Little Trouble in Big China: iPhone spells trouble for Samsung, others in China
Monthly 3G subscriber growth in China has dropped sharply just before Apple kicks off wider iPhone distribution in the country thanks to its deal with China …
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Will Android TV be the next big thing for Google?
While some of the biggest cable providers are attempting to shrink the market even further to keep consumers from cutting the cord, television manufacturers are …
Amazon sold 426 items per second during its ‘best ever’ holiday season
As if it could have ended any other way, Amazon managed to once again set sales records this holiday season. Amazon announced on Thursday that …
Trouble ahead for Jawbone and Nike: Fitness trackers on the way from big tech companies
It has been clear for some time that consumer technology industry giants like Samsung and Sony are eyeing the wearable tech market for a boost …
iPhone, iPad crush Android in Christmas Day online shopping war
After winning the Black Friday shopping war against Android, iPhones and iPads scored a similar “win” when it came to Christmas Day online shopping in …
Time Warner Cable adds new content to curtail cord cutting
Amid Charter merger chatter, Time Warner Cable recently played nice during content negotiations with multiple programmers in a move that’s likely related to trying to reduce the number …
BlackBerry analysts say Lazaridis was smart to sell shares
Questionable decisions have plagued BlackBerry’s co-founders for years, but one decision that even the analysts have condoned is Mike Lazaridis’ recent sale of more than 3 …
The top-10 most pirated TV shows of 2013
This was quite a year for big TV series and as a result, it was also a big year for pirating TV shows. The wildly …
Your phone number is at risk in latest Snapchat hack
Snapchat now has to deal with yet another potentially large security vulnerability as Gibson Security released a new report reiterating that it is possible for …
Shoppers or shippers – who’s to blame for ruining Christmas?
Online shopping can be both a blessing and a curse during the holiday season. On the one hand, we can avoid all those pesky lines …
Intense battles rock Apple’s App Store, but few newcomers can break through
Just days ago, WhatsApp announced it had hit 400 million monthly active users globally — a phenomenal achievement. But in the fickle and trendsetting U.S. app market, …
This is what it’s like to be an intern for Apple
Apple interns are fully submersed in the company’s culture during their internships, and they’re not just “fetching coffee,” as Business Insider puts it. Despite the …
Testing the ‘Apple tax’: What would it cost to build a Windows version of the new Mac Pro?
The new Mac Pro is the most powerful and flexible computer Apple has ever created, and it’s also extremely expensive — or is it? With …
Anti-porn politician’s website blocked by porn filters she advocated
As was predicted by just about everyone, the United Kingdom’s initiative to get U.K. ISPs to add default pornography filters has been a complete and …
Apple and Google spending hundreds of millions on the next big mobile war
There’s no question that smartphone developers believe voice-activated personal assistants are the wave of the future, but in their current state, they have failed to …
Google dethrones Apple to become most talked-about company of 2013
Google had a pretty good year in 2013. The company’s share price exploded to all-time highs, Android now eclipses all other mobile platforms in global …
Newly discovered Apple tech points to an exciting future for the iPhone
Apple has been granted two new patents that could change how users interact with iOS devices, AppleInsider recently reported. One newly awarded patent describes an intelligent …
Samsung named No. 1 in enterprise on same day huge Knox security hole was uncovered
On the same day a potentially huge security hole was uncovered in Samsung’s mobile enterprise security solution Knox, the South Korean technology giant was ranked …
iOS 7 jailbreakers drop controversial Chinese app store following user backlash
It has been a long and difficult wait for gadget enthusiasts eager to jailbreak the latest version of Apple’s mobile platform but once an iOS …
Can copying Apple and Samsung help LG turn things around?
LG’s 2013 flagship phone was a very capable device with impressive specs and a solid design, but it didn’t really include anything in the way …
Google strikes back at Apple and Microsoft’s anti-Android patent consortium
It hasn’t taken long for Google to strike back in the latest patent world war. GigaOM reports that Google this week has filed a lawsuit …
LG to match Samsung with 2K resolution on upcoming G3 smartphone
It looks like LG’s next-generation flagship phone for 2014 might have something a bit more impressive to tout than buttons on the back of the …
Google already looks poised to dominate the robotics industry
If robots are indeed the future then Google is getting a big head start on the competition. Technology Review notes that robots created by Google-owned …
Apple slapped with $670,000 fine in Taiwan for interfering with carrier prices
Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has hit Apple with a small fine and warned the company that it may face a more substantial penalty if it doesn’t …
Reuters: Target hackers got encrypted bank PINs as well
The hackers who managed to steal data for up to 40 million credit cards used in Target stores on Black Friday and in following weeks …
Dish and DirecTV wish customers a Merry Christmas… by hiking prices
Pay TV service providers are among a few groups of companies that customers love to hate, and sometimes they go out of their way to …
BlackBerry co-founder Lazaridis dumps 3.5 million shares
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis had so much faith in the company he helped rise to greatness — which, coincidentally, is also the company he helped …
Merger between Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly almost a done deal
T-Mobile CEO John Legere may want to make sure his résumé is up to date. Unnamed sources tell Reuters that Sprint parent company SoftBank is already …
Number of photos taken in 2014 will approach 1 trillion thanks to selfie explosion
2013 was the year of the selfie, according to the Oxford English Dictionary — but self-snaps aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Everybody is taking selfies, …
Apple eyeing $4 billion iPad deal in Turkey
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is reportedly going to travel to Turkey in February to attend the official opening of the first retail store in the …
