Apple sued for collecting and selling customers’ personal info
Apple is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from three residents in Massachusetts who claim Apple collected their zip codes and profited from selling them …
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Verizon’s new early upgrade plan sounds much better than it actually is
Verizon’s new upgrade conditions for the its Edge plan may be little more than a marketing trick meant to convince subscribers to stay with the …
Microsoft reportedly paid YouTube video makers to promote Xbox One
It has been hard to escape the endless barrage of next-generation console coverage over the past several months. The launches of the Xbox One and …
Microsoft-invented ‘smart elevator’ listens to everything you say
If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like using Google Now or posting on Facebook because you don’t want tech companies knowing about your …
Verizon’s new ‘cheap’ data plan has a comically small data cap
Beware of wireless carriers trying to sell you on “bargains.” CNET notes that Verizon has come out with a new “share everything” data plan that costs …
Enough with the drama – Nintendo isn’t dead just yet
Shares of Nintendo were hammered early Monday morning on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, down as much as 18% following Nintendo’s admission on Friday that the …
This is what the Internet will be like without net neutrality
Pro-net neutrality activists have long warned that not having net neutrality will lead to a world dominated by large companies such as Facebook and Google …
iOS 7.1 beta 4 has been released
Well that was fast! We just reported that iOS 7.1 beta 4 was in the hands of Apple’s testing partners and would be released soon. …
CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and …
Do yourself a favor and watch this hilarious 1981 TV report about the Internet
It’s easy to forget how far the Internet has come considering how plugged in we all are today thanks to laptops, smartphones and other connected …
‘Password’ is no longer the dumbest password of the year
New research conducted by SplashData revealed that “password” isn’t the dumbest password choice around anymore, as it has been replaced by “123456,” for the past …
How to find the Invisible Internet
The rabbit hole that is the Internet goes much deeper than most people know. In fact, the World Wide Web as we know it represents …
Google kills off adware-injecting Chrome extensions
Over the weekend we learned about a devious new way for spammers to make money: By buying up third-party Chrome extensions and then using them …
With Windows 8 floundering, HP was forced to start selling Windows 7 again
Public opinion on Windows 8 seems to be in an unending state of flux, but at least one PC manufacturer has decided to take a …
iOS 7.1 beta 4 released to testing partners, possibly available tomorrow for developers
Another couple of weeks, another iOS 7.1 build. Like we previously reported, iOS 7.1 is going through a long testing period with a tentative public …
BlackBerry needed a big win, and it just got one
Remember last summer when BlackBerry’s new platform and devices like the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 received the U.S. Defense Information System Agency’s approval to be …
Apple’s iPhone 6 will reportedly surprise us all and launch this summer
A 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model may enter production as soon as May, and launch in the following months, Chinese publication Tencent (via UnwiredView) reports. According to …
Don’t bother subscribing, HBO wants you to use your friends’ HBO Go logins
Did you think you were getting away with something by saving $150 a year while using your friend’s HBO Go login instead of subscribing to …
Samsung’s gorgeous new Galaxy S5 UI may offer Google Now, Metro features
Often criticized for its clunky TouchWiz user interface built on top of Android, Samsung may be working on a completely new UI for the Galaxy …
Galaxy S5 to feature fingerprint and better Air Gestures, no eye scanner
New reports detail potential features for Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5. The device is said to pack fingerprint-reading technology instead of a rumored iris …
WhatsApp’s global message volume may have just overtaken SMS
The number of daily SMS messages exchanged globally is tough to measure but by some estimates, it may have just been surpassed by the number …
Surface Pro 2 update released to fix December mess
Microsoft late last week started rolling out an update for the Surface Pro 2 that fixes some of the issues caused by a previous unsuccessful …
A disaster in the making: 95% of ATMs still run Windows XP
As we’ve mentioned multiple times, now is really the time to upgrade from Windows XP if you haven’t done so already. Even though Microsoft will …
Sprint may once again follow where T-Mobile leads
Over the past year, T-Mobile has unleashed a series of bold new initiatives aimed at stealing customers away from wireless giants AT&T and Verizon. So …
Rdio caves to the competition, makes Web streaming free for all users
Hardly two days have passed since Spotify began allowing unlimited access to its free streaming service, but another major competitor has already stepped up to …
Google is developing a remote desktop app for iOS and Android devices
It looks like Google is planning to invade the iOS App Store once again in the near future. A recent post in the Chromium open …
This is the phone LG hopes will finally help it fight Samsung
2013 was not a banner year for LG’s smartphone business. After gaining some ground in the highly competitive market, sales of LG’s flagship G2 smartphone …
Apple to start repairing iPhone 5c screens at Apple Stores next week
Apple might finally have an in-house solution for the countless iPhone users who always manage to find a way to crack their screens. 9to5Mac reports that Apple …
Google goes after your eyes (but this time, not with ads)
Google on Thursday unveiled a new Google X moon shot project that’s supposed to help patients diagnosed with diabetes better measure and manage blood sugar …
New patent shows how Amazon plans to kill box stores once and for all
Amazon has already been doing massive amounts of damage to big box retailers and now it’s working on a new system that could be its …
