This might be the real (and silly) reason there’s no Windows 9
Microsoft surprised everyone earlier this week when it announced the name of its next major Windows release, as the company decided to simply skip Windows …
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The most important features everyone should know about in Windows 10
Microsoft unveiled its own next big thing earlier this week in the form of Windows 10 and ZDNet’s Ed Bott has taken a preliminary look …
Video: Incredible GoPro drone footage takes you into an erupting volcano
When you have the ability to attach a GoPro Hero 3 onto a DJI Phantom Pro 2 drone, you can have the opportunity film incredible scenes from the air. …
Early Galaxy Note 4 benchmarks suggest the iPhone 6 is still the better performer
The first Galaxy Note 4 benchmarks following the phone’s limited South Korean and Chinese launch have emerged and they suggest that while the Galaxy Note …
$78 worth of awesome paid iPhone apps you can now download for free
We shared seven paid iPhone and iPad apps worth $37 total on Wednesday, and a few of them can still be downloaded for free if …
Brilliant website tracks iPhone 6 availability in every single U.S. Apple Store
Looking to get an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus but aren’t sure if your local Apple Store will have the exact model you want? No …
Netflix is now Disney on steroids
As it happens, the news about Netflix doing a sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and doing a break-through same-day streaming/movie theater release is far …
This is what Android L’s beautiful ‘Material Design’ looks like on the Galaxy S5
Samsung isn’t known for being able to offer its mobile device users fast updates to Google’s latest Android OS versions, but that might change starting …
BlackBerry’s Chen explains why his company isn’t trying to ‘kill’ the iPhone anymore
One of the things that is most reassuring about BlackBerry CEO John Chen compared to some of his predecessors is that he seems to have …
Adam Sandler’s next four movies are coming exclusively to Netflix
After news coming in earlier this week revealed that Netflix will be producing its first movie (a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel) and news that movie theaters are teaming up …
Apple is bringing one of the most requested missing features back to iOS 8
Before iOS 8.0.1 nearly bricked your phone, before your password found its way into autocomplete suggestions and before iCloud Drive started deleting your files, we only had …
The 10 best tech toys under $200, according to Redditors
A lot of new tech is out there and it’s hard to choose what to buy and how much to pay for a device — …
Samsung swears the Galaxy Note 4 won’t bend in your back pocket
Whatever the actual merits of the Bendgate “scandal,” you just knew it wouldn’t take long for Samsung to try to take advantage of it. In …
Buying a used iPhone? Here’s how to find out if it’s stolen first
The new iPhone 6 models aren’t the only iOS handsets selling well, as many people are more than happy to purchase a cheaper used iPhone model. …
New report claims to reveal release date for iOS 8.1 and Apple Pay
Apple’s iOS 8 releases haven’t exactly gone according to plan so far, especially when iOS 8.0.1 bricked tens of thousands of brand new iPhone 6 …
Video: Flagship Android phones can’t touch iPhone 6 in this speed test
Even though many smartphone enthusiasts were quick to scoff at the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus for their seemingly substandard specs, reviews and benchmark tests revealed that …
This awesome secret iOS 8 trick will change the way you use your iPhone
Mobile messaging apps are incredibly hot right now, as evidenced by Facebook’s recent $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp. As popular as various cross-platform solutions like …
Come celebrate our 8-year anniversary on October 16th in NYC!
It is astonishing to think that BGR started eight years ago, and it wouldn’t have existed if not for our great readers, so we wanted …
Check out these stunning renders of Google’s upcoming Nexus 6
Google is expected to launch a new Nexus smartphone this fall, a huge Motorola-made Nexus 6 handset supposed to offer high-end specs and run Android …
Tim Allen gives the BlackBerry Passport a high-profile endorsement on Jimmy Kimmel
BlackBerry would never do anything gimmicky like pay U2 to play at its flagship phone launch… well, OK, it did sort of appoint Alicia Keys …
Celebrities hit by ‘Nudegate’ iCloud hack may file $100M lawsuit against… Google?
There’s little question at this point that the recent round of nude celebrity photo leaks are Apple’s fault. Hackers supposedly used simple brute force attacks, which …
Movie theaters are teaming up to battle Netflix
When Netflix announced that it would produce its first movie — a sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — you’d expect movie companies to wave their fingers of objection in the …
iPhone 6 reservations in China rocket to 2 million in just 6 hours
Apple announced official iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch plans for China earlier this week, and while the phone will only start selling in …
For Jony Ive, the Apple Watch is all about the tiny ‘fantastic’ details
Apple isn’t ready to sell you a brand new Apple Watch just yet, but the company is certainly interested in making you want to buy …
The government is shamelessly trying to scare Apple and Google from encrypting their phones
Did you know that if Apple and Google encrypt the data on your smartphone, then pedophiles, bank robbers and terrorists will be able to wreak havoc …
Smaller cable providers realize cord cutters are the future
Big providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable may want to cling to the past but it looks like smaller cable providers seem to know …
Sophisticated malware already spying on Hong Kong protesters’ iOS and Android phones
Whenever mobile malware comes up, the usual reports detail new malicious apps that are found to affect Android, while iOS remains largely unaffected by such …
Awesome iPhone time lapse video shows you a beautiful London afternoon in 21 seconds
We absolutely love the new time lapse video feature that Apple has added to its iPhone cameras if for no other reason than it’s enabling …
Video: The third ‘Interstellar’ trailer will make you wish it was November already
It’s pretty much accepted that when a Christopher Nolan film comes out, it’s an event. Leading up to that event, Nolan just teases moviegoers to …
Verizon and Sprint follow AT&T’s lead with new double data offers
Over the weekend, AT&T announced a data plan promotion which would allow customers to sign up for double the data at the same price as …
