Nobody wins in a government shutdown… except Netflix
With around 800,000 federal employees on furlough due to the government shutdown, they’ll have a lot more time to catch up on missed episodes of …
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LG ‘G Flex’ phone with curved display to debut in November
We reported yesterday on a possible flexible display smartphone called the ‘LG Z’ launching this month, but new information points to a November release date …
Apple working to restore filters to school-issued iPads after iOS 7 mishap
Multiple outlets reported on Thursday that the most recent iOS 7 update had effectively disabled the filters from iPads issued to students by their schools. …
Twitter makes IPO filing public, will look to raise $1 billion
In line with earlier reports, Twitter on Thursday made its IPO filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission public. Twitter filed an S-1 …
Apple acquires personal assistant software Cue, presumably to give Siri a brain boost
Apple is still investing to make sure its own voice-enabled personal assistant keeps up with the times. TechCrunch reports that Apple has spent at least …
As awful as the past year has been for Apple’s stock, it’s been through much worse
Fiscal 2013 was not a good year for Apple shareholders, but they have been through much worse. Apple’s fiscal year closed this past weekend and …
Samsung accused of illegally disclosing classified Apple-Nokia documents
As Samsung attempts to deal with the minor PR threat that came along with allegations of artificially boosting benchmark results on smartphones and tablets, new …
Amazon’s ‘Firetube’ set-top box reportedly set for holiday launch
Forget the battle for smartphone supremacy: The war for consumers’ living rooms is where the action is. 9to5Google notes that Amazon has filed a trademark application …
Google reportedly has a huge change planned for next year’s Nexus 7
Now that Google’s second-generation Nexus 7 tablet is here, pure Google fans’ attention has collectively turned to the Nexus 5 smartphone. We have seen the …
Early build of Android 4.4 KitKat shown in leaked pictures
We know that Google is planning to release a new version of its mobile operating system in the near future called Android 4.4 KitKat and …
Verizon says when it comes to protecting your data, ‘don’t look at us’ [updated]
As some high-profile technology companies make an effort to shed more light on issues surrounding user privacy in light of recent NSA spying revelations, most …
Video: Here’s how Microsoft rebuilt Kinect for the Xbox One
The motion sensing technology in the current generation of video game consoles left something to be desired. Despite a successful launch and some impressive tech …
The dark side of Apple’s iBeacons
Alongside the introduction of Apple’s latest mobile operating system iOS 7, the company also rolled out its answer to the NFC technology it has gone …
BlackBerry’s recent filing was so scary that Bernstein downgraded the stock 72 hours after upgrading it
Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferregu is known for his dramatic whiplashes — he was strongly optimistic about Nokia during its big dive and then turned deeply …
Samsung: We don’t cheat on benchmarks
BGR reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 recently and said that the humongous handset is likely the best smartphone Samsung has ever made. As good as …
Just in time for Android 4.4 KitKat, Jelly Bean adoption rate nears 50%
It’s taken more than a year but Jelly Bean is finally approaching a 50% adoption rate among Android users. The latest numbers posted on the …
ZTE announces U.S. availability for Grand S, nubia 5 hero phones
ZTE quickly ascended the ranks to become a top-five smartphone vendor earlier this year, and it hopes to capitalize on that success with the release …
Amazon’s secret smartphone project seemingly detailed
Rumors of an upcoming Amazon smartphone have been swirling for well over a year now. BGR has independently confirmed with several sources that the company …
Leaving no stone unturned, BlackBerry ponders property sale
As struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry continues to look for outs, the company must explore every possibly avenue that might be helpful in raising cash. One …
Bitcoin bust: Feds break up country’s largest Bitcoin drug ring
It’s a shame that Breaking Bad had to end before we could see what would have happened if a distributor had tried to pay Walt …
Dell unveils the Venue 11 Pro, a Windows 8.1 tablet priced to beat the Surface Pro 2
Anyone who thinks the new Surface Pro 2 looks terrific but is put off by the price may have a new alternative. Dell on Wednesday …
BlackBerry layoffs to cost $400 million, quadrupling earlier estimates
BlackBerry’s cash reserves look set to take another hit. Bloomberg reports that BlackBerry said in a regulatory filing this week that laying off 4,500 workers …
WhatsApp’s engagement drop could be a big red flag
Even as rival messaging apps such as WeChat, LINE, Kik and Tango have made progress in various markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia, it has seemed …
‘LG Z’ smartphone with flexible display might launch this month
Hot on the heels of Samsung’s recent curved display smartphone announcement, LG has revealed that it too will soon launch the LG Z smartphone with …
Chart: HTC lost 90% of its market value in two years
They say that deaths come in threes, but we’re not sure they were referring to smartphone makers. Either way, it seems that HTC might be …
Apple’s $147 billion cash pile accounts for 10% of all U.S. corporate cash
So it seems as though Apple has been doing pretty well for itself over the past few years. Per The Wall Street Journal, Moody’s now …
BlackBerry filing shows that company is falling apart everywhere in the world
When BlackBerry 10 first rolled out, many believed that the platform could be successful even if it never caught on in the United States as long …
iPad 5, new iPad mini will reportedly feature 8-megapixel cameras
We are only a few weeks out from Apple’s iPad event, but there is still plenty we don’t know about the new tablet lineup. According …
Another blow for HTC: Company must change chip design after losing patent fight with Nokia
HTC is working with Qualcomm to alter a chip design that has been judged to infringe on Nokia’s radio patents, The Wall Street Journal reports. …
Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker boosting benchmark scores
Tuesday’s news that the Galaxy Note 3 was found artificially increasing its own benchmark scores caused a bit of a stir. There’s no question that …
