‘Samsung Gear’ smartwatch said to debut in September
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to beat Apple to the punch by unveiling its own smartwatch in September ahead of the annual IFA trade show …
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Video: Nokia unveils its biggest Lumia phone yet
Nokia’s new Lumia 625 is not quite a “phablet” by today’s standards, though it would have been considered a phablet as recently as one year …
Small Utah-based ISP forced to install black box that allowed feds to spy
Pete Ashdown, the CEO of small Utah ISP XMission, says that in 2010 he received a Foreign Intelligence Service Act (FISA) warrant that allowed the …
Cybercrime estimated to cost U.S. government, businesses $100 billion a year
That pesky 12-year-old Russian kid who infected your PC with malware that replaced all your photos with gifs of dancing bears is costing the American …
NVIDIA Shield gaming console to begin shipping on July 31st
NVIDIA on Monday announced that its Shield gaming system will begin shipping by the end of the month. The company previously delayed the launch of …
Job posting hints Motorola will delve deeper into wearable computing
With just about every big tech company planning to release a smartwatch over the next year, it’s not surprising that Google-owned Motorola is looking to get …
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store now has one less app – and it’s Apple’s fault
Windows Phone has had difficulty drawing the same level of attention that app developers lavish on Android and iOS and now Apple has ensured that …
Major SIM card security flaw puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk
A security researcher in Germany claims to have discovered an encryption flaw in SIM cards that allow a user’s cell phone to be hacked in …
Google estimated to account for 25% of North American Internet traffic
Surfing the web without using at least one Google service is a lot harder than it used to be. Wired reports on new research from …
Google is now spamming Gmail inboxes with targeted ads
Google has started rolling out its new Gmail interface to millions of users. In what appears to be an effort to increase revenue, the company …
New Samsung Galaxy Note III specs emerge
While some specs for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note III smartphone have been confirmed on the vendor’s own website, the upcoming new flagship phablet is still …
Another reason for Apple’s declining margins: iPhone 4 and 4S are still hugely popular
One of the big financial stories in the tech world this year has been the decline of Apple’s historically high margins that were originally propelled to …
Galaxy Note III prototype revealed in leaked photos
Samsung’s Galaxy Note wasn’t the first smartphone to feature a massive display, but it was certainly the first to popularize the new “phablet” category. The …
The smartphone price crash is about to wreck two major vendors
The latest IDC estimates of smartphone price decline give us a pretty good explanation to why most phone vendors had such lousy spring quarters. The global …
Tension runs high as Netflix reports on subscriber growth
This afternoon, Netflix will report its spring quarter numbers and investors are on edge. Netflix’s share price has soared from $53 to $263 in one …
Verizon responds to AT&T’s ‘most reliable 4G LTE network’ claim
AT&T made claims last week that didn’t sit well with Verizon Wireless. In a series of advertisements, AT&T said that it now operates America’s most …
NYT explains why Microsoft’s Surface failed while Apple’s iPad is thriving
There is little doubt now that Microsoft’s Surface tablet was a huge flop. Alongside an earnings miss that sent Microsoft’s share price plummeting, the company …
Samsung follows Apple’s lead yet again
Samsung has learned a lot from working with Apple over the years and now the company is now planning to host its own WWDC-style developers …
The ‘irrelevance of Microsoft’ illustrated in a single chart
Microsoft has long been the leader when it comes to personal computing, but the advent of mobile marked a major paradigm shift that Microsoft still …
Nexus 7 sequel rumored to launch on July 30th
A new report suggests that Google’s next-generation Nexus 7 tablet will be released at the end of July. According to an image of an upcoming …
Dropping smartphone prices could lead to ‘industrywide carnage’
Smartphones are starting to look an awful lot like PCs these days. Bloomberg reports that as smartphone shipment volumes have skyrocketed in recent years, their …
This is Google’s upcoming Moto X
We have already seen the Moto X on numerous occasions — most recently being used in public as Google chairman Eric Schmidt posed for pictures …
Google buys 6.3% stake in Google Glass display maker
Google has invested in a Taiwanese semiconductor firm that produces liquid crystal on silicon chips used in devices such as Google Glass. Reuters reports that the …
WSJ: Apple testing redesigned iPhone with larger display and 13-inch iPad
Apple is reportedly testing a redesigned iPhone with a larger display as well as a new iPad model with a 13-inch screen, according to a …
Next-gen Nexus 7 revealed in leaked images
Google’s first Nexus 7 tablet was a solid hit and the company is hoping to find similar success with its Nexus 7 sequel. @evleaks has …
Apple reports major security breach; researcher says he issued warning
Apple on Sunday said in an email to developers that a recent days-long developer portal outage was the result of a security breach in which …
HTC reorganizes U.S. operations as sales sink
HTC’s profit plummeted about 83% in the second quarter despite the successful launch of the flagship HTC One, and now the struggling Taiwan-based smartphone maker …
Daily Android activations grow to 1.5 million, Google Play surpasses 50 billion downloads
Google CEO Larry Page this week revealed that more than 1.5 million Android devices are being activated each day, up from 1.3 million last September. …
Major crackdown planned for tech’s biggest alleged tax dodgers
Many governments are getting fed up with major tech companies dodging taxes and now it seems that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) …
Apple reportedly buys Canadian mapping startup in latest bid to salvage iOS Maps
A new report claims that Apple has acquired a local data startup as part of its latest effort to improve its Maps application on the …
