This free Android app could save your phone from the Heartbleed bug
The NSA has apparently known about Heartbleed for years, but the general public was only made aware of the devastating bug a few days ago. Many …
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A sad reality: Sprint and T-Mobile might be too small to succeed
Sprint and T-Mobile may constantly trade barbs with one another but there is a case to be made that they’d be better off coming together …
NSA reportedly exploited Heartbleed for years, leaving us all at risk
The odds are good that no one will be surprised to learn that the National Security Agency knew about the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability that affected …
Video: Samsung shows us how great the Galaxy S5 is without once bashing Apple
Launch day for Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, has finally arrived. In order to ring in the new generation, Samsung has released another …
Video: No, you can’t save this file, it’ll automatically self-destruct instead
DSTRUX is a brand new service that wants to make files even more secure when you share them on the Internet by offering total control on who …
This guide will teach you how to create stronger passwords
The Heartbleed software bug caught the web by storm, affecting a huge number of websites and online services that are now hurrying to patch the security …
LG G3 specs apparently leaked, including 2K display and 3GB of RAM
It can be difficult for an Android device to stand out in the crowded smartphone market. Without a unique feature or a killer set of specifications, …
Here are some of the crazy things people use Amazon’s Mayday for
Amazon’s Mayday customer service feature introduced last year is one of the company’s inventions that was highlighted in Jeff Bezos’ recent letter to investors. The …
Why is Heartbleed called Heartbleed?
After a week of unescapable coverage on tech blogs and news sites, it’s probably safe to say most of us now know what Heartbleed is. The …
One way the Galaxy S5 is better on T-Mobile than on other carriers
One of the many new features in the Galaxy S5 is something called Download Booster that Samsung says is “an innovative Wi-Fi technology for boosting …
5 great tricks every Gmail user needs to know
Google changed the game when it launched Gmail almost exactly 10 years ago. The service offered a terrific minimal interface, plenty of storage and best …
Is Samsung’s Oscars selfie worth $1 billion?
Hollywood Reporter quotes a stunning claim made by the CEO of Publicis, which handles the international marketing for Samsung. According to Maurice Levy, the famous …
How to take the best possible pictures with the HTC One (M8) UltraPixel camera
HTC’s new flagship smartphone is the best Android phone the world has ever seen. The HTC One (M8)’s design is sleek and elegant, the build …
Trying to protect yourself from Heartbleed could land you in jail
The recently uncovered massive Heartbleed vulnerability affecting 66% of websites is currently being patched by many companies, but several online services already offer users the means …
10 terrific things you can do with the Galaxy S5 but not the iPhone 5s
In the past, Samsung has had problems with what we here at BGR often refer to as “feature spam.” As was most painfully apparent in …
Microsoft Surface mini tablet supposedly launching this spring
Microsoft has been rumored for quite some time to be working on a smaller Surface tablet, but the company has yet to make such plans official. However, Neowin …
2014: The year Samsung copied Apple and Apple copied Samsung
An interesting plot twist is playing out in the smartphone industry this year. In a scramble to identify new catalysts as smartphone sales growth continues to slow, Apple and Samsung …
Top secret document suggests Samsung knowingly lied about tablet sales
New evidence from the second Apple vs Samsung U.S. patent lawsuit reveals that Samsung grossly misrepresented its Galaxy Tab sales when it first started selling Galaxy-branded …
Leaked 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 cases point to big redesign
Are case manufactures already starting to crank out cases for the yet-to-be-released 5.5-inch version of the iPhone? Nowhereelse.fr has spotted a leaked picture posted on …
Here’s one way Apple might make you care about iTunes again
Can iTunes stay relevant in the era of Pandora and Spotify? That’s a key question that Apple is trying to answer as it mulls a …
Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy S5 now on sale in 125 countries
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 was one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones of 2014. In fact, considering last year’s Galaxy S4 fell well short of expectations …
HTC: Here’s why the HTC One (M8) is better than the Galaxy S5
After leaked Samsung training materials explained why the Galaxy S5 is better than the HTC One (M8,) HTC Source has obtained a similar document that …
Apple: iOS, OS X and ‘key web services’ aren’t heartbleeding
Following the revelation that hundreds of thousands of websites are susceptible to attacks based on the “Heartbleed” flaw in OpenSSL, Apple told Re/code that its …
Video: This awesome robot is actually a tiny mobile printer
Israel-based Zuta Labs has been developing a very interesting product meant to fix the one thing users can’t do on the go, despite the plethora …
How to keep Windows XP alive by running it through Windows 8
Some longtime Windows XP users are having a hard time letting go of the operating system that has served them so well over the years, …
OnePlus to launch its highly anticipated Android phone in 16 countries
With less than two weeks to go until the OnePlus One CyanogenMod-running Android handset will be officially launched, the company has started sharing more details …
Amazon acquires Comixology, the world’s most popular digital comics platform
Amazon announced on Thursday that it will acquire Comixology, the most popular digital comic platform on the market. Comixology shot up the download charts when it …
The Galaxy S5 has a built-in kill switch that can brick the phone if it’s stolen
There are plenty of terrific new features in Samsung’s soon-to-be-released Galaxy S5 but the one that’s gone unheralded is a built-in kill switch that you …
Sprint scores exclusive edition of the HTC One (M8) [updated]
It appears that not all HTC One (M8) handsets are created equal, at least in the U.S., where Sprint has apparently scored an exclusive version of the …
The Last of Us, one of the PS3’s best games, is coming to PS4
Naughty Dog announced on Thursday that the critically acclaimed action-adventure game The Last of Us will be coming to the PlayStation 4 this summer. One of …
