SoftBank cleared for Sprint takeover as Dish abandons bid
Efforts to acquire Sprint have been a long and arduous fiasco for SoftBank, but the Japan-based carrier moved one step closer to completing the deal …
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Facebook looks to Samsung for help in wake of HTC First disaster
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Samsung president Shin Jong Kyun this week to discuss a potential partnership, Bloomberg reported. Facebook, the world’s largest social …
Texas becomes first state to require warrants before cops can spy on email
Don’t mess with Texans’ email. Ars Technica reports that Texas has become the first state in the United States that requires law enforcement officials to …
Huawei might consider buying Nokia if it dumps Windows Phone
Shares of Nokia surged on Tuesday, mostly because Chinese electronics giant Huawei expressed interest in buying the struggling Finnish smartphone manufacturer. Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei’s …
Tim Cook vs. Jony Ive: Battle of the WWDC tweets
It looks like the initial reaction to Apple’s reworked iOS 7 software might not have been as bad as the loudest naysayers made it out …
LG has a quiet hit on its hands with the Optimus G Pro
Being an Android smartphone vendor isn’t always easy with Samsung stealing the spotlight, but LG has quietly become the only other global vendor in the …
Google’s Kurzweil says humanity is on the brink of achieving immortality
Never one to make conservative predictions, Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil thinks that humans will soon develop technology advanced enough to keep us alive forever. …
Google settles lawsuit over planned stock split
Google has settled a lawsuit brought on by shareholders after the company announced plans for a stock split earlier this year, Reuters reported. Investors were …
Google looks to wipe child porn off the face of the Internet
Google is developing a new technology that will help search engines and other Internet companies collectively remove child pornography from the Web, The Telegraph reported. …
Facebook is trying to crush Vine before it’s too late
Facebook will reportedly be adding Vine-like, short video clips to its Instagram service later this month. This follows an important cross-over moment — earlier in …
Cable companies are pulling punches in fight with Google Fiber
Several cable companies are currently capable of offering Internet service that meets or exceeds the blistering 1Gbps speeds enjoyed by Google Fiber subscribers. In fact, …
Samsung slammed with downgrades as Galaxy S4 ‘marketing charm’ fades
It hasn’t taken long for Wall Street’s earlier irrational exuberance over Samsung’s prospects to turn into pessimistic doomsaying. Reuters reports that many formerly bullish analysts are openly …
Apple now adding half a million new iTunes accounts each day
Apple revealed earlier this week that its iTunes music store is now home to 575 million users. Horace Dediu of Asymco noted that the company …
NSA PRISM scandal gives big boost to little-used, privacy-friendly search engine
Revelations about the National Security Agency’s vast intelligence gathering operations may have been the best thing to happen to lesser known search engine DuckDuckGo. VentureBeat …
Video: Daily Show’s Lewis Black mocks Google Glass, Xbox One over privacy
With all the controversy over the NSA’s massive data mining operations, comedian Lewis Black has turned his eye toward two of the most potentially invasive …
BMI sues Pandora over terrestrial radio station purchase
Pandora has been on a mission over the past couple of years to lower the royalty rates it pays music labels. The company argues that …
This is what the world is Googling right now
If there is one thing Google is good at, it’s finding new and exciting ways to use data. We can’t even begin to imagine what …
Video: Woz explains how cloud computing is turning us into Soviet Russia
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak had a quick chat with FayerWayer earlier this week, and the site asked him about a wide range of topics, including the new …
Waze CEO on why Google bought his company: Waze is Google Search for the real world
Why was Google willing to pay what several reports claim to be $1 billion or more for Waze? According to Waze CEO Noam Bardin, the answer …
Nearly half the world’s population will be on the Internet by 2017
Networking company Cisco estimates that Internet traffic will grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017 to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes, more than …
Microsoft’s Andy Lees steps down from new role after just seven months
Microsoft executive Andy Lees has stepped down from his new corporate development role at Microsoft. Lees plans to go on sabbatical and return to his …
Sony-backed ISP launches service that’s twice as fast as Google Fiber
Eat your heart out, Google Fiber. Engadget reports that Sony-backed Japanese ISP So-net has launched Nuro, a new fiber service with 2Gbps maximum speeds that put even …
EU investigating Google over Android licensing
European officials are investigating Google over allegations that it has anti-competitive deals in place with various smartphone vendors, the Financial Times reported. Microsoft and Nokia reportedly …
BlackBerry comeback continues on reports of strong sales
Shares of BlackBerry rallied on Thursday on reports that the company’s new smartphones are selling better than expected. Andy Perkins of Societe Generale said, per …
Apple scores another win over Samsung with validated rubber-band patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office plans to issue a reexamination certificate confirming four of Apple’s claims regarding its rubber-band patent, according to FOSS …
Why Google never needs to make a dime from Android device sales
Much as he dismissed the significance of the iPhone when it first released, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer also dismissed Google’s free-to-use Android platform when it launched …
Hulu deal imminent as DirecTV reportedly wins bidding war
A Hulu sale is imminent and DirecTV is the likely victor, according to multiple unnamed sources speaking to Pando Daily. This would be possibly the best …
Best Buy giving Windows its own ‘store-within-a-store’
When you walk into your local Best Buy store you will usually find a miniature Apple Store and a Samsung experience section, and soon you can …
How Samsung could develop the 21st century’s answer to Bell Labs
Sorry, Google, but you may not hold a monopoly on researching far-out technologies that may not even help your core business in the future. Forbes …
HP bucks Microsoft, will promote Google Apps to small businesses
Microsoft Office is by far the most comprehensive suite of productivity services around, but what if you own a small business with bare-bones requirements for …
