BlackBerry CEO and board reportedly considering taking company private
It has been more than 15 years since Research In Motion went public in 1998, and what a long strange trip it’s been. RIM was …
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The Pirate Party tries to get Sweden’s IT minister busted for copyright violations
Sweden’s Pirate Party has suddenly become very enthusiastic about enforcing copyright laws. TorrentFreak reports that the Pirate Party has found evidence that Swedish IT minister Anna-Karin …
With simmering smartphone growth set to slow, all eyes turn to budget phones
The global smartphone market absolutely exploded over the past few years, making Apple the most valuable company in the world and propelling Samsung higher than …
Bill Gates: Google’s African Internet initiative won’t help people dying from malaria
Bill Gates has a long history of philanthropy in Africa and he’s decidedly unimpressed with Google’s initiative to help more people in Africa get Internet connectivity …
Apple to seek sales ban on several Samsung phones
After President Obama stepped in at the last minute and reversed a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that would have banned sales of the iPhone 4 …
Apple reportedly opening Taiwan R&D center for next-gen iPhone development
A new report claims Apple is preparing to open a new Research and Development center in Taiwan, possibly in an effort to work more closely …
BlackBerry scores big win as Z10, Q10 get Pentagon approval
BlackBerry is in need of some good news and it got some on Thursday when it announced that its BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has gained …
Motorola Moto X review
The Moto X is a big bet for Google and Motorola. It’s a phone that wouldn’t have existed if Google had not paid $12.5 billion …
T-Mobile swings to loss in Q2 while iPhone, ‘uncarrier’ plans propel huge subscriber growth
T-Mobile’s new “uncarrier” initiatives might just be marketing gimmicks, but alongside the addition of the iPhone to the carrier’s lineup last quarter, they helped drive …
AOL cruelly increases prices for dial-up subscribers
If there’s one thing that’s worse than being trapped in AOL dial-up hell, it’s paying even more money to stay there. Dan Frommer at SplatF …
WhatsApp is starting to look dangerously conservative
On Tuesday night, WhatsApp announced the addition of voice messaging to its service. In some ways, this news only underlined just how narrow the feature palette of …
Apple beats the ITC yet again
Patent lawsuits sadly never die, they just go into hibernation for a while. FOSS Patents reports that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal …
Three more senior execs out at BlackBerry
The executive exodus at BlackBerry continues. CBC News reports that three more senior executives are on their way out the door at BlackBerry: Corporate information …
Apple’s hate for Samsung may be fading
Try as it might, Apple just can’t seem to ditch Samsung as a key component supplier. Under late co-founder Steve Jobs’s watch, it looked like …
iPad’s legacy seen falling short of iPhone
Whereas the iPhone reinvented a category, the iPad define an entirely new one. Companies like Nokia had toyed with media tablets in the past, but …
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 …
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 …
