Microsoft denies report that it’s shelling out billions to pay off Windows Phone partners
Microsoft has denied an earlier report suggesting that the company plans to pay out billions of dollars in 2014 in an effort to ensure that …
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President Obama is getting ready to announce some major changes to the NSA and the various spying programs we have learned so much about in recent …
Expert who first revealed massive Target hack tells us how it happened
More unofficial details about the late 2013 Target hack that exposed up to 40 million credit and debit cards and personal data for up to …
Comcast sues former employee over software that tracks everything you watch on TV
In a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit filed recently in Philadelphia, Comcast is suing a former employee over the rights to software he developed while working for the …
Hurricane Amazon is destroying Best Buy
Best Buy shares dipped by a massive -30% on Thursday morning as the initial reaction to its shocking same store sales decline for the Christmas …
Google brings one of Android’s coolest features to your desktop
Android has a lot of great native features and one of its best is Google Now, the voice-enabled personal assistant software that aims to give …
Twitch: The streaming platform that’s knocking off TV stations
It has been yet another year of exponential growth for Twitch, the streaming platform dedicated to video games. Launching in June 2011, what started as …
This is how insanely popular the Galaxy Note is in Korea
The Galaxy Note is big in more ways than one. SamMobile notes that Samsung this week has revealed that it has sold 10 million units …
It’s okay if your LG G Flex display is… bumpy
LG’s G Flex, the company’s first smartphone with a flexible display, comes with a manufacturing defect that the company may have been aware of, The …
Spotify frees your music, at least on the desktop
Spotify on Wednesday announced that its lifting all limitations from its free desktop version, allowing users in all countries where the service is available to …
Ryan Seacrest’s Typo isn’t the only keyboard BlackBerry has to fear
Even if BlackBerry successfully sues Ryan Seacrest’s Typo keyboard attachment for patent infringement it could just end up playing whack-a-mole with countless other BlackBerry-style iPhone …
Google’s new augmented reality game aims to take over your life
Google’s Niantic Labs — the same labs that brought you the augmented reality game Ingress — has teamed up with publisher HarperCollins to create another location-based …
New startups may be bigger losers in net neutrality fight than Netflix
We’ve already read today about the big net neutrality ruling’s potential impact on Netflix but it turns out that there might be even bigger losers …
Valve rethinks the Steam Controller, makes it look more normal
As with everything it does, Valve plans to tinker with the Steam Controller as many times as the creators and the users deem necessary until …
Photos of Nokia’s Android phone leak again
If you subscribe to the school of thought that dictates “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” Finland is almost certainly burning right now. Following the revelation …
Facebook really wants to know what news you like to read
Facebook will reportedly launch a Flipboard-like news reading feature later this month either as a standalone application for mobile devices or as a “web experience” …
Galaxy Tab 3 Lite specs revealed in new leaks
If a recent retailer listing is to be believed, the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite leaks were about as accurate as they could have been. The …
Ex-Googler’s new project may make Android look as primitive as an Apple IIe
Two ex-Googlers just received $18 million from Accel and Google Ventures for a vague-yet-ambitious-sounding project called Nextbit that has something to do with mobile. Its …
What BlackBerry’s Z30 does better than any other smartphone
BlackBerry’s Z30 phablet didn’t exactly launch with a lot of fanfare last year but that doesn’t mean the device is devoid of virtues. Four writers …
Can Microsoft’s billions buy Windows Phone success?
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is more than three years old now and its global market share still sits in the low single digits. The platform …
One patent troll refuses to quit, sues federal government
Despite recent legislation designed to stop them in their tracks, patent trolls are still fighting for relevancy in the United States. Ars Technica reports that one …
Google unveils new tool to help you beat AT&T and Verizon’s data caps
Data caps are one of the wireless industry’s least popular concoctions and they figure to get even less popular as mobile applications become more bandwidth …
Shocker: Google caught breaking privacy laws yet again
Google has been caught again breaking privacy laws, this time in Canada where the search giant targeted Internet users with health-related ads, which is illegal …
Former Nest fans return their thermostats after Google acquisition
The minute Google bought Nest, it was inevitable that some of the company’s fans would recoil, particularly those who are also fans of Apple. The …
Aside from secret weapons, Galaxy S5 will also improve current tech
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting smartphone launches of the year — or rather, several of the most …
Even Windows Phone users refuse to search with Bing
It doesn’t seem likely that Microsoft plans to give up on Bing anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean its customers are following suit. According to …
Government regulators who killed net neutrality became top cable industry lobbyists
The LA Times points out something worth repeating: net neutrality was really killed back in 2002, when the FCC Chairman Michael Powell reclassified cable modem services as …
Apple has agreed to settle with FTC over in-app purchase lawsuit
Apple has been negotiating an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission for months in regards to in-app purchases, but a letter from Tim Cook sent …
Study reveals which wireless carrier’s subscribers want to switch the most
Postpaid churn, or the number of postpaid subscribers that stop using a provider’s service during a specified period of time, is always a stat industry …
EU: Google must make more concessions within weeks, or else
The European Union is asking Google to propose more concessions in its attempt to settle an antitrust investigation that’s looking into the company’s search practices …
