Samsung’s ‘Plan B’ already looks like a flop
The global slowdown in smartphone and tablet unit growth rates has been tough for a variety of vendors, from HTC to Apple. But for Samsung, …
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Movie studios’ worst nightmare has just gotten even better for pirates
Popcorn Time, also known as Netflix for Pirates, also known as a nightmare for Hollywood and its fight against piracy, has just gotten better for users, …
Reality sinks in for Microsoft
Here’s one thing that’s interesting about Satya Nadella’s Microsoft: It’s no longer insisting that it can keep partying like it’s 1999. While Microsoft under former …
Man tries wearing smartwatches for a week, still finds them virtually useless
Is Silicon Valley deluding itself into thinking that smartwatches are going to be the next game-changing gadget? That certainly seems to be the case for …
Report says Apple ‘fanboys’ will make the iWatch an incredible success
The smartwatch market is dominated by Samsung, followed by Sony and Pebble, according to a mid-May Strategy Analytics report, but that may change as soon …
Netflix streaming on Verizon just keeps getting worse
So now we know why Verizon decided to come out and accuse Netflix of essentially choosing to make its own traffic slow on its network …
This app shows how Apple might implement 3D tech into the iPhone and iPad
When Apple acquired PrimeSense, the 3D sensing company that invented the Kinect, there was no immediate indication as to how Apple would take advantage of …
Leaked image may reveal the new Start Menu coming soon to Windows 8.1
Microsoft’s next-generation Windows 8 desktop and tablet platform has been something of a mess thus far. Traction is finally picking up now that Windows XP is …
The OnePlus One is a battery-friendly beast
The OnePlus One may be a tough find for smartphone buyers, but the phone apparently performs great in the wild, with Phone Arena revealing the …
PS4’s lead architect discusses the death of console gaming
Five years ago, video game fans and analysts alike would have told you the next console generation would be the last. Many suspected the next …
Is a larger screen really the most sought-after iPhone 6 feature? Survey says no
Apple has known for years that consumers want an iPhone with a larger display, as was revealed recently when an internal Apple document from 2012 …
Is Google trying to kill you?
Robots and artificial intelligence have caused humans quite a bit of uneasiness, with even Tesla CEO Elon Musk saying there could be some scary outcomes …
This is the only iPad stylus you should care about
Let’s be frank for a moment: most smartphone and tablet accessories are garbage. Countless companies race to the bottom and do everything they can to …
BlackBerry: Consumers are ‘clamoring’ for our new square smartphone
BlackBerry is feeling very good about its new BlackBerry Passport. In fact, the company feels so good about it that it’s even decided to quote …
Galaxy Note 4’s hottest secret feature may have just been revealed
Samsung’s sales are finally starting to slow as increased competition at the low end of the smartphone market and saturation at the high end hit simultaneously …
Cool graphic shows how smartphones have killed off tons of our old gadgets
It really is easy to forget just how incredible our smartphones are, especially now that they’re capable of doing things that we used to have …
These are the most gorgeous iPhone 6 renders we have ever seen
With all of the leaks, renders and mockups we’ve seen of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6 over the past few months, you would think this would …
Metal Galaxy Alpha coming this August to ‘kill’ the iPhone 6
Samsung may be getting ready to launch a new flagship smartphone in the coming months – other than the already released Galaxy S5 and the …
New leaked images show huge size difference between iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s
If one were to wager on which new smartphone will be the most popular model of 2014, the smart money would likely be on Apple’s …
Here’s what Google’s gorgeous Material Design looks like on the Play Store
One of Google’s main I/O 2014 announcements is the company’s new design language – dubbed Material Design – which will be applied to all of …
Apple’s iPhone 6 phablet might not launch this year
While Apple is expected to launch two bigger iPhone models this year, including a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model and a 5.5-inch iPhone 6 (or iPhone …
This is the first functional iPhone 6 clone
The iPhone 6 is not official and its first clone has already been spotted somewhere in Asia, Nowhereelse reports. The iPhone 6 clone is apparently …
Windows 9 is actually what Microsoft wants to sell you
Microsoft will reportedly announce Windows 9 this fall, Russian hacker group WZor said on a forum last week, following the launch of Windows 8.1 Update 2, …
The Y2K bug is back… and it just trolled 14,000 people
The late 1990s were defined by a number of ridiculous things, but somewhere near the top of the list was the panic that boiled over …
Amazon’s in for a good fight with the FTC over in-app purchases
Apple recently acknowledged its in-app purchases issues that allowed children to purchase content without requiring verification and settled the FTC case agreeing to refund some …
Here’s how Apple is protecting you from outdated versions of Flash Player
As if Apple hadn’t made a strong enough case against Flash already, Adobe announced this week that a security vulnerability had been discovered in the …
Netflix CEO explains why he’s trashing your ISP
Netflix has really gotten under some major ISPs’ nerves over the past few months by picking high-profile fights with both Verizon and Comcast. In an …
China says iPhone’s location-tracking could compromise state secrets
We saw plenty of complaints arise when it was first discovered that Apple’s iOS 7 software included a “frequent locations” function in the iPhone. The …
The most important ‘hidden message’ in Microsoft’s new manifesto
On Thursday we examined one aspect of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s new company manifesto that we thought was pretty overt: Namely, that the Xbox is …
The iPhone 6’s sapphire display might not be all it’s cracked up to be
The potential sapphire display of the iPhone 6 has been rumored, substantiated and confirmed several times over the past year, but all we’ve ever heard …
