Samsung plans huge strategic shift in effort to stay on top in 2014
Samsung released plenty of successful products in 2013, but that doesn’t mean it plans to settle for complacency in the new year. According to The …
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Samsung tipped to launch new Nexus 10 tablet at CES next week
Samsung will reportedly announce a new version of the Nexus 10 CES 2014 in a few days, Digitimes says, without disclosing sources for its report. Samsung happens …
Apple’s upcoming 12-inch iPad may hammer the notebook market
Apple and Google have both already done a lot to shake up the traditional PC market but don’t expect either of them to stop anytime …
BlackBerry finally takes on its biggest threat: Ryan Seacrest
Just one day after dumping Alicia Keys, BlackBerry has gotten itself tangled up with yet another celebrity. BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Typo Products, the …
iPhone 5s now just $125 at Best Buy, iPhone 5c still free
Christmas might be over but sales from big box retailers are still going strong. December is always a huge month for smartphone sales but those …
Acer thinks the world needs a $1,100 Android desktop computer
Although PC OEMs as a whole did poorly last year, Acer seems to have been hit harder than most. According to numbers released by IDC …
T-Mobile CEO’s 2014 resolution: Transform the wireless industry
T-Mobile’s chief executive John Legere is known to be bold and boisterous, and it looks like he has no plans to quiet down in 2014 — …
Facebook sued for invading users’ privacy
Two Facebook users this week filed a class action complaint against the social network, Ars Technica reports, alleging that the messaging system inside Facebook is …
This could be the most amazing thing coming to CES next week
Forget Google Glass — connected eyewear is about to get a serious adrenaline shot next week when Bellevue, Washington-based Innovega shows off augmented reality contact lenses …
Snapchat knew for months about major security hole but failed to fix it
Snapchat on Thursday confirmed that millions of user accounts were compromised in a recent breach that exposed phone numbers and user names. Anonymity is a …
New report says 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch iPhones both coming this year
Apple will reportedly launch bigger iPhones this year, with displays that measure both 4.7 and 5.7 inches diagonallys, C Technology said on Chinese social network …
NSA isn’t content with current spying powers, wants quantum computer
The National Security Agency (NSA) is apparently developing its own quantum computer that will be able to crack most types of encryption, reveal documents provided …
LG’s G Flex ‘banana phone’ headed to AT&T and T-Mobile
2013 may be behind us but it looks like some of the smartphones that debuted last year aren’t quite ready to retire just yet. In …
AT&T offers T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line to switch
It’s official: T-Mobile has gotten under AT&T’s skin. AT&T announced on Friday that it will offer T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line when they …
The empire strikes back: AT&T to reportedly offer $200 to T-Mobile switchers
Late last month, a rumor surfaced that T-Mobile planned to absolutely wreak havoc on the wireless industry this year by offering to pay off subscribers’ …
NSA scandal has spawned an industry for spy-proof smartphones
“A crypto war is coming to your pocket,” The Wall Street Journal says in a new report detailing the spy-proof smartphone initiatives of several security …
This year’s World Cup will showcase mind-blowing advances in robotics
The first ceremonial kick at the opening 2014 World Cup game taking place in Brazil later this year may be delivered by a paralyzed teen …
Meet the Wi-Fi hotspot that doubles as a video projector
In this digital age, we expect all of our devices to multi-task as much as we do. Our video game consoles need to serve as …
You might actually be able to afford a 4K TV this year
Ever since they were first unveiled, ultra high-definition televisions have been little more than a pipe dream for the average consumer. With prices soaring as …
Lenovo’s big 2014 smartphone push starts off with a bang
Late last year, Lenovo announced that it would be charging into 2014 with a new smartphone strategy that might give the company a much-needed competitive …
webOS rises from the dead again, this time in TV form
An image purportedly showing LG’s first webOS-based Smart TV has been published online by @evleaks, a source with a proven track record when it comes …
iWatch production woes reportedly a massive headache for Apple
As if the endless rumormongering and speculation wasn’t bad enough, Apple’s first wearable device is reportedly suffering a setback that could delay its release even …
Here are some candidates for the first killer Google Glass app
Google still seems to be deciding what people should actually do with Google Glass. No one knows exactly why they should buy an expensive pair of …
The one BlackBerry layoff that BlackBerry fans can cheer
Normally, layoffs are a bad sign for a company’s financial health. In the case of one particular BlackBerry layoff, however, it’s more a sign that …
Is this the best smartphone bargain of 2014?
The world is filled with dirt-cheap smartphones but how many of them are actually worth buying? Nokia’s Lumia 520 has shown itself to be a …
The phablet tragedy will bring HTC and Nokia to tears
One day we will tell our grandchildren how the phone market was revolutionized by Samsung’s Galaxy Note, which debuted in October 2011. Its 5.3-inch screen …
HTC One sequel specs seemingly confirmed in new leak
We’re getting very close to the launch of HTC’s One sequel and now we’ve gotten our second solid report detailing the new device’s specifications. @evleaks …
Nokia’s first Android phone purportedly shown again in leaked pic
An image purportedly showing the Nokia Normandy Android prototype has been published online on Chinese social network Weibo (via WPCentral), with user WPDang saying that …
Microsoft almost fatally sabotaged the Xbox One
Microsoft made a lot of terrible public relations mistakes when it rolled out the Xbox One, but thankfully none of those mistakes were reflected in …
At long last, some non-terrible news for BlackBerry investors
The past three years have been very bad ones for BlackBerry investors. At this time in 2011, BlackBerry’s stock was still trading well above $60 …
