PS4, Xbox One game delays might make for a sparse holiday lineup
Console launches are infamous for the underwhelming launch games that come along with them. Developers just don’t have enough time to spend with the system …
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Apple poised to attack new $4 billion market opportunity
Apple hasn’t yet begun to push the new iBeacon service it touched upon earlier this year, but that will soon change. According to market research …
iOS 7 may not be the smash hit Apple expected
There’s no doubt that a lot of Apple users have upgraded their smartphones and tablets to iOS 7 so far but there may be a …
Why Google has blown past Microsoft as tech’s second most valuable firm
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s early critique of Android was that he didn’t understand how Google was going to make money from giving away software for …
After 32 months at the top, Xbox 360 dethroned by PlayStation 3
There has been a changing of the guard in the U.S. video game console market and for Microsoft, it couldn’t have come at a worse …
HTC’s new PR boss quits after just four months on the job
Pretty much nothing is going well for HTC these days and now the company is starting to lose key executives after they’ve been on the …
Motorola is still a huge drag on Google
In light of Google’s big earnings beat on Thursday night, sending the stock surging past $1,000 to an all-time high, there was one major drag: …
Ransomware demands $300 in Bitcoins to release your data
If you’ve never encountered ransomware, consider yourself lucky. Ransomware is malware that completely locks down your computer and threatens to corrupt or destroy your files …
Google is becoming the new Apple of Wall Street’s eye
With Google delivering better than expected earnings this week, it’s now time for tech market analysts to dish out more sky-high price targets for the …
A month with the iPhone 5s
Apple’s iPhone 5s represents the biggest “S” upgrade an iPhone has ever seen. The guts of the phone have been completely overhauled, just as BGR …
Google shares surge past $1,000 in Friday trading
Google’s better-than-expected earnings report has sent the company’s shares surging past the $1,000 barrier for the first time in its history during trading on Friday. …
Apple: We cannot and will not read your iMessages
After it came to light earlier this year that the NSA keeps people on a much shorter digital leash than most suspected, issues such as …
When it comes to generating ad dollars, YouTube may be past its prime
Although Google turned in a very strong earnings performance last quarter, one of the few troublesome spots was the continued decline in the company’s cost-per-click …
Yet another Google blunder reveals $349 Nexus 5 price tag
Google was the first to reveal the new look of the Nexus 5 when it accidentally included a shot of the phone in its Android …
Google’s Kurzweil details his intricate plan for cheating death
As we’ve noted before, Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil devotes a lot of his life to postponing death. Kurzweil, the brilliant 65-year-old inventor and futurist, …
Samsung sales surpass Apple in quarter before iPhone 5s, 5c release
There might be more phones running Android than any other operating system, but it’s not often that a single Android smartphone manufacturer manages to jump …
Twitter reportedly pondering a WhatsApp-style direct messaging app
Could Twitter soon go head-to-head with WhatsApp, Kik and other big mobile messaging services? Unnamed sources tell AllThingsD that Twitter has been working on “plans …
Netflix original shows may soon have bloopers, deleted scenes and more
Netflix has produced a family of original shows that have had varying degrees of success, from the critical panning of Hemlock Grove to the Emmy …
Apple, Samsung dominate J.D. Power’s smartphone satisfaction poll
Apple and Samsung don’t only have the most profitable smartphone businesses — they also have the most satisfied customers. The latest survey of American consumers …
iPhone 5c sales stumble on Verizon, iPhone 5s still hard to find
Apple’s iPhone 5c problems might be more international than reports originally indicated. Reuters spoke with Verizon CFO Fran Shammo who admitted that although iPhone 5s demand …
Video: Nokia’s smartwatch may sport modular design, multiple displays
Although there were already rumors that Nokia had a smartwatch of its own in the works, a patent filing and a subsequent video demonstration have unveiled Nokia’s work-in-progress …
Google beats expectations, posts $10.74 EPS on revenue of $14.9 billion in Q3
Google on Thursday slightly beat Wall Street expectations by reporting third-quarter earnings per share of $10.74 on revenue of $14.9 billion, thus besting the consensus …
AT&T prepping $5-per-day pass for data on tablets
AT&T is making a play to offer data on its tablets without forcing users to subscribe to a data plan. AllThingsD reports that AT&T announced …
Apple’s Retina iPad mini could be next to impossible to find at launch
The biggest “Will they or won’t they?” question for Apple fans heading into the holiday season will be whether the company will at long last …
Current and former Apple employees dish on what it’s like to work there
Love them or hate them, the people at Apple have found a way to make their products culturally relevant, extremely profitable and apparently worth waiting …
A beginner’s guide to cord cutting
If you’re like a lot of people, then you may be less-than-happy with your cable TV provider. The good news is that you can now …
How big is Samsung?
It’s not just Samsung’s phablets that are gigantic… Samsung announced earlier this week that it has broken ground on the new research and development facility …
Why wait for the PS4 to launch when you can check it out right now?
It has been seven years since Sony released the PlayStation 3, and this week you can finally get your hands on its successor. Sony has …
iOS 7 takes another beating in critique from design expert
We have covered Apple’s new iOS 7 software extensively here on BGR, and we’re clearly fans of Apple’s mobile overhaul. iOS 7 is more about renovation …
Samsung insider claims peculiar Galaxy Round is just a prototype
Do you think the Galaxy Round is a pointless gimmick that Samsung released just so it could say that it was the first-ever company to …
