Qualcomm to acquire chip maker Atheros for $3.1 billion
Qualcomm announced Wednesday that it will acquire microchip maker Atheros. The $3.1 billion deal is set to be the largest acquisition in Qualcomm’s history. The …
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AT&T to detail LTE plans today at CES
We have received word that AT&T will announce and detail its LTE 4G roll out today at CES — stay tuned!
RadioShack to launch Sprint’s EVO Shift 4G early; $149.99 on January 6th
If you’ve gotten yourself all worked-up about Sprint’s EVO Shift 4G from HTC, listen up. As we told you yesterday, the official Sprint launch date for …
Rolling Stone ad outs AT&T’s HTC Inspire 4G… yes, 4G
It isn’t all that often we get to report on mobile technology news broken by magazine Rolling Stone, which makes this news even more special. In …
Verizon Wireless to end early upgrades, New Every Two program
Some bad news is emerging for Verizon Wireless subscribers this evening, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Just ahead of the imminent wave of next-generation …
Bell Mobility to exclusively launch LG Optimus Chic January 14th
A memo obtained by BGR indicates that Canada’s Bell Mobility will be exclusively launching the LG Optimus Chic on January 14th; the Chic is being …
More details of Best Buy’s Buy Back program revealed
In case you had any open questions about Best Buy’s upcoming Buy Back program, a trusted source just sent some more information that will clear …
HP holding webOS event February 9th; PalmPad line may be revealed
Uh oh, it’s definitely going down — in addition to the flood of tablet devices headed to CES and Apple’s rumored next event detailing the …
Garmin announces nüvi 2400 series GPS units, StreetPilot iPhone app
Today, via a barrage of press releases, navigation company Garmin announced its nüvi 2400 series of personal GPS devices and its first iPhone navigation application, StreetPilot. The 2400 series …
DigiTimes: HTC’s Scribe tablet to be revealed at MWC in February
The Taiwanese rumor mill that is DigiTimes has let go another tablet-based prognostication. In a post today, the blog asserts that HTC will release its 7-inch Scribe …
MetroPCS lowers price of unlimited LTE talk and data plan to $40
Say what you will about U.S. prepaid wireless provider MetroPCS, but they are leading the way in value-based 4G cellular service plans. Today, via a press release, …
Honeycomb to require dual-core processor?
According to a report filed by PCMag today, Google’s soon-to-be-released, tablet-optimized Android iteration –Honeycomb — will require some serious processing power. The blog cites the managing …
Amid SEC inquiry, Facebook gets $50 billion valuation after $500 million private investment
Social networking giant Facebook may be looking to conquer another market, Wall Street. After news spread of a $500 million investment — $450 million from …
Apple’s market cap passes $300 billion
Apple’s stock is up around 7 points at the time this post was published, and you know what that means… the company’s market cap is …
Best Buy’s new ‘Buy Back’ program to launch January 5th for phones, laptops, tablets, and TVs
One of our trusted Best Buy sources has come through with several documents that provide additional details on the retailer’s new Buy Back program. The …
Samsung Galaxy S sales surpass 10 million in 2010
We’re just three days into 2011 and Samsung is already reminiscing about the big year it had in 2010. Between sales of its Galaxy S …
Details of Best Buy’s new ‘Buy Back’ program revealed
It looks as though retail giant Best Buy is planning to launch a new buy back program aimed at keeping users who uncontrollably constantly upgrade their smartphones …
Piper Jaffray predicts 2011 Apple roadmap
Predictions from Piper Jaffray’s managing director and senior research analyst Gene Munster have been compared to darts tossed at a 10-foot dartboard, but that won’t …
WSJ: Vizio plans to announce Android phone, tablet intentions today
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, TV manufacturer Vizio plans to announce its intentions to break into the Android smartphone and tablet …
Myspace may lay off half its staff
Horrible news comes from AllThingsD’s NetworkEffect blog Friday morning, as rumors of massive layoffs sullied New Year’s Eve for a social networking pioneer. Myspace may …
Every 20 minutes on Facebook…
Ever wonder just how many transactions social networking site Facebook handles in 20 minutes? No? Us either. However, a recently published report from analytics company …
2010: Phones, fires and 4G
2010 was quite the interesting year for the tech industry and here on BGR, the smartphone was king. Adoption of Google’s Android OS skyrocketed, Microsoft …
Clear discontinues Apple-centric 4G iSpot
Wow, who would have seen this one coming? A mobile broadband router that only works in 71 markets with three specific devices — iPhones, iPads, …
Rumor: specifications for HTC’s Thunderbolt 4G emerge
We usually aren’t inclined to include the word “rumor” in article titles, but once you read on, we think you’ll understand why it’s there. German …
Facebook most searched term, visited site of 2010 in U.S.
This comes as no surprise. Social networking juggernaut Facebook was the most-searched term and most-visited website of 2010, according to Experian Hitwise. Facebook, which was …
Barnes & Noble: NOOK ‘biggest best seller’ in company history; selling more digital books than physical books on BN.com
Just three days after Amazon announced that its Kindle e-reader had become the best-selling product of all-time on the company’s website, Barnes & Noble has …
Amazon issues ‘Best of 2010′ lists; Kindle tops electronics, Captivate wins wireless
Amazon released its “Best of 2010” lists on Thursday, highlighting the major retailer’s best-selling, most wished-for and most gifted products of the year. In the …
Samsung Mobile Display to showcase 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED, 19-inch transparent AMOLED displays at CES
Today, via a brief press blast, Samsung Mobile Display announced its big intentions for this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Sammy’s mobile display unit hopes to …
Amazon enables lending of Kindle books
The first sentence of a support article posted on Amazon’s support site provides the meat and potatoes of today’s big announcement: “Eligible Kindle books can be …
Throwback Thursday: AT&T VideoPhone 2500
To celebrate the arrival of Skype’s mobile video chat on the iPhone 4, today’s Throwback Thursday looks back fondly on another ultimately fruitless attempt to …
