Facebook hits 750 million users milestone
Facebook now has 750 million monthly active users worldwide, TechCrunch reported on Friday. That’s incredible growth since our June 1st story, which suggested that the …
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iCloud services, including ‘iCloud Mail,’ will be accessible on the Web
According to Apple’s new MobileMe transition FAQ page, users will be able to access their iCloud services from the web. Specifically, the site says: Will …
Apple releases iOS 5 beta 2 [updated]
You heard that right. Apple’s just unleashed iOS 5 beta 2 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch units — for developers only, of course. …
BGR Podcast 001: June 24th
That’s right — we’re here with our first podcast ever (unless you count those one-off BGR Radio shows from back in the day) and we …
Acer cuts 2011 tablet sales forecast in half to 2.5M units, blames poor sell-through, competition
Acer on Friday drastically lowered its 2011 shipment forecast for tablet PCs, Taiwan Economic News reported. The company now anticipates shipping approximately 2.5 million consumer …
Google addresses FTC investigation into its business practices
Google officially announced on Friday that it received word on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission will begin reviewing its business. Google said that “it’s …
FTC may subpoena Google in anti-trust investigation
The Federal Communications Commission may subpoena Google during the next five days as part of an anti-trust investigation related to the company’s search and web …
Apple files new patent suit against Samsung
Apple on Friday filed a new patent infringement lawsuit in South Korea alleging that multiple Samsung products are infringing its patents. “It is no coincidence …
MacBook Air Q3 sales to double combined sales of all Macs last quarter, report claims
Apple plans to ship more than 8 million MacBook Air computers in the third quarter of 2011, DigiTimes claims in a new report on Friday. …
Hulu Plus launches for six Android phones as company is put up for sale
Hulu announced on Thursday that its Hulu Plus application is now available on select Android smartphones. The service costs $7.99 per month and allows users …
Electronic Arts may acquire PopCap Games for $1 billion
Electronic Arts is set to purchase PopCap Games for $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. PopCap Games is best known for titles such as Plants vs. …
New advancement in nanotechnology could help keep gadgets juiced without wall chargers
What if you could charge your phone by simply tapping on the touchscreen display — never having to worry about plugging it in — or …
RIM chiefs no longer billionaires thanks to plummeting RIM stock
Shares of RIM stock have taken a beating since the company announced devastating first-quarter earnings last Thursday. The Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry maker missed Wall Street’s first-quarter consensus, it …
Symbian is officially no longer Nokia’s problem
What a long, strange trip it’s been, and now it’s almost over. Nokia may not be done building and selling Symbian smartphones, but at least …
Apple could sell over 14 million iPad 2 tablets in Q3
Sales of Apple’s iPad 2 tablet are set to explode in the third quarter according to Hong Kong-based research firm CLSA. Citing LCD sales data …
Sprint dangles discounts to lure away AT&T, T-Mobile customers
Are you an AT&T or T-Mobile small business customer? Sprint wants your business, and it’s offering some pretty compelling discounts to woo you. A leaked …
Microsoft vs. Apple infographic details rivalry from inception to global domination [updated]
In the world of computing, no two companies have more history than Microsoft and Apple. In fact, the companys’ history is 10,124 pixels tall. From …
HTC’s ChaCha Facebook phone coming to AT&T as the HTC Status
BGR has exclusively confirmed with a trusted source that HTC’s ChaCha, the company’s first device with dedicated Facebook button and deep Facebook integration, will be …
Google implementing native video chat tech into Chrome
Google has started to build its open-source WebRTC software into its Chrome web browser, according to CNET. WebRTC was introduced in May as a new …
Cricket to test its first 4G LTE network in Tucson later this year
Cricket will start to test the first installment of its 4G LTE network in Tucson, Arizona, the carrier confirmed in a recent interview with PCMag. …
Verizon’s tiered data plans reaffirmed by leak
Verizon Wireless has stated on multiple occasions that it will move to usage-based smartphone data plans next month, but the carrier has been tight lipped …
AT&T: T-Mobile acquisition on schedule for March 2012 approval
Speaking to reporters recently, AT&T’s General Counsel Wayne Watts said that AT&T’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile is still on schedule for approval in …
New bill could force carriers to tell the truth about 4G
4G is barely in its infancy and it has already been through so much. First it was fake, and then some solid lobbying on carriers’ …
And the best-selling smartphone at AT&T and Verizon stores is…
…the iPhone. BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk on Wednesday published the findings of a study in which BTIG researchers contacted 250 AT&T and Verizon Wireless retail …
RIM trims internal PlayBook sales estimates, report claims
Despite respectable sales in its first quarter of availability, RIM has reportedly slashed internal sales estimates for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. RIM announced during its …
Judge denies Samsung access to unreleased iPad, iPhone
According to FOSS Patents, a judge in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California has ruled that Samsung cannot view Apple’s next-generation …
Amazon’s tablets could launch in August-September time frame
According to DigiTimes, Amazon’s rumored Android tablets could launch as soon as this August or September. The online retail giant has a global sales target …
Best Buy takes on Apple, Amazon with new cloud music service
Best Buy announced “Music Cloud” on Wednesday, a new service that will compete directly with other cloud-based music services from Apple, Amazon, and Google. Best …
Foursquare updates iOS app with faster check-ins, surpasses 10,000,000 users
Foursquare released a new version of its iOS client on Tuesday with a number of enhancements. Among the changes are a new Check In button …
AT&T intros $50 unlimited GoPhone plan
On Tuesday AT&T officially announced that its customers can now sign up for a $50 unlimited GoPhone plan that includes unlimited text, talk, and web …
