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 …
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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 …
Is Netflix suddenly a cable TV kingmaker?
The television world was rocked this week by the news that the cult series Breaking Bad hit 5.9 million viewers with its season opener. This …
How one Silicon Valley investor staged a failed coup to save BlackBerry
When BlackBerry evaluates strategic alternatives in the coming weeks, it may look back with regret that it didn’t pursue one offered last year by Silicon …
Activist investor Carl Icahn buys more than $1 billion in Apple stock
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday announced on Twitter that his firm holds a large stake in Apple. “We currently have a large position in Apple. We …
The iPhone 5C explained: At some point, market share matters
Apple doesn’t typically concern itself with smartphone market share numbers simply because the smartphones that it has sold have been extremely profitable. Combine this with …
Will 6-inch phablets kill 7-inch tablets?
Smaller devices with 7- and 8-inch display are driving growth in the explosive tablet market right now, but what happens when your smartphone display is …
Samsung exec says mocking Apple ‘fanboys’ has worked wonders
It’s official: Making fun of ‘iSheep’ has been both fun and profitable for Samsung. In an interview with AdNews, Samsung Australia’s chief marketing officer Arno Lenior …
BlackBerry’s biggest strength
BlackBerry announced on Monday that it is exploring a number of strategic options including an outright sale of the company, and it came as no …
iPhone 5S to be Apple’s ‘most successful launch ever’
Apple’s share price has been climbing steadily over the past few weeks as anticipation builds for an expected flurry of new launches. The company’s last …
Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One: Four months later, which is the best Android phone in the world?
I have to say, I thought choosing the best Android phone on the planet was going to be a much easier task. I called the …
Former Palm exec: Buying BlackBerry is a road to nowhere
Longtime PalmSource executive Jean-Louis Gassée knows how bad things can get once your mobile platform falls out of favor with the general public. Gassée, who served as …
Bloomberg: Redesigned iPad 5, Retina iPad mini to debut this year – but not at Sept. 10 event
After much back and forth in the rumor mill, a new report supports recent claims that Apple will indeed launch its second-generation iPad mini with …
The latest Xbox One backtrack: Kinect no longer required to play games
Microsoft may have fumbled the Xbox One launch but the company has done a good job of responding to user feedback ever since. The latest …
Windows 8.1 release coming in October [updated]
The Windows update that luddites have kind of, sort of, maybe been waiting for is set for public release sometime in October. A report at …
Video: Oracle CEO and long-time friend to Steve Jobs says Apple is done for
Apple’s brightest days are apparently behind it and there’s nothing but doom and gloom ahead. So says Oracle CEO and long-time friend to Steve Jobs, …
The Pirate Bay unveils web browser that bypasses government, ISP censorship
The Pirate Bay is working hard to help out citizens in the United Kingdom who might soon have their favorite porn sites taken away. The …
Amazon’s annual Kindle sales estimated at $4.5 billion
Just how much money does Amazon generate from selling its Kindle eReaders and tablets? It’s tough to say because Amazon never releases specific sales figures …
Fingerprint sensor woes could cut Q3 iPhone 5S shipments by 70%
The iPhone 5S’s long-rumored fingerprint sensor is still apparently proving difficult to mass produce. Digitimes reports that Apple’s supply chain partners are still having major …
Former Apple engineer tells story of how he created iPhone’s famous ‘Tri-tone’ text alert
For the few years following Apple’s first-generation iPhone debut in 2007, it seemed almost impossible to avoid a chorus of “Tri-tone” iPhone text alerts at …
Sony prepping 20-megapixel Lumia 1020, Galaxy S4 Zoom rival
It’s still not entirely clear that smartphone buyers are willing to go against the grain and forgo more popular devices en masse in favor of …
Video: BlackBerry Z30 phablet gets full hands-on walkthrough
It seems like no smartphone vendors can manage to keep their upcoming handsets under wraps these days, but BlackBerry always has more trouble than most …
Google Play continues its furious bid to catch up with iOS
According to new July figures from app analytics firm Distimo, Google Play’s app revenue has now increased by an impressive 67% since the start of the …
Is HTC really spending $1 billion on this?
HTC built one of the world’s very best smartphones with the HTC One but this still hasn’t stopped the company’s decline in profitability. Desperate to …
Samsung Galaxy Note III seemingly confirmed to launch with Android 4.3
Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Note III phablet will seemingly be the company’s first flagship smartphone to debut with the latest version of Android. Google took the …
Leaked photo points to new iPhone 5S camera with dual-LED flash
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5S will be unveiled during a press conference on September 10th, though there might not be any surprises left by the time …
BlackBerry may be selling, but is anyone buying?
Now that BlackBerry has announced that it’s exploring alternative strategies that include selling off the company, talk among financial analysts has naturally turned to what …
After just two weeks, Nokia Lumia 1020 price already slashed by Amazon
Nokia’s flagship Lumia 1020 has been on the market for just two weeks and the phone’s price has already been slashed by leading smartphone retailer …
iPhone 5S rumor roundup
Over the weekend, a solid report emerged revealing that the next-generation iPhone 5S will be unveiled on September 10th, as Apple gears up for a busy …
20 bystanders shot with BBs during LG G2 promotion gone wrong
Forget about buttons on the back of the smartphone — LG may want to make its next device bulletproof. The Korea Times reports that 20 …
