How much did Samsung pay for the best advertising money can buy?
People are still talking about Samsung’s advertising campaign that took over the 86th annual Academy Awards. Some might say money can’t buy this much press, …
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Review: ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ for PlayStation 3
South Park: The Stick of Truth is, among other things, the best episode of South Park I’ve seen in years. Matt Stone and Trey Parker …
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer will retire in September
Apple announced on Tuesday that longtime chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer will retire this year in September. He will be succeeded by Luca Maestri, Apple’s vice president …
Video: Facebook attacks Google’s balloons with drones
For obvious, ad-related reasons, both Google and Facebook are interested in bringing more people online, with each company having its own initiatives to offer affordable …
Dragon Dictate for Mac 4 launches with new audio transcription features
Nuance on Tuesday announced Dragon Dictate for Mac 4, its latest voice recognition software, which comes bundled with features from the company’s MacSpeech Scribe OS …
Government angry at Sprint for wiretap overcharges, sues carrier
The wiretapping business can be quite expensive for the U.S. Government, and a lucrative deal for carriers that have to comply to court-ordered surveillance operations …
Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits new sales milestone
Sony on Tuesday announced it hit a new sales milestone for its recently released PlayStation 4 console: 6.0 million units sold worldwide since launching the …
Windows XP diehards aren’t going quietly
Microsoft has a problem: It desperately wants any remaining Windows XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a huge …
Microsoft taps brain behind ‘Scroogled’ ads as chief strategy officer
Has Microsoft’s Scroogled ad campaign convinced you to switch to Bing yet? Probably not but that isn’t going to stop Microsoft from unleashing similar anti-Google …
Samsung unintentionally announces Galaxy Tab 4 in Gear Fit ad
Although the Galaxy Tab 4 did not make its debut at Mobile World Congress, the next-generation tablet seems to have been confirmed by Samsung unintentionally …
Ellen’s Oscar selfie tweet breaks Obama’s retweet record
Ellen DeGeneres was not shy about using a Galaxy phone during Sunday’s 86th edition of the Academy Awards to take pictures of herself and others …
Al Franken warns against Com-Warner Cable merger, citing history of broken promises
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) warned regulators in a letter last week that the proposed merger between cable industry giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable should …
The Wolf of Wall Street: Separating fact from fiction
Were things really as crazy as Scorsese made them out to be? Ritholtz Wealth Management financial advisor and “Reformed Broker” Josh Brown recently went on Yahoo …
Samsung really wants you to buy the Galaxy S5
Even though Samsung is not yet ready to say how much the Galaxy S5 will cost, the company seems extremely interested in convincing as many …
Why PS4 is set up to keep winning the console wars
Both the PlaySation 4 and the Xbox One have been hits but now we have enough data to declare a clear winner in the early …
CEO Nadella confirms two key execs out at Microsoft
Microsoft is preparing for another major shakeup as CEO Satya Nadella announced over the weekend that two top executives will be leaving the company this …
Nokia makes fun of Ellen’s blurry Samsung selfie from the Oscars
In return for all of the money Samsung spent on the 86th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, host Ellen DeGeneres took photos with a …
This is the real secret to making a killer smartphone display
The trouble with making a new smartphone stand out based on specifications such as pixels per inch is that by now most new devices have …
The 6 best video games of 2014 (so far)
For gamers, 2014 is going to be a year to remember. Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One are finally here, and both consoles deliver …
Are Bitcoin exchanges just Nigerian scam emails for gullible nerds?
The next time the deposed prince of Nigeria has a massive inheritance to send you, will he offer to give it to you in Bitcoins? …
Titanfall maps, modes and weapons revealed in massive leak
The release of Titanfall is just over a week away, but much of the game was shrouded in mystery until Reddit user FallenFusion unveiled several …
Video: Here’s the first Google Ara smartphone hands-on demo
Google’s Paul Eremenko at a LAUNCH event last week performed a first hands-on demo of a Google Ara smartphone that revealed some of the interesting things about Google’s ATAP project. During a …
Samsung reportedly scrambling to produce enough Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanners
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is less than 6 weeks away from its release but Samsung is apparently still having problems producing enough fingerprint scanners to meet …
Your iOS and Android games could soon run on Xbox Live
Game Center on iOS has always been a bit of a let down. As a bare bones social network to keep track of your friends …
This new Android smartphone will pack a monster 50-megapixel camera
An Android smartphone will apparently beat any competing devices in camera performance, at least when it comes to counting megapixels. An image leak posted on …
These 14 people hold the keys to global Internet security
We recently revealed the six organizations that secretly run the Internet, and interesting new details surrounding one of them were recently uncovered. In a great …
Video: Volvo demos seamless integration with Apple’s new CarPlay
Volvo on Monday posted a short teaser video in which it demos the user interface of Apple’s newly launched CarPlay iOS feature that will let …
Comcast and TWC are now even more hated after merger announcement
Comcast and Time Warner Cable have never been beloved but the two companies’ recent decision to merge has made them disliked even more. YouGov’s BrandIndex …
Frightening new Netflix scam looks to steal all your private data
As scammers continue to get more and more creative with their endeavors, it is becoming increasingly important that we keep our guard up at all …
History repeats: Samsung helps kill iPad’s tablet dominance
For a long time, the iPad ruled as the tablet market’s unquestioned champion as many Android-based tablets — anyone remember the Motorola Xoom? — failed …
