Guess which wireless carrier has the biggest bills in America
Consumers and businesses in America spend billions on wireless service each year. And it’s no wonder — the average cost of cell phone service on …
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Obama announces big changes to NSA spying – but is it enough?
In an address to the nation on Friday, President Barack Obama called for major changes to the manner in which the National Security Agency monitors …
iPhone subsidy war looming over China
Some analysts expect Chinese carriers to engage into an iPhone subsidy war in the future, now that the iPhone is officially available from China Mobile, …
Watch Obama’s speech on NSA spying policy reform live right here!
President Obama is about to start his speech on proposed policy reform that will impact NSA spying programs, namely programs that currently see the NSA …
The Boy Genius Report: Typo keyboard for iPhone makes for a better BlackBerry
The world thought Typo was a joke when word of its arrival began circulating a couple of months back. And Ryan Seacrest was involved! This …
Text messages are ‘a goldmine to exploit’ for the NSA
The National Security Agency (NSA) has the ability of collecting SMS text messages and related data in bulk from around the world, a new The …
Everyone wants the iPhone 6 to have a bigger screen
Apple on Friday launched its 2013 iPhone models with China Mobile, the largest carrier in the world with more than 760 million subscribers — a …
Microsoft takes back the crown: Xbox One is December’s best-selling console
Globally, Sony’s PlayStation 4 dominated the early days of this generation’s video game console war. Sony announced earlier this month that it sold a jaw-dropping …
12.9-inch iPad reportedly won’t launch before late Q3
Apple is reportedly working on three iPad models for this year, Digitimes reports, with the company expected to ship 80 million to 90 million iOS tablets …
The Wii U is officially a disaster: Nintendo slashes sales forecast by 70%
There’s no longer any debating it: Nintendo’s Wii U is an absolute disaster. People were shocked when we talked about what a tremendous failure the …
Neiman Marcus data breach went on for much longer than believed
The security breach at Neiman Marcus, which wasn’t acknowledged officially until a few days ago, went on for much longer than initially believed, the New York …
Smartphone thefts climbed in 2013 despite efforts to prevent them
Law enforcement agencies, smartphone makers and wireless service providers all placed a good deal of focus on finding news ways to curb smartphone thefts in …
Microsoft to finally unveil Siri, Google Now rival in April
Apple first unveiled Siri in the fall of 2011, Google took the wraps off Google Now in the summer of 2012 and now Microsoft is …
Does the world need a 15.6-inch tablet? Sharp says yes
Samsung has already announced a couple of 12.2-inch Android tablets at CES 2014 and Apple is rumored to be working on a 12.9-inch Pro iPad of its own, …
Google once again named America’s best place to work
Who would have thunk it: A company that installs slides into its office buildings is a fun place to work? Fortune this week has released …
The United States: We’re No. 1… in hosting malware
Long before we knew the NSA was monitoring our every move, the constant threat of getting a virus was the primary concern for most Internet …
Facebook still wants to take over mobile with standalone apps
Even though it failed to take over home screens on Android with the Facebook Home experiment, Facebook is still very much interested in the mobile …
Starbucks pledges to change iOS app to keep user passwords secure
Starbucks has been caught storing user names, passwords and even location data in clear text in its iOS payment app since mid-November, although it appears …
Samsung announces yet another cheap 7-inch tablet
A mere 24 hours after it appeared on a retailer’s website, Samsung has taken to its blog to officially reveal the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite. …
Watch out, Google, Apple and Microsoft: ‘China Operating System’ is coming for you
Unhappy with the dominance of foreign mobile and desktop operating systems in its country, the Chinese government it backing a China Operating System (COS) that …
Apple’s imminent attack on mobile payments comes into focus
A new Apple patent application reveals that the company is interested in secure wireless “iWallet” payments based on various wireless technologies including Bluetooth Low Energy …
The sweetest new technology of 2014: A 3D chocolate printer
3D printing has never tasted so sweet. CNN reports that Hershey’s is teaming up with 3D Systems to make a 3D printer that can make …
T-Mobile: 80,000 people have posted breakup letters [updated]
T-Mobile and its boisterous CEO John Legere love talking the talk, but they have also shown repeatedly in recent months that they can walk the …
Here are the myriad ways that alcohol consumption affects you
Have you ever woken up with a terrible hangover, regretting every decision that led to that moment? What if you’d had a better understanding of …
Woman in California stands trial for wearing Google Glass while driving
The question of whether or not connected eyewear such as Google Glass is safe to wear while driving is one that has been debated at …
Here’s the latest thing scientists warn will kill you: Supervolcanoes
As if we don’t have enough to worry about in our daily lives, scientists are now warning that there’s a heightened risk of supervolcanoes erupting …
Teen Facebook exodus reportedly real as 11 million young users flee
There has been plenty of back and forth over the past year or so regarding whether or not teens and other young users are abandoning …
Impending Windows XP malware nightmare now slightly less apocalyptic
If you’re still running a machine that runs Windows XP… well, you should really, really, really think about upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 8 …
Deutsche Telekom denies it’s rushing to unload T-Mobile onto Sprint
The potential for a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile is tenuous at best, but a recent move by T-Mobile’s parent company might signal that the …
One carrier should fear T-Mobile more than anyone… and it’s not AT&T
We already know that T-Mobile added roughly 869,000 net postpaid subscribers and 1.645 million total net customers in the fourth quarter of 2013. But how did …
