped the tech world. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung Display and LG …
Finnish media: Nokia pleads with Elop to accept smaller bonus – Elop claims he needs full $25M for his divorce
According to the early Wednesday morning edition of Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Nokia has pleaded with former CEO Stephen Elop to accept a smaller bonus in order …
Fairfax offer may spark bidding war for BlackBerry patents
We may see a lot of action surrounding BlackBerry over the next 60 days while Fairfax Financial conducts its due diligence and while BlackBerry seeks …
HTC could face sales ban following loss to Nokia in patent case
This is a bit of bad news HTC could certainly have lived without. As troubles continue to mount for the struggling Taiwan-based smartphone vendor, it …
Are privacy concerns killing the mobile location-based services market?
The latest Pew report on mobile behavior offered one fascinating contrast. Video calling on mobile phones is finally going mainstream, with usage increasing from 7% of cell …
BlackBerry’s decline illustrated in a single chart
A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a chart can be even more valuable. As a new chapter in the book of BlackBerry …
Would weak iPhone 5c sales even be a problem?
Very soon after Apple had triumphantly announced it sold 9 million new iPhones through the first weekend of availability, speculation started percolating about whether the sell-through …
iPhone 5c review: The other high-end iPhone
Apple took the wind out of a lot of sails when it unveiled the iPhone 5c earlier this month. It’s not that the device itself was …
Elop’s contract reportedly gave him a big incentive to tank Nokia’s stock, sell company
Wild-eyed believers in the Grand Elop Conspiracy might feel a little less crazy this morning. Frequent BGR contributor Tero Kuittinen, writing over at Forbes, points us …
BlackBerry’s subscriber base seen plummeting from 72 million to zero in 2-3 years
Despite the recent news that BlackBerry may have finally found a buyer if the Fairfax deal doesn’t fall apart, the company’s future as a smartphone …
It looks like Fairfax or bust for BlackBerry
Although Fairfax Financial is offering to pay $4.7 billion to acquire BlackBerry and take the company private, it’s still giving the BlackBerry board of directors …
HTC reportedly likely to post first quarterly loss following HTC One mini production woes
HTC is increasingly likely to post its first-ever net loss this quarter, according to a new report from Reuters. The site spoke to several unnamed …
It’s about time: FAA to finally change in-flight electronics rules
It’s taken a long, long time but the Federal Aviation Administration finally looks poised to relax rules on using electronic devices during flights. The New …
BlackBerry announces $4.7 billion buyout plan from Fairfax Financial
BlackBerry’s fate is coming into focus. The company announced on Monday that it has signed a letter of intent with a consortium led by Fairfax …
Exclusive: BlackBerry’s newer low cost BlackBerry 10 smartphone slides in below Q5 on price, features
I don’t think I have the words for this, but here we go… Thanks to a close source of ours, we have received pictures and …
