Here’s why you should double-check your Facebook privacy settings before you die
Facebook on Friday announced a new privacy change that will affect the accounts of users who pass away. Instead of only letting deceased users’ friends …
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The only app you’ll ever need to beat parking tickets
One of the less enjoyable parts of living in a city comes when you go to your car and see a brightly colored parking ticket …
Now we know how BlackBerry will make (some) money with BBM
Getting a popular messaging app is one thing — monetizing it is another. BlackBerry has already said that selling ads on BlackBerry Messenger will be …
Sprint enables Wi-Fi calling… on two Samsung phones that nobody owns
Congratulations, Sprint customers — you have access to Wi-Fi calling… but only if you own the Galaxy S4 mini or the Galaxy Mega. Engadget brings …
Fitbit recalls Force smart band following skin irritation complaints
Fitbit is recalling its Fitbit Force smart fitness wristband following skin irritation reports from various users, after initially offering replacement devices or refunds to those …
CBS CEO admits company wouldn’t suffer at all if Aereo keeps operating
CBS is one of a number of broadcasters enraged that Internet TV startup Aereo is still in business. At one point, the company said that …
New dual-screen Android phone set to make a splash at MWC 2014
Following the original YotaPhone, which started selling in December 2013, a new-generation device may be unveiled at MWC 2014. Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru reports that the new smartphone is expected to …
How Verizon, AT&T blew their chance to be WhatsApp
Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp does a good job of showing just how much the wireless carriers failed to capitalize on messaging. It was their game …
Comcast customers’ Netflix streaming woes might be over… for now
The quality of Netflix streaming has tanked over the past several months at several ISPs because Netflix and the ISPs have been wrangling over who …
DirecTV CEO says Comcast-TWC merger would be awful for consumers and competition
Not surprisingly, we can now count DirecTV CEO Mike White among those who oppose Comcast’s proposed Time Warner Cable acquisition. During the pay TV provider’s …
Google reportedly forcing Asus to ax Android/Windows tablet project
The Asus Transformer Book Duet TD300 Android/Windows tablet/laptop may never move past concept phase, Digitimes says, citing Chinese publication The Economic Daily News, as Google …
Amazon offering traditional retailers a lifeline they can’t refuse
If you can’t beat them, join them. At least that’s what Amazon is hoping its brick-and-mortar competition will say as it extends an olive branch …
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) review
In many ways Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is as faithful of a sequel to the beloved Super Nintendo series as any fan could hope …
Meet the all-new, completely redesigned YouTube
YouTube just got a massive redesign and it looks a whole lot more… Googly. “The way you watch YouTube keeps changing, so we’re making a …
BlackBerry to Air Force: You’ll regret dumping us for iOS, Android
The S.S. BlackBerry keeps springing leaks when it comes to its business with the United States military. Just over a week after the United States …
Apple releases iOS 7.0.6, promises fix for SSL connection verification
Even though iOS 7.1 is likely very close to being released, Apple on Friday released iOS 7.0.6 to fix problems with SSL connection verification. The …
Winner wears all in looming war between Samsung and Google
Samsung’s first smartwatch was a dud. Even when Samsung was pitching the device to the media during briefings, representatives couldn’t always keep a straight face …
Video: Cool iOS 8 concept shows off a great feature we might never see
Apple’s vision of multitasking is a little less refined than many users would have hoped, something Samsung has harped on in its latest attack ad. Bill …
Huawei has created the world’s ugliest smartwatch
We see a lot of gadgets here at BGR. Some of them look very nice and some of them don’t. But it’s been a while …
Surprise: Giving ISPs everything they want hasn’t created a broadband paradise
One thing we’ve heard and will continue to hear over the next several months is that the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger will be an …
There’s only one new smartphone for hardcore Android fans, and now it has a price
Expected to launch later this year, the OnePlus One Android handset that will run a CyanogenMod software version right from the start. It will also …
Review: The best fitness band in the world is one I swore I’d never even try
The Jawbone UP was the best fitness tracker I had ever used. From design, to accuracy, to the accompanying software, everything about the UP was …
Galaxy S5 and premium ‘Galaxy S5 Prime’ coming Monday?
Android fans, it might finally happen on Monday… Samsung might actually unveil a Galaxy S5 that doesn’t just look and perform like a flagship phone, …
Can an iPhone user survive after switching to a BlackBerry?
iPhone users love their phones. It’s a simple fact. Study after study shows that Apple device owners are the most loyal out there — many …
Google will reportedly announce Android 4.5 and Nexus 8 in July
If you were hoping to see the next iteration of Android at Google I/O in June, you might be in for a disappointment. An unnamed Google …
Video: Samsung teases waterproofing and more in Galaxy S5 event trailer
It looks like Samsung has taken a page or two out of Sony’s playbook with its upcoming Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone. The world’s top smartphone …
Amazon’s Apple TV rival reportedly coming in March
Apple is getting ready to launch a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box in April but it looks like Amazon is going to …
Microsoft in hot water over alleged Windows price-fixing
Microsoft may soon be the focus of an investigation by South Korean regulators into allegations that the software giant is fixing prices in the region. …
Of course there’s going to be a Gold Galaxy S5 version
With just a few days to go until Samsung unveils its next big thing at MWC 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, more Galaxy S5 rumors and …
Microsoft’s Cortana: A personal assistant who doesn’t stalk you
Microsoft wants its soon-to-be-released Cortana to help you… but only as much as you want it to. The Verge’s Tom Warren has a nice scoop …
