Google Fiber turned Kansas City into a magnet for tech startups
Soon no one will snicker when Kansas City residents proudly refer to their city as the “Silicon Prairie.” As the Associated Press reports, the presence …
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Netflix will offer animated shows from Adult Swim and Cartoon Network on March 30th
Netflix (NFLX) on Monday announced a new licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Brothers to bring even more content to the streaming service …
Latest Chrome Beta lets developers integrate speech recognition into their web apps
Pretty soon, every major web app could have its own version of Siri. Google (GOOG) on Monday released a new version of Chrome Beta that …
Apple is still a great company, but it’s no longer defying economic gravity
Apple’s (AAPL) share prices again got hammered on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company had dramatically slashed its supply orders for …
Dell reportedly in talks to become a private company
Like a lot of PC manufacturers, Dell (DELL) hasn’t been doing very well lately. And now unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that “several large banks …
Apple’s earnings per share could decline for first time in almost a decade
The big reason that Apple’s (AAPL) stock price has been tanking isn’t because anyone thinks the company will collapse over the next year; rather, it’s …
Microsoft Surface Q4 sales estimated at just 1 million units
Microsoft’s (MSFT) debut tablet isn’t shaping up to be the runaway success story the company was likely hoping for. New estimates from UBS analyst Brent Thrill …
As Apple’s share price plummets, HTC surges
Apple (AAPL) has hit a seriously rough patch over the past few months in terms of investor sentiment. Fears over margin impact of a hypothetical …
The strange math of Apple’s alleged massive iPhone 5 order cuts
The Sunday evening Wall Street Journal article claiming that Apple (AAPL) had cut its iPhone 5 display orders drastically for the March quarter made quite …
Samsung says Galaxy S III sales hit 40 million units as cumulative Galaxy S series sales top 100 million
After selling more than 30 million Galaxy S III handsets in just 150 days, the numbers were bound to add up fast. Samsung (005930) on …
WSJ, Nikkei: Weak demand forces Apple to cut iPhone 5 component orders in half
Still wondering why Apple (AAPL) is reportedly developing a cheaper iPhone? A number of industry analysts have theorized for months that the high-end smartphone market …
Cable companies called ‘monopolies that stifle competition and innovation’
If you’re unhappy with your cable service, you aren’t alone. And according to Susan Crawford, a communications policy expert and a professor at the Cardozo School …
HP sued for allegedly stiffing workers on overtime pay
Just what HP (HPQ) needs: Another public relations headache! Business Insider reports that some HP tech support employees are suing the company for allegedly having …
Ericsson sold more than 2,000 patents to a patent troll suing Apple, Google and RIM
Noted patent troll Unwired Planet made news last year when it filed patent infringement complaints against Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Research in Motion (RIMM). In an effort to …
Verizon’s new anti-piracy policy will throttle repeat offenders’ connections down to dial-up speeds
Unless you have acute nostalgia for AOL dial-up service circa 1998, then you probably shouldn’t get busted pirating copyrighted material on Verizon’s (VZ) network. TorrentFreak has got …
Best Buy holiday sales slide despite online boost
Best Buy (BBY) on Friday reported sales results for the nine-week period ending on January 5th, 2013. The nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer said total …
Demand for cheaper iPhones may have hurt Apple’s holiday quarter
As rumors of a new lower-end iPhone that will debut later this year persist, a new report suggests stronger than expected demand for a cheaper …
Sprint confirms it will launch BlackBerry 10 later this year
Three of the four major nationwide wireless carriers in the U.S. confirmed earlier this week that they have plans to launch phones running Research In …
Phil Schiller interview casting doubt on possible low-end iPhone updated, prompting Reuters withdrawal
An interview with Apple’s (AAPL) senior vice president of marketing Phil Schiller conducted by Chinese-language Shanghai Evening News made waves on Thursday when it seemed …
How computer scientists are trying to stop smartphones and tablets from breaking the Internet
There’s just one problem with the post-PC mobile revolution: The Internet may not be designed to properly handle it. To understand why this is, recall …
Beats Audio announces new music streaming service to launch in late 2013
Following Beats Audio’s acquisition of subscription music service MOG, BGR exclusively reported details about the company’s plans to launch an iTunes-like music service, codenamed project …
FCC plans to free up large block of prime spectrum for Wi-Fi
Good news for everyone who’s tired of shoddy Wi-Fi connectivity in crowded cafes: the Federal Communications Commission is here to help. As CNET reports, FCC chairman …
Whitman says it will take five years to turn HP around
To understand what an unholy mess HP (HPQ) is in right now, consider that CEO Meg Whitman says she needs more time to fix the …
Apple could spend much of 2013 patching its big Achilles’ heel: Web services
Let’s face it: Apple’s (AAPL) Maps fiasco wouldn’t have been such a big deal if it were just a one-time mistake. But as AllThingsD’s John Paczkowski …
New cheaper iPhone called ‘absolutely awful news’ for Apple
At least five independent reports over the past week have claimed that Apple (AAPL) has a new less expensive iPhone model in the works. By …
Is BlackBerry back? Strong early BlackBerry 10 demand could signal RIM comeback
After hitting a rough patch that seemed to last for most of 2012, Research In Motion (RIMM) may finally see the light at the end …
Tired of seeing Android sued by everyone, Google cranks up its patent output
Google (GOOG) may hate the patent suit players, but it sure doesn’t hate the patent suit game. As Network World reports, Google ramped up its patent …
‘Apple is done’ and Surface tablet is cool, according to teens
Apple’s (AAPL) staggering success over the past few years can be attributed to the combination of several key factors. Great leadership is one, great products …
Nokia sold 14 million smartphones in Q4… if you reclassify Asha phones
Nokia (NOK) just issued a positive fourth-quarter warning in Helsinki, stating that the Mobile Phones unit and Lumia phones beat company expectations. The reported Lumia …
Verizon plans to use LTE for new video broadcast network
When Verizon (VZ) CEO Lowell McAdam said this week that his company was looking at other ways to make money besides smartphones, he wasn’t lying. Verizon …
