Video: Amazon smacks iPad Air and Jony Ive in latest Kindle Fire ad
Taking advantage of Black Friday, Amazon released an ad comparing the iPad Air unfavorably to its own Kindle Fire HDX, making Amazon the latest in …
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Google hates patents… but collects 1,800 new patents this year alone
Despite publicly belittling software patents and lobbying for patent reform that would make it difficult for companies to use such patents in patent-based lawsuits, Google is …
iOS share falls in November as Android enjoys biggest gain of 2013
The launches of Apple’s new iPad Air and Retina iPad mini weren’t enough to stop Android from making huge gains in November as the platform’s …
BlackBerry tries to shoo off vultures in latest open letter
BlackBerry is tired of rival mobile device management (MDM) companies circling its body like a swarm of ravenous vultures. In an open letter to enterprise …
iPhone 5c is a flop? According to one report, it’s just what Apple needed
Imagine a device that would allow Apple to eat into Android’s market share in several key markets, and yet only have a minimal negative impact …
Email, Twitter and the always-on lifestyle: Today’s double-edged sword
Today, I made a choice. I made a choice to carve out a chunk of time to write this article, but I did so at …
Xbox One dominates PlayStation 4 in Black Friday console war
Can’t we all just get along? Some have issued a call for peace but the next-generation console war is inevitable. PlayStation 4 fans and Xbox …
Microsoft is finally tired of bashing Apple, sets sights on Samsung instead
Try as Microsoft might, it just can’t seem to put a dent in iPad sales with its Apple-bashing Surface ads. The company has issued several …
iPad and iPhone win Black Friday online shopping war against Android
IBM and Adobe have independently revealed that iOS has won the battle with Android when it comes to Black Friday online shopping from mobile devices in …
Amazon Prime Air: Unmanned drones to ship packages in 30 minutes or less
Amazon on Sunday unveiled a bold new shipping initiative during CBS‘s popular TV show “60 Minutes:” Amazon Prime Air, which aims to ship packages to …
A chilling start for the shopping season
According to National Retail Federation, shoppers spent about $1.7 billion less during the Thanksgiving weekend than they did in 2012. The sluggish weekend was anticipated, because …
Researchers use NSA’s own tactics to see how invasive NSA spying is
Stanford researchers are trying to act like the NSA in order to learn about the NSA. Researchers Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler created MetaPhone, an Android …
Yet another poll shows cable companies’ reputations are in the gutter
As we’ve observed before, cable companies are not popular in the United States. Various surveys have shown that cable companies have even lower customer satisfaction …
Google, Microsoft ordered to remove pirate sites from search results
A French court on Thursday ordered Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo to remove from search results 16 websites that host pirated media, in a case started …
Sony turns off some PSN features in Europe on PS4 launch day
Sony on Thursday announced on its PlayStation blog that certain PSN features will be turned off during the European launch of the PlayStation 4 console …
PlayStation 4 beating Xbox One in early U.K. sales
It’s still very early in the new console wars but it looks like Sony’s PlayStation 4 seems to have a slight early edge over Microsoft’s …
Walmart reports hot Black Friday tablet sales led by iPad mini
Walmart on Friday announced that its 2013 Black Friday campaign has been a smashing success, with the store delivering “the biggest shopping day of the …
No end in sight for HTC’s downward spiral
2012 was a bad year for HTC, 2013 has been even worse and 2014 may be the worst yet. Focus Taiwan points us to a …
Online retail sales growth slows sharply on Thanksgiving Day
IBM reports that Thanksgiving Day online retail sales increased by 11% over last year’s level. Despite the double-digit growth, this is actually a steep drop-off compared to years …
Samsung is closer than ever to matching Apple’s online buzz
Samsung’s marketing Death Star can’t buy it the kind of hype that Apple’s iPhone generates with every new release… although it is coming close. A new …
Google joins Black Friday fun with Cyber Weekend Deals
Google is joining in on the Black Friday festivities by announcing its Google Play store Cyber Weekend Deals on Friday. Android users can find great deals …
Mozilla might be the latest recruit in Samsung’s anti-Android army
Samsung announced earlier this month that the Tizen Association had gained 36 powerful friends in the tech industry, but its latest partner might be the …
Apple heats up, closes at 2013 high heading into holidays
Apple’s weak Black Friday deals didn’t scare investors on Friday as shares climbed as much as 2% before closing up 1.85% at $556.07, the highest …
How the NSA could bail out BlackBerry
BlackBerry’s handset sales have been an absolute horror show this year but the company may get an unexpected boost going forward thanks to an unlikely …
Samsung follows Microsoft, stumbles into sexism allegations
A few days ago, Microsoft’s Xbox promotional campaign generated a fierce backlash when it drafted up fake letters for gamers to give to their girlfriends or …
Tesla’s ‘unrealistic expectations’
Tesla Motors has had a rough couple of months. Shares hit an all-time high of $194.50 in late September, then concerns about the fires on …
Best Buy rejects Apple’s Scrooge-like tactics, has big MacBook sale
Apple may have given a big “Bah, humbug!” to its American fans this year but that doesn’t mean every Apple retailer has been quite so …
The worst news yet for Wii U
All year long the bad news about Wii U sales has been offset to some extent by the hope that the next big Mario title would …
The one deal every Apple device owner should take advantage of
There are thousands of deals on tech and gadgets this holiday season. Some are pretty awful, others are jaw-dropping, but there’s only one deal that …
Dutch regulator: ‘Google spins an invisible web of our personal data’
A Dutch regulator on Thursday said that Google’s privacy policy update in March 2012 that covers all the online services offered by the search giant …
