AT&T to throttle smartphone data starting October 1st
AT&T said on Friday that it will begin throttling unlimited smartphone data plans as of October 1st. “Like other wireless companies, we’re taking steps to …
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Apple's iPhone accounted for 66% of Q2 smartphone profit among top vendors
With just two smartphone models available for sale, Apple took in two thirds of profits from smartphone sales in the second quarter among the top …
AT&T's sleek Samsung slider isn't the Galaxy S II after all
Last week, we exclusively reported that AT&T was planning to launch a variant of Samsung’s Galaxy S II with a full QWERTY keyboard. Well, we …
Motorola PHOTON 4G review
The Motorola PHOTON 4G is the company’s first 4G handset on Sprint, and even more, it is the first high-end Motorola device set to launch …
Google hates smartphone patent wars, but buys 1,000 new patents to go to war
Google’s general counsel Kent Walker apparently doesn’t see eye to eye with the rest of his company. “The tech industry has a significant problem,” Walker …
Amazon inks streaming deal with NBCUniversal
Amazon announced on Thursday that it has inked an agreement with NBCUniversal to provide its subscription customers with access to 1,000 Universal Pictures movies. The …
Sony blames Q1 net loss on earthquake, economy
Sony reported its fiscal first quarter results on Thursday and recorded a net loss of 15.5 billion Yen ($198.7 million). The company attributed the loss …
Ultimate hack: LulzSec may have duped British authorities into arresting innocent man
Following reports on Wednesday that British police had arrested a 19-year-old suspect thought to be the spokesperson of notorious hacker group “LulzSec,” new information suggests …
Does Apple have any interest in buying Barnes & Noble?
We received a tip from an unproven source claiming to have knowledge of discussions within Apple to possibly purchase Barnes & Noble. While this might …
Nielsen: Apple top U.S. smartphone vendor, Android top OS in Q2
Android continued on its warpath this past quarter, once again showing gains as it retained its position as top smartphone platform in the United States. …
Sprint reports big Q2 loss as it sheds 101,000 postpaid subs
Sprint on Thursday reported greater than expected losses in the second quarter despite modest revenue growth. The nation’s No. 3 carrier pulled in $8.3 billion …
Sprint announces deal to adopt 4G LTE
Sprint on Thursday announced that it has inked a deal with LightSquared will see 4G LTE services built out on its massive nationwide network. LightSquared …
Acer founder comments on former CEO’s move to Samsung
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that Acer’s former chief executive officer Gianfranco Lanci has accepted a job at Samsung where he will lead the Korean company’s …
LG revenue hits $13.3B in Q2 on strong TV sales; mobile biz grows, still not profitable
LG on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that showed notable growth, though the consumer electronics giant still hasn’t found a way to return its mobile business …
UBS cuts RIM estimates as company faces steep challenges
UBS analyst Amitabh Passi on Wednesday cut his price target on shares of Research In Motion stock to $30 from a previous target of $41, …
Apple’s Mac OS X infringes on HTC-owned S3 patents, ITC rules
United States International Trade Commission judge James Gildea has ruled that Apple’s Mac OS X operating system infringes on two patents owned by S3. Judge …
Apple to sell 27M iPhones in Q3, 40M in Q4 according to Macquarie
Apple is poised to sell as many as 27 million iPhone smartphones in the third quarter and 40 million units in the fourth quarter following …
Motorola DROID 3 review
Motorola has been on a roll. With the introduction of the original DROID handset, a phone that we exclusively showed the world, Motorola has been …
T-Mobile responds to Sen. Al Franken’s recommendation against AT&T merger
Minnesota Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the heads of the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice earlier this week, stating that …
Mass production of Intel ultrabooks slated for September
Acer, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo and HP will begin to mass produce Intel-powered ultrabooks in September, on schedule for a second-half launch, DigiTimes reported on Tuesday. …
Software patents ‘gumming up’ smartphone innovation, Google’s general counsel says
Apple, Google, HTC, Samsung, Microsoft… it’s hard to name a technology company that’s not currently involved in a patent battle with another firm. Google’s general …
Netflix could lose 2.5 million subscribers following rate increase
Netflix could shed as many as 2.5 million paying customers as a result of its recent move to significantly increase the monthly cost of its …
HTC willing to bury the hatchet with Apple in patent battle
Speaking with Bloomberg recently, HTC’s chief financial officer Winston Yung said that his company is open to cutting a deal with Apple over various patents …
Did RIM lose its BlackBerry software boss just ahead of QNX transition?
BGR has learned that Research In Motion’s head of BlackBerry software may have left the company. Suresh Periyalwar, Senior Vice President of Handheld Software, had …
HTC Puccini, the company’s first 10-inch tablet, uncovered
In addition to exclusively revealing the first photos of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II earlier this morning, we also got our hands on the first …
Exclusive images of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II revealed
BGR has obtained exclusive images of AT&T’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Following our report on Monday showing an unnamed Samsung slider headed to …
Qualcomm to add gesture recognition to Snapdragon chips
Qualcomm announced that it has purchased gesture recognition technology from GestureTek on Monday. “Applications processors are enabling a range of new ways for consumers to …
Samsung taps ex-Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci to boost notebook biz
Acer’s former chief executive Gianfranco Lanci may join Samsung to assist with building the Korean firm’s notebook business, DigiTimes reported on Monday. Gianfranco Lanci resigned …
Microsoft sued for patent infringement over Kinect controller tech
Microsoft is being sued for patent infringement over motion-sensing technology used in its blockbuster gaming accessory, the Microsoft Kinect. Ohio-based Impulse Technology has filed a …
Apple’s Siri-based iOS voice controls dubbed ‘Assistant’
It has been about 15 months since Apple acquired Siri for a reported $200 million, and it looks as though we won’t have to wait …
