How new Xbox One games will be better without Kinect
Microsoft’s decision to unbundle Kinect from the Xbox One has been controversial among Xbox fans who worry that Kinect will never reach its full potential …
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It’s taken just 4 years for QWERTY-equipped smartphones to go extinct
BlackBerry diehards may love smartphones with QWERTY keyboards, but their numbers are very few. A new chart posted by Alex Barredo of Post PC shows …
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Apple and Samsung reportedly near a patent truce
Apple and Samsung may be closer to a ceasefire when it comes to their never-ending patent wars, according to a report from The Korea Times. …
Fleksy brings its smart keyboard to even smaller screens
Fleksy on Wednesday launched a Messenger App that offers Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch users access to the company’s smart Fleksy keyboard app, allowing them to …
Google spills some new details about how Android Wear will work
Google published a video on Wednesday introducing future developers to Android Wear, the platform on which many of the most anticipated wearables will run in …
An incredibly sneaky piece of malware has finally been pulled from Google Play
Even various legit Android apps have been found to have additional hidden powers, which is why it shouldn’t surprise us that one more piece of malware has …
This hideous smartphone will only cost you $14,000
Do money and taste really go together? The newest smartphone from luxury brand Vertu suggests otherwise. The Wall Street Journal brings us word that Vertu’s …
Elon Musk: Yes, we should fear Terminator-style artificial intelligence
Elon Musk doesn’t invest in many companies, but when he does, you should probably pay attention, especially when that company is an artificial intelligence company. …
Mario Kart 8 is breathing life into the Wii U
Maybe the Wii U isn’t doomed after all. Following the release of Mario Kart 8, the two most recent VGChartz weekly sales charts show that the Wii …
This is the only way you can buy the world’s most exciting Android phone
For hardcore Android fans, no smartphone on the planet is more exciting and intriguing than the OnePlus One. Based on CyanogenMod software, the One is …
iOS 8 code reveals a possible iPhone 6 feature that no one saw coming
So other than having a bigger display and a new A8 system on a chip, what other hardware features can we expect from the upcoming …
Amazon just unveiled the most innovative smartphone of 2014 – here’s its biggest problem
Last year was a disappointingly boring year for smartphone fans. The Galaxy S4 was nothing special, the iPhone 5s was probably Apple’s least significant upgrade …
Fire Phone specs and features: Everything you need to know
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its first ever Android handset, the Fire Phone – a device BGR exclusively reported on in the past months and which was …
It turns out iOS isn’t much safer than Android for enterprise use
A new report from Marble Security reveals that while Android has significant security issues due to malware-ridden third-party application stores and the ecosystem’s software fragmentation, iOS …
The Amazon phone is finally here: Amazon unveils the Fire Phone
We’re not even going to suggest that you pretend to act surprised, but Amazon on Wednesday finally took the wraps off of one of the …
Here are all 40 PS4 exclusives scheduled to release in 2014
If we learned anything at E3 this year, it’s that 2015 is going to be packed with some of the biggest releases of the decade. It’s hard …
Did Samsung just copy Google Now?
Samsung has released a Google Now-like Android launcher called Terrain Home, Phone Arena reports. Well, technically it’s not Samsung doing the releasing, as the app …
Gold version of Samsung’s most gorgeous phone yet revealed in new leak
We’ve already seen some leaked pictures of Samsung’s upcoming “premium” smartphone but we don’t think any of them have quite looked this good. @evleaks has …
The most useless viral iPhone app ever was made in just 8 hours
Yo is a very silly iPhone app that does one thing – well, not including Easter Eggs – and that’s to send a simple, short “Yo” …
AT&T CEO says Sprint/T-Mobile merger isn’t happening
When AT&T tried to acquire T-Mobile back in 2011, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that there was no way AT&T should be allowed by regulators …
Here are pictures of all 240+ new emoji coming soon to your smartphone
Unicode, the group responsible for ensuring that text is consistent in all software around the world, released a new version of its standard earlier this week. When …
Microsoft busted trying to pay bloggers to write nice things about Internet Explorer
Microsoft has been making a lot of smart moves lately, but this is a blunder that brings back grim memories of the Clippy era. TechCrunch founder …
‘Absolutely huge’ 5.5-inch iPhone 6 model compared to Galaxy Note 3 on video
After starring in leaked images, the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 phablet dummy unit has appeared in its first videos, with TechSmartt having taken a look at the iPhone mockup and …
YouTube prepares paid music service, blocks labels that don’t sign on
After months of speculation, YouTube has finally confirmed the existence of its subscription service for music, but unfortunately, not everyone is on board. As Robert …
3 great paid iPhone apps that are free right now – including one worth $15
Dozens of paid apps are made available for free for a limited time each day as developers fight for exposure, but only a small handful …
How to install iOS 8 beta 2 without a developer account
Apple on Tuesday released iOS 8 beta 2, which is available to any iOS user who has a compatible device and access to a developer …
This is what the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 will look like next to an iPhone 5s
Another day, another handful of next-generation iPhone 6 leaks. This time around, Taiwanese actor and pop star Jimmy Lin is back with new photos of a …
Kanye West has a stupid theory about why Apple bought Beats
Kanye West is known for saying and doing some silly things so it shouldn’t surprise us that his take on why Apple “really” decided to …
Long-suffering BlackBerry fans will finally get the apps they’ve been pining for
One major problem for BlackBerry over the past several years has been the huge app gap that its own BlackBerry World app store faces with Google Play …
The cheaper iMac you’ve been waiting for is finally here
The cheaper iMac that was mentioned in various reports in preceding weeks is now listed on Apple’s online store, a 21.5-inch model priced at $1,099. …
