Apple to acquire Italian music editing startup
Apple has reportedly purchased Redmatica, an Italian startup that specializes in digital music editing apps, according to Fanpage. The Italian blog cites a weekly bulletin …
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Samsung's dream comes true
Samsung’s recent run of television commercials depicted iPhone owners as mindless hipster sheep who line up for days just to get their hands on a …
Apple to demo new TV OS at WWDC in two weeks
BGR has learned from a trusted source that Apple is planning to demonstrate a brand new version of the Apple TV operating system next week …
Cook stirs the pot: Apple CEO on TV, Siri, upcoming products and more
Apple CEO Tim Cook opened up All Things Digital’s tenth annual conference on Tuesday evening and while no one expected any product announcements during his …
Samsung Music Hub launches for European Galaxy S III owners
Samsung on Tuesday announced the arrival of its new Music Hub service. The all-in-one mobile music service launched in various European markets with the Galaxy …
Google and Samsung unveil new Chromebook and Chromebox
Google and Samsung on Tuesday announced a new Chromebook and Chromebox computer. Both machines are powered by Google’s cloud-based Chrome OS and are built for …
RIM hires JP Morgan to explore options, most likely pushing for a sale
RIM has hired JP Morgan to “assist in reviewing RIM’s business and financial performance”: To further enhance our commitment to successfully completing our transformation, after …
40% of accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are spam
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are become focal points of our digital lives, and just as they did with email and other popular digital …
New MacBooks coming in June, next-gen iPhone launching this fall according to report
RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani on Tuesday stated that Apple will revamp its MacBook computers in June and release a new iPhone in September …
Apple announces WWDC keynote for June 11th at 10AM
Apple has officially confirmed that the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote will be held at 10:00am on June 11th at Moscone West. Surprisingly, Apple has not …
Apple's new iOS 6 Maps app with 3D mapping is coming this summer, and we have photos
Apple has been working on an in-house mapping solution for a few years, and it appears as if the company is finally ready to release …
RIM to cut more than 10% of workforce as struggles continue
Research In Motion will reportedly lay off at least 2,000 workers as the company struggles to regain its footing in a smartphone market dominated by …
Facebook looks to Apple as it builds the 'Facebook phone'
Facebook has reportedly hired more than half a dozen former Apple engineers as part of renewed efforts to build an own-brand smartphone. According to a …
Facebook hit with another class action suit, this time over IPO debacle
Pennsylvania-based law firm Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook regarding the handling of its initial public offering, …
Facebook reportedly in talks to acquire Web browser maker Opera
Following Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, it looks like the company has no intention of slowing down. According to a report from Pocket-lint, the …
Google Transparency Report details copyright-related takedown requests for first time
In its latest Transparency Report, Google has included information about takedown requests related to copyright infringement for the first time ever. According to the data from this …
Comcast plans to charge customers for exceeding bandwidth cap
Comcast recently announced that it may soon begin charging additional fees to broadband Internet subscribers who go over their monthly bandwidth allowances. The cable operator …
Dish sued by networks over ad-skipping Auto Hop feature
CBS, Fox and NBC have independently filed lawsuits against Dish Network, claiming its new automatic commercial-deleting service Auto Hop violates copyright laws; Fox even goes …
Pandora now controls over 70% of top U.S. Internet radio market
Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy recently announced that the music streaming service had surpassed 150 million users in the United States and was the second most …
Sharp and Sony to terminate joint LCD venture
Sharp and Sony on Wednesday released a joint statement to announce the end of the companies’ joint venture to produce and sell LCD panels. Due …
$200 million in funding for ultra high-speed Internet up for grabs
The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project (Gig.U) and Gigabit Squared this week announced funding of $200 million for the nation’s first multi-community broadband gigabit …
Solar-powered airplane embarks on first transcontinental flight
An experimental solar-powered airplane embarked on its first transcontinental flight on Thursday, The Associated Press reported. The Solar Impulse plane left Switzerland and, after a …
Microsoft wins German ban on Motorola phones
A German regional court on Thursday issued an injunction against newly-acquired Motorola Mobility for infringing one of Microsoft’s patents, according to FOSS Patents. The manufacturer …
New FBI unit tasked with making Web and mobile communications easier to spy on
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently formed a new unit tasked with developing technologies that enable more effective means of monitoring Internet, mobile and VoIP …
The BGR Show premieres May 31st!
The first episode of The BGR Show doesn’t premiere until May 31st, but we wanted to put together a little something to tease the show …
Voice-controlled 4G cop car of the future identifies lawbreakers on its own [video]
Police officers may soon find themselves patrolling the streets in next-generation vehicles that combine Knight Rider with modern technology to create a cruiser that can …
Apple remains world's most valuable brand
Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is also the world’s most valuable brand according to a recent study by market-research firm Millward Brown. Over the past …
Facebook's record-breaking IPO put into perspective
Facebook made its initial public offering last Friday and while it didn’t go as smoothly as many had hoped, the offering was still the largest of …
HP beats the Street in Q2; confirms plans to cut 27,000 jobs as Q3 guidance misses
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday reported its second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Analysts expected the computer giant to report revenue of $29.92 billion and earnings …
Google did not infringe Oracle's patents with Android
In the widely publicized patent infringement case between Google and Oracle, a San Francisco jury on Wednesday found that Google’s Android operating system does not …
