iOS 8 vs. iOS 7: Here’s how the features you know and love will change
Apple on Monday unveiled iOS 8, introducing many new features that users will appreciate. Some have been available on Android for a while now, or via jailbreak apps …
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Paid apps gone free: Remote Mouse turns your iPhone into the world’s most amazing trackpad
Imagine a single device could replace your keyboard, a mouse and a trackpad. Imagine you already own that device, and the missing link between you …
AT&T: We’d never implement Internet fast lanes, just trust us!
AT&T’s tough-talking public policy chief Jim Cicconi wants to set the record straight: AT&T hates the idea of Internet fast lanes. That’s why he’s penned a new …
Yosemite vs. Mavericks: Here are Apple’s subtle and not-so-subtle design changes
Just as expected, Apple’s OS X Yosemite operating system has a brand new design that’s more like to iOS than its predecessor. Apple has employed various subtle …
Over half of cable subscribers would ditch their providers if they had a choice
It’s not hard to figure out why cord cutting has become a popular phenomenon: consumers hate their cable providers. Not all of them, of course, …
Samsung may cut Galaxy S5 orders because smartphone shoppers are waiting for the iPhone 6
At some point in the next few months, Apple is going to unveil the next iteration(s) of the iPhone. There’s a good chance that the …
I don’t care who’s winning the console war – Microsoft’s Xbox One is awesome
The “console war” is just as meaningless as the “smartphone war,” but that won’t stop passionate gamers from berating each other every chance they get. …
Here are all the shady ‘consumer groups’ trying to convince you net neutrality is bad
Did you know that America has the greatest and most awesomely competitive broadband market in the world and that it will only get better if …
Why is cell phone service in America so awful?
Can you remember the last time your cell phone dropped a call or sat lifeless for a few moments, choking as it reconnected to the network …
11 iOS 8 features Apple ‘stole’ from jailbreak apps
Some of the iOS 8 features Apple introduced this week aren’t completely new smartphone or tablet features the company has come up with. Similar software …
New widespread Internet bug could be more dangerous than Heartbleed
There is nowhere to hide. Just two months following the discovery of Heartbleed, the massive OpenSSL bug that affected two-thirds of the entire Internet at …
Nikkei: Apple’s iWatch will launch in October with a curved OLED display
Although we just heard on Thursday from Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White that Apple would likely launch its first wearable computer in September alongside the …
Preview: ‘Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved’ revives a fading genre
After Rock Band hit its peak, the dance pads and plastic instruments of the music game genre appeared to be fading away for good. It …
Apple wants to make shopping with your iPhone even easier in iOS 8
When unveiling iOS 8 earlier this week during its WWDC 2014 opening keynote, Apple did not reveal all the features included in its latest iPhone and …
Arrogance and ignorance reportedly drove Apple to buy Beats
Many people have tried to explain why Apple needed Beats, speculating that the Beats Music subscription is the most relevant Beats business to Apple; that …
Beats gives iPhone 5s prominent placement in World Cup star-packed ad
Beats has released a new promotional video ahead of this year’s World Cup edition that will soon kick off in Brazil, featuring many stars, including …
Pirating copyrighted content is legal in Europe, if done correctly
The Internet provides access to many surprising things, including the means to enjoy copyrighted content without paying for it. Whether it’s movies or TV shows, music, books, …
Sherlybox lets you create a personal cloud and control everything about it
Internet users can already choose from a variety of affordable cloud-based storage and backup solutions, but some people may be more interested in creating their own …
Google Public Alerts will begin pulling in tweets to help save us from disasters
One of the most fascinating trends in recent years has been the increasingly important role Twitter plays in news coverage. From storms and tragedies to …
Barnes & Noble launches a last-ditch effort at saving the Nook
Although some see the Nook’s battle with Amazon’s Kindle series of tablets as a blood-soaked tragedy for Barnes & Noble, the one-time book-selling colossus isn’t giving …
Microsoft’s Windows 8 headaches just got bigger
Think that you’re anxious for Windows 9 to come out? You’re probably clamoring for it nearly as much as Microsoft executives. The Wall Street Journal reports that …
Microsoft wants to prove the Surface Pro 3 can replace your laptop
Microsoft is done fighting over the crowded tablet market — the Surface Pro 3 is a laptop replacement. At least that’s how the company wants …
Latest YouTube Android update finally adds a badly needed feature
Want to check out the latest Jack White video on your Android phone but are annoyed that you have to watch it on a low …
You can now play PC games with your Xbox One controller
It’s finally time to retire your Xbox 360 controller. Microsoft announced today via the Xbox Wire that PC drivers for the Xbox One controller are …
How LG could have made the G3 even better
Although we haven’t yet used the LG G3 extensively enough to write a full review, the look of the phone alone is terrific and a …
LG G3 is a smash hit in South Korea, selling 100,000 units in less than a week
Just five days after the G3’s May 28th release in South Korea, LG had already sold 100,000 units, the fastest opening week sales of any smartphone is …
Verizon tells Netflix to stop trashing its service quality… or else
Uh-oh! It looks like Verizon is really, really not happy that Netflix is telling its customers to blame Verizon for slow streaming speeds. CNBC brings …
Here’s an awesome Google search trick you probably don’t know about
Have you ever been in the grocery store and gotten the urge to cook something really fancy but you didn’t know the ingredients? Google is now …
Survey: 79% of gamers say they still won’t buy a cheaper Xbox One at $399
When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox One would cost $499.99, gamers and industry watchers gasped. At a full $100 more than Sony’s rival PlayStation …
Scariest GoPro video yet shows gunpoint robbery, helps police catch bad guys
A GoPro user in South Africa recorded the scariest experience of his life using a wearable GoPro camcorder while biking through Somerset West in South Africa last …
