The Start menu won’t return to Windows until 2015
If you miss the Start menu, then you should hold off on buying a new Windows computer until next year at this point. ZDNet’s sources …
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Another piece of the WWDC 2014 puzzle has been revealed
Apple is expected to unveil iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 during the opening keynote of this year’s WWDC edition, with The New York Times …
Excited for WWDC 2014? Watch Apple’s previous 10 WWDC keynotes while you wait
Apple has been eerily quiet so far in 2014. So quiet, in fact, that it hasn’t released a single new product in the past six …
Spoiler pictures from the set of Star Wars Episode VII leak showing new alien creature
We learned about the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII in late April and now we’re getting our first look right from the set. TMZ …
Samsung just unveiled a smartphone that’s bigger than some tablets
Forget the Notes and the Megas, which are already extremely large Android handsets, because Samsung on Monday introduced a 7-inch smartphone, its biggest Android phone yet. Dubbed the …
5 awesome paid iPhone apps that are now free for a limited time
If there’s a better way to start June than by downloading a handful of awesome paid iPhone apps for free, I don’t know what it …
New York Times confirms two of Apple’s biggest WWDC 2014 announcements
We’re now just hours away from Apple’s big keynote at the annual Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, and we’re starting to wonder if there’s …
Leaked screenshots show OS X 10.10 for the first time
A Reddit user with a throwaway account has posted a series of images showing various OS X 10.10 features. This is “the new OS X,” he …
Samsung unveils the Samsung Z, its first attempt at building an Android rival
Samsung is now living the dream: It’s built a smartphone that it can lard up with as much bloatware as it likes and there’s nothing …
Google ready to pump billions into Internet-beaming satellites
Google will spend more than $1 billion on deploying its first Internet-beaming satellite fleet, The Wall Street Journal has learned, with the company expected to …
Asus still wants to marry Android to Windows
Remember the Asus Transformer Book Duet? Asus imagined a dual-booting Android/Windows tablet/laptop that would offer users four independent modes, and switch between the two operating …
The FCC may finally admit that 4Mbps doesn’t count as ‘broadband’ anymore
When companies like Comcast talk about all of the intense “competition” they face in the broadband market, chances are they’re talking either about competition from mobile …
Did Apple accidentally reveal the iPhone 6 during WWDC preparations?
The iPhone 6 really won’t be much of a surprise whenever it’s finally revealed since we’ve been seeing leaks showing us its exact shape and size …
Did Google censor search results for a key Nest rival?
Forget net neutrality — do we need search neutrality as well? Pando reports that home automation company Vivint found itself mysteriously removed from Google search …
This tiny wooden hexagon might make physical media relevant again
In a world that’s more and more focused on digital content rather than physical media, Qleek wants to make physical media popular and beautiful again …
Google kicks off complex procedure to respect your ‘right to be forgotten’
European citizens can ask search engines including Google to “forget” links to certain stories about them, a local court recently decided, and Google is taking …
Google, Amazon among tech companies trying to prevent the next Heartbleed
If there’s one thing that can make the competitive tech industry band together, it’s security. Last month, the Heartbleed bug affected nearly everyone in the …
Samsung has somehow found a way to make the Galaxy Gear less useful
Samsung’s first Galaxy Gear was never all that useful to begin with but Samsung has just come up with a way to make it even less …
Google is being flooded by thousands of demands to erase search results
Google has been hit by more than 12,000 requests to erase links to personal history after a landmark European court ruling, Reuters reports. On May …
Review: MLB 14 The Show for PS4
Sports game franchises are infamous for their inability to break new ground. Year after year, with the same modes, the same features, the same mechanics …
Netflix’s real rivals: Makeup tipsters, Swedish hipsters and Keyboard Cat
We’ve already heard a lot about the triumphant success of Netflix and the rapid growth of on-demand video services from cable companies. But a brand new ARRIS …
A sexy Moto 360-like HTC smartwatch is reportedly coming soon
The Moto 360 and LG’s G Watch won’t be the only Android Wear devices coming out this year, as more gadget makers are apparently going …
Major details emerge on Google’s plan to conquer both TV and gaming
Google’s Chromecast dongle has been pretty successful for the company but that’s apparently not enough — Google wants to have another go at making a …
Woz explains why he likes the Apple-Beats deal
One of the great things about Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is that he’ll almost always give you his honest take on something, even if it …
Apple’s smart home initiative could be awesome – even if it sounds boring at first
Apple will reportedly unveil its own smart home plans at WWDC next week, but users shouldn’t expect any new Apple products or amazing software features …
Nintendo’s horrors multiply
Game revenue stats from the first quarter of 2014 are grim reading for Nintendo. The ailing giant is now being overtaken by multiple mobile app companies, …
Apple is getting closer to launching the iWallet
Apple has long been rumored to be working on its own payment service to turn your iPhone into a wallet, and 9to5Mac’s latest report backs …
Google’s new Quality Report will tell you how amazing (or awful) your ISP is
Earlier this year, Google-owned YouTube began collecting a different type of data when serving videos to its users. Instead of focusing solely on data that …
There’s a major reason why Apple bought Beats that almost no one’s talking about
So far we’ve heard a lot of explanations for why Apple decided to spend $3 billion to acquire Beats and most of them have involved …
Forget beaming up humans – teleportation tech might speed up the Internet
Star Trek-like teleportation for humans is a possibility one physics professor considers feasible in the distant future, The Telegraph reports, but the technology may be used …
