Netflix opposes Comcast-TWC merger in gigantic 256-page FCC petition
Netflix has filed a 256-page petition with the FCC asking the regulator to deny the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable because it would cause “serious public interest harm.”
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Flappy Bird creator finds out how brutally hard the app market is
Last February, the world was consumed by Flappy Bird mania. The retro-looking, infuriatingly hard mobile game from Vietnam became the top app in 80 countries, …
Thousands of Android phones are being hijacked by terrifying ransomware
Android users beware — another major malware threat has taken the mobile world by storm. According to San Francisco-based security firm Lookout, nearly 900,000 Android phones …
A flop for the ages: Fire Phone estimated to have sold 35,000 units at most
As many people have predicted, Amazon’s Fire Phone looks like a flop of the first order, although we’ll never know for sure just how big …
Watch a man weep tears of joy when he finds out he’s getting Google Fiber
What was the happiest day of your life? The day you got married? The day you saw your newborn child for the very first time? …
Hilarious Google Now trick fools your phone into adopting a British accent
Ever wish that your Android smartphone could sound a tad more posh? Well now there’s a way. YouTube user shadow321337 has posted a new video that shows …
On social media, you’re more than just a critic
Judgmentalism has been a staple of societal life for longer than I’m even capable of understanding, and as such, folks have been handing out criticisms …
Man jailed for 33 months for pirating ‘Fast and Furious 6’
The British justice system can occasionally deliver as stern messages as any Texas or Mississippi municipality. A judge in the idyllic town of Wolverhampton has …
Comcast thinks you’re even stupider than Verizon does
Verizon isn’t the only Internet service provider that thinks very little of our intelligence. Ars Technica has found that Comcast has admitted to the state …
Bloomberg: The 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’ is real and it’s coming next year
The iPad Pro is real and after has decided not to kill it after all. Bloomberg reports that Apple really is making a 12.9-inch version …
iPhones and iPads of the future might have incredible flexible displays
Apple is considering including buttons contained within future displays for upcoming iPhone and iPad models, a patent discovered by AppleInsider reveals, that could not only …
Think twice about where you sell your old iPhone
The Wall Street Journal has come up with a handy guide to reselling your old iPhone before splurging on a new model. For comparison purposes, all …
This is the Xbox One Microsoft should have made
The Xbox One gets a lot more flak than it deserves. Despite its relatively disappointing sales in the international market, it’s still an extraordinarily capable …
Big Windows 9 leak reveals ‘awesome’ upgrade pricing for XP and Windows 8 users
As Microsoft is readying the public release of its Windows 9 Technical Preview, Myce reports that Russian hacker group WZOR has released more details about …
GoPro dropped into boiling water just to bring you amazing footage of a poached egg
As we’ve mentioned before, 2014 has definitely been the year of wild and crazy GoPro videos but this may be the first one we can recall of …
Yet another key iPhone 6 component leaks
As August draws to a close, the excitement surrounding the reveal of the iPhone 6 is reaching a fever pitch. We can’t go six hours …
The most affordable Android L handsets ever are about to launch… without Android L
At I/O, Google introduced its Android One initiative for emerging markets, a partnership with certain handset makers that will create devices closely following Google’s orders, both when …
How to stop all of that annoying iMessage spam
Apple’s iOS and OS X messaging product iMessage is used by millions upon millions of people around the world, and for the most part, it’s …
This is Motorola’s next great dirt cheap smartphone
Motorola is expected to launch up to eight Android smartphones this year, including the Moto X+1 and Nexus X flagships, but also affordable devices such …
7 ingenious iPhone camera tricks you really need to try
So you like using your iPhone to take pictures — but are you really using your iPhone camera to its fullest potential? A new video …
Is Comcast’s service now bad enough to kill you?
We’ve known for a while now that Comcast’s customer service is incredibly bad, but we never imagined that it could be potentially lethal… until now. …
How to get paid to give up the personal data on your smartphone
Making sure your private information stays private is more difficult than ever before. From major companies being hacked to vulnerable apps on smartphones, everyone with …
8 more awesome paid iPhone apps you can download free right now (a huge $49 value!)
We started off the week with an awesome batch of paid iPhone and iPad apps worth a total of $50 that could all be downloaded …
This interactive map of global Internet censorship is the most important thing you’ll see today
Imagine a world where the book burners had won. A world where information is filtered and must be approved by governments before it can be …
Here’s another major iPhone 6 change you didn’t see coming
An image purportedly showing an iPhone 6 Quick Start Guide page published by Nowhereelse seems to confirm several details about the device, including button placement …
Exciting new Galaxy Note 4 features uncovered in latest leak
Samsung will unveil its next Android flagship at IFA 2014 in Berlin next week, but SamMobile continues to reveal more details about the upcoming Galaxy …
BlackBerry’s 2014 roadmap leaks – is there anything to get excited about?
BlackBerry fans hoping that the second half of 2014 might include a few surprises are in for a bit of a letdown. BlackBerry fan blog …
Nexus X leak confirms monster specs and new Android L details
Various reports have recently claimed that Google’s upcoming new Nexus device will not be called the Nexus 6 as expected, but instead will get a …
Man suffers burns when OnePlus One explodes in his back pocket
As exciting and intriguing as the CyanogenMod-powered OnePlus One might be, perhaps it’s a good thing that the phone is so difficult to purchase right …
Meet LG’s unassuming Galaxy Note 4 rival
LG on Tuesday finally unveiled the already leaked G3 Stylus, Android handset supposed to compete directly against the Galaxy Note 4, but only because it has a …
