Guy who said BlackBerry would fold in 2013 says BlackBerry will fold in 2015
Back in 2012, 24/7 Wall St.’s Douglass McIntyre wrote that in the following year, BlackBerry would fold. The prediction that BlackBerry was on its way …
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New site exposes the web pages people hide from Google
Following a ruling recently made by the European Court of Justice, Google was forced to create a system whereby European citizens can instruct Google to …
Here’s everything The Last of Us Remastered is bringing to the PS4
A remastered version of one of the most esteemed games of the last generation, The Last of Us, is coming to the PS4 in two …
Ouch: Eight-month-old iPhone 5s outsold the Galaxy S5 in its first full month of sales
As Samsung’s recent second-quarter earnings pre-announcement made clear, the company’s smartphone business is facing some trouble right now. At the low end, Samsung is getting …
Apple’s enterprise deal with IBM: The dawn of a new era at Apple?
At the conclusion of this year’s WWDC, I remarked that the Apple of 2014 was starkly different from the Apple which had showed itself at …
5 awesome paid iPhone apps you can get free for a limited time
Tuesday brought news of six paid iPhone and iPad apps worth a total of $24 that were available for free for a limited time (in …
One of the most important iPhone 6 parts just leaked for the first time
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 is going to be quite different from the company’s current iPhone models. For one thing, it will finally feature a larger display. …
Apple scheduled to release iOS 8 beta 4 Monday July 21st
One of our Apple sources has let us know that the company is currently planning on making iOS 8 beta 4 available to developers and …
BlackBerry at long last unveils its answer to Siri and Cortana
BlackBerry is a bit late to the party when it comes to unveiling its own voice-enabled personal assistant. Even so, the company nonetheless took the wraps …
Samsung is about to buy the future
Samsung is known to dabble in any and every area it possibly can in an effort to find the next big thing. But the company’s actual …
Microsoft reportedly has a worthy iWatch rival in the works
Apple is widely expected to redefine the smartwatch business with its iWatch, a companion device said to include various sensors capable of measuring many health …
Second half of Samsung’s Galaxy 11 ad is just as bad as the first
Samsung has finally released the second half of the last #Galaxy11 soccer-focused ad campaign, more than a month after showing the first half between a fine …
Ultra affordable Android One smartphones take India by storm this October
In addition to Android L and Material Design, Google at I/O 2014 unveiled Android One, an Android reference platform meant to bring affordable smartphones to …
You might soon be able to test out hot new Xbox One and PS4 games before they release
When Minecraft first went on sale, it wasn’t finished yet. In fact, it’s still not finished, but when the first Minecraft alpha release hit the Internet, …
These are the absurd names British intelligence spies have to remember to spy on you
In case you didn’t know it by now, spy agencies are really good – and hopefully effective – at spying on people, including both actual valid …
Sling unveils two new Slingboxes as battle with pay TV companies continues
Sling Media on Tuesday unveiled two brand new Slingbox products alongside news that its SlingPlayer software will soon receive a major update. Sling Media is …
Shocker: Extensive new study says movie piracy isn’t that harmful to Hollywood
A new study looking at the relationship between movie piracy and Hollywood revenues has found that the mass illegal downloads movie studios complain about while …
Sprint and T-Mobile won’t let themselves get left behind by Verizon and AT&T again
Sprint and T-Mobile know they can’t just stand idly by like they did in the 2008 when both Verizon and AT&T cleaned house in the …
The iPhone 6’s reported sapphire display already has Corning nervous
For a long time, Corning’s proprietary Gorilla Glass has been the go-to material that manufacturers use for smartphone displays thanks to its remarkable durability and toughness. …
Stephen Colbert rips into the silliest smart device you’ve ever seen
As a matter of course, we try to cover some of the most interesting crowdfunded and independently developed projects, whether they’re pitched to us or …
Google’s smart contact lenses will soon become a reality
Remember Google’s interesting diabetes-detecting smart contact lens project the company unveiled in early 2014? The smart lens technology that would offer users a simpler, non-invasive …
Android user may switch to Windows Phone for the weirdest reason we can think of
If there’s one species of tech fans that we find awesomely fascinating, it’s the Gadget Contrarians — that is, the people who love using services, devices …
Apple just made a huge move that will bring iOS to more enterprise customers than ever before
Apple and IBM used to be the bitterest of arch-rivals in the personal computer market in the ’80s but now they’re teaming up to help …
The saddest game of the year proves $2 apps can still be blockbusters
Yes, all but two of the top 80 highest grossing iPhone apps in America are now free downloads. The freemium beast has eaten the entire …
This is how Microsoft is trolling Google in new Nokia Lumia phones
The Microsoft-Google enmity is one of the very interesting rivalries in the tech world, and the Windows maker has just taken another hit at its …
Apple may have just overcome the 5.5-inch iPhone’s biggest stumbling block
Earlier this year, a report from the Taiwanese publication Business Times revealed that the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 phablet might be delayed into 2015 on account …
Samsung is now getting squeezed from all sides
Chinese smartphone sensation Xiaomi has started to expand into new markets aggressively and its new Redmi 1, with its astonishing specs, is a sign of just …
A crazy idea for helping Comcast keep customers: Provide good service
By now, you’ve probably heard the ridiculous phone call between former Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block and a Comcast representative who refused to let him unsubscribe to Comcast’s service …
12.9-inch iPad Pro reportedly still very much in the picture
In addition to detailing Apple’s purported iWatch launch plans – the company is expected to have two sizes for its smartwatch and three versions in …
Blackphone hits back at BlackBerry, says people actually want to buy its phones
It looks like John Chen’s feisty BlackBerry has made itself another enemy. Last week, BlackBerry put up a post on its official blog that trashed the …
