China Mobile confirms it wants Apple’s iPhone, but troubles persist
China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua on Thursday confirmed to reporters that his carrier, the largest in the world, wants to begin selling Apple’s iPhone. “We are …
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World’s top PC vendor now sells more smartphones and tablets than PCs
If anyone needed more evidence that the post-PC era is upon us, they likely got it Thursday morning. Lenovo on Thursday posted its fiscal first-quarter …
The U.K.’s porn censorship plan has all the makings of a disaster
The United Kingdom’s government has been taking heat for asking British ISPs to implement pornography filters as default settings for their users, who will have to specifically …
Sprint’s Samsung ATIV S Neo launches this Friday for $150
Samsung still makes Windows Phones. You might not know it since the company doesn’t seem to make much of an effort to actually sell them, …
If BlackBerry goes private, a breakup looks inevitable
BlackBerry may wind up going private but that doesn’t mean that the company will stay intact as a comprehensive hardware and software provider. As The …
Nokia exec in charge of developer experience leaves for Amazon
Amazon is still hard at work on an own-brand smartphone, according to BGR’s sources. While the handset is expected to be based on a heavily …
Google searches just got a lot more personal
Google really is serious about making its searches more personal to its users. The company on Wednesday announced that it was integrating data from Gmail, …
Samsung at last reveals its Android flip phone
Samsung has officially taken its “try anything” approach to gadgets to a whole new level.The company on Wednesday announced the Hennessy, an Android flip phone that …
In quest to determine BlackBerry’s worth, patent portfolio pegged at up to $5 billion
BlackBerry is practically impossible to value right now, but that obviously won’t stop analysts from trying. With the struggling smartphone maker having recently announced that …
It’s Android’s world: Platform accounts for 79% of smartphone shipments in Q2
Market share may not mean everything, but it certainly means a lot when it becomes as big as Android’s. Gartner this week confirmed a recent …
Android tablets still face major app gap with the iPad
Android tablets have been getting a lot more popular over the past year but they still face a major shortage of top-notch tablet-centric apps. Canalys …
Samsung’s ‘Galaxy Gear’ smartwatch reportedly confirmed for IFA debut
Samsung has already confirmed that it has been developing a smartwatch to counter a similar device that Apple may or may not launch some day. …
Xbox One launch delayed in eight markets, U.S. release still on track
Microsoft still plans to launch its next-generation Xbox One video game console this coming November, but the number of launch markets was just slashed by …
Microsoft may be about to lose even more money on the Surface RT
Microsoft has already taken a $900 million hit on the Surface RT but it soon may have to pay out even more. AllThingsD reports that …
New iPhone 5S part leak points to fingerprint scanner
Another day, another iPhone 5S parts leak — but things might be a little different this time around. A new report from French blog Nowhereelse.fr …
HTC’s desperate U-turn
HTC’s new billion dollar marketing campaign is kicking off. And it’s built entirely on whimsy. It features Robert Downey Jr. in a series of wacky situations that have …
SSR: Buying BlackBerry would be as bad as Sprint’s Nextel acquisition
Even while BlackBerry is down, industry watchers can’t seem to stop kicking it. Analysts have been having a field day since BlackBerry announced on Monday …
More details emerge on Kim Dotcom’s NSA-proof email service
With secure email services such as Lavabit closing their doors, the fate of encrypted email may lie with the world’s most infamous German-born New Zealand …
Apple’s ‘iPhone 5C’ compared to iPhone 5 in leaked HD video
We have been seeing a whole lot of Apple’s highly anticipated “iPhone 5C” lately. Details surrounding the new mid-range iPhone have been leaking for months, …
Brazil accuses Samsung of serious labor violations in $100 million suit
Apple isn’t the only company that’s gotten into hot water over alleged labor law violations. The Guardian reports that the Brazilian government has sued Samsung …
Video: HTC releases first ad in $1 billion Robert Downey Jr. blitz
Can Iron Man save HTC? We’re about to find out. Robert Downey Jr. is the star of HTC’s new $1 billion marketing campaign as the …
Samsung still crushing Apple in world’s top smartphone market
On a global scale, Samsung is absolutely obliterating Apple right now in terms of smartphone sales. At last count, Samsung shipped between 72 million and …
Apple acquires second screen TV specialist Matcha.tv
Apple has acquired Matcha.tv, an iOS developer known for its “second screen” app that serves as a companion as users watch TV or streaming videos …
IDC: Windows 8 touch PCs off to a rough start
Microsoft’s bet that people would come around to Windows 8 once they got to experience it on touch-based PCs hasn’t gone well so far. Computerworld …
Samsung’s Android flip phone leaks again in new images
Everything old is new again, and Samsung is seemingly looking to mix a little bit of the present with a whole lot of the past …
Hackers seen unleashing torrent of viruses on holdover Windows XP users next year
Now might be a good time to become accustomed with Windows 8 if you’re still a holdover Windows XP user. Computerworld reports that hackers have …
Why Samsung shouldn’t expect Obama to veto the ITC’s latest ruling
Samsung shouldn’t expect the Obama administration to rescue it from the International Trade Commission’s latest ruling that bans some of its older products for infringing …
Video: Nexus 7 owners plagued by yet another major bug
The problem with the coming wave of low-cost tablets may be that you get what you pay for. Following news of a pesky GPS bug …
Verizon may finally be ready to sell the HTC One
Verizon subscribers who want to buy the HTC One and haven’t instead moved onto the Galaxy S4 or the Moto X may be about to …
Is HTC dumping Windows Phone?
HTC has tried plenty of things to reverse its current slide. Some seem to be working out relatively well, others not so much. Where HTC’s …
