Microsoft reportedly announcing Surface mini later this year [updated]
Microsoft isn’t just releasing new versions of the Surface Pro and Surface RT this year. According to Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows, Microsoft plans to …
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Hack the iPhone 5s Touch ID for a cash reward
Now that the iPhone 5s is officially in the hands of Apple fans, one of the first features that everyone will be toying with is …
Crime pays: Grand Theft Auto V rakes in $1 billion in three days
Grand Theft Auto V has broken into gamers’ minds and has stolen their hearts. Take Two Interactive, which publishes Rockstar Games’ hugely successful Grand Theft …
Twitter IPO likely to raise $1 billion, may happen before Thanksgiving
Twitter filed with the SEC for an initial public offering last Thursday, and although speculation about Twitter’s future began immediately, the social networking site has …
Valve teases upcoming Steam Box console in new website
Valve has been building up a lot of goodwill in the gaming community with its popular Steam online store and now the company is preparing to enter …
Ballmer calls Google a ‘monopoly’ that should come under antitrust scrutiny
Microsoft has been flushing money down the drain trying to make Bing a legitimate threat to Google over the years but outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer …
Google Play app revenue rockets to more than half of iOS in August
Distimo’s new August survey offers yet another snapshot of just how quickly Google Play is narrowing the gap behind iOS in app revenue generation. Last …
Apple sticks with Samsung for the A7 chip after all
Apple may not like it but manufacturing partners like Samsung are hard to find. iFixit and Chipworks both teamed up to tear down the iPhone …
Video: iOS 7 bug gives everyone access to your photos, contact list and more
Apple’s new iOS 7 software brings a log of great things to the table, but it also apparently brings a few serious security flaws that …
Apple TV 6.0 software update out now, includes iTunes Radio, Music Store, Airplay
Because releasing iOS 7 and two new iPhone models wasn’t enough for one week, Apple has decided to update the Apple TV software to version …
BlackBerry announces major job cuts, quarterly net operating loss of $1 billion
Time is running out for BlackBerry. The company announced on Friday that it is cutting 4,500 jobs and that it will report a net operating …
Poll finds iOS 7 design is a clear favorite over iOS 6
Apple device users spoke loud and clear in a poll conducted last month that found people preferred the new design of iOS 7 over iOS …
Here’s why typing on Android phones is harder than typing on an iPhone
With occasionally unreliable autocorrect software and periodically clumsy fingers, typing on a virtual keyboard has never been easy. Take these issues and couple them with …
Once you go iOS 7, you never go back
After three months of waiting, the public finally got its hands on Apple’s new iOS 7 software earlier this week. Surprisingly, since iOS 7 is …
Tim Cook may regret dismissing low-cost smartphones as ‘junk’
The most striking takeaway from Thursday’s big Bloomberg Businessweek interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook was that he views smartphones that are priced in the …
How to save battery life in iOS 7
The launch of Apple’s new iOS 7 software earlier this week is obviously a huge deal for Apple device users but as we mentioned earlier, …
Microsoft to reportedly give Surface 2 same $500 entry price as original Surface RT
If doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results is the definition of insanity, then Microsoft may have completely lost its mind. …
iPhone 5s giveaway!
It’s a special time when Apple releases a new iPhone and as is always the case, it coincides with a BGR giveaway. For this one, …
Video: iPhone 5s easily survives drop test – iPhone 5c, not so much
The new iPhones have been out for less than a day but we already have our first drop test video. This particular video comes to …
Gold fever: Apple reportedly boosting gold iPhone 5s production by 33% to meet demand
Just like we said, the iPhone 5s had to be gold. Sales of Apple’s new flagship iPhone 5s have finally begun around the world and …
It’s iPhone launch day – here are videos of ridiculously long lines around the world
Can Apple’s new iPhones still draw a crowd? The answer, of course, is a resounding yes. We have all seen photos and video footage of …
Microsoft trying to make Windows RT work as a phablet OS
Think consumers are confused by the differences between Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT? Just wait until Microsoft unleashes Windows RT: Phablet Edition. …
So it begins: iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c now available for purchase in stores
Lines as long as the eye can see formed overnight outside Apple Stores in major metropolitan areas, which can only mean one thing: iPhone launch …
iPhone 5s now available for sale online
Apple fans’ alarms are ringing all over the country right now as Apple’s flagship iPhone 5s finally becomes available to purchase online. The company curiously …
Zuckerberg: NSA scandal hurt users’ trust in Facebook
The fallout from the National Security Agency surveillance scandal hasn’t just hurt trust between American tech companies and foreign governments — it’s also damaged the …
Sony’s PlayStation App coming to iOS, Android in November
Sony announced its upcoming companion app for the PlayStation 4 back in February, but on Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show the company unveiled plans …
Study: One-fifth of cell phone owners use video calling
It wasn’t too long ago when video calling seemed like a superfluous feature that sounded cool but that was rarely used. But as the technology …
Mobile app stores will hit 102 billion downloads this year
The explosive growth of mobile apps isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. According to research company Gartner, 102 billion apps will be downloaded from …
Hollywood berates Google for failing to stop piracy… again
It’s like clockwork: Every quarter or so, one of the major Hollywood trade associations will come out with a blistering statement attacking Google for not …
Video: HP laptop will be the first to come with embedded Leap Motion Controller
Earlier this year, Leap Motion announced its intentions to partner with Hewlett-Packard in order to embed Leap Motion Controllers inside the company’s computers. Six months …
