Nokia shareholders rip Elop as a ‘triple-A flop’ on his way out
Microsoft probably shouldn’t appoint Stephen Elop as its next CEO if it wants to keep a good business relationship with the people of Finland. Finnish …
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PlayStation 4 review: Sony scores a direct hit in latest console war
If the PlayStation 4 is any indication of the quality of the next generation of gaming, then it was worth the wait after all. I’m …
Samsung brings the art of gadget spamming to new heights
Are you having trouble keeping track of all the different versions of the Galaxy S4 that Samsung has released this year? If so then let’s …
Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad set for early release date in 2014 according to sources
Apple will release a 12.9-inch iPad with a Retina display at some point in early 2014 to take on bigger rival tablets, The Korea Times …
iPhone 5s shipping times slashed for the holidays
Apple has improved shipping estimates in its online store for its iPhone 5s flagship smartphone to 3 to 5 days in various countries including the …
Nokia shareholders approve $7.2 billion Microsoft buyout
It’s official: Nokia’s shareholders have signed off on the $7.2 billion acquisition of the company’s handset division by Microsoft. The Financial Times reports that 99.7% of …
Not an epic flop after all: Samsung has sold 800,000 Galaxy Gears
In retrospect, the BusinessKorea report about Samsung only selling 50,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches was too bad to be true. Per Reuters, Samsung announced on Tuesday that …
Video: Apple knockoff artists at Goophone release hideous smartwatch
Perhaps Goophone should stick to ripping off Apple instead of trying to design things from scratch. GizmoChina has posted a hands-on video showing us Goophone’s …
Ouya refreshed for the holidays with limited edition 16GB model
In the middle of the busiest holiday season for video games in seven years, the Ouya team has decided to refresh its own Android-based console. …
How AT&T keeps roping vendors into smartphone exclusivity deals
Even though it’s questionable whether selling smartphones exclusively on one carrier really helps out vendors, many companies keep signing exclusivity deals for their high-end devices …
iBeacon customer tracking coming to Apple retail stores
Apple will reportedly deploy its new iBeacon location tracking technology in its retail stores that will work with iOS 7 devices to enhance the store …
Reuters: Anonymous has been hacking government computers for a year
Hackers linked to the Anonymous group have been hacking U.S. government computers since December 2012, Reuters has learned from a memo distributed on Thursday by …
Yahoo to barricade its services against NSA snooping next year
In addition to Yahoo Mail, Yahoo will add extra layers of personal data protection to all its services in the coming months in an effort …
Samsung aims to more than double 2014 tablet shipments to 100 million
Samsung doesn’t just want to beat Apple in the tablet market, the company wants to obliterate Apple. Samsung practically came out of nowhere a few …
The Galaxy Gear is reportedly an epic flop, has sold under 50,000 units
As amazing as it seems, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch may be an even bigger bomb than the ill-fated Facebook-centric HTC First smartphone. BusinessKorea reports that …
Google to pay $17 million for putting its hand in Apple’s cookie jar
Remember last year when Google had to pay $22.5 million to the Federal Trade Commission after bypassing security settings on the Safari browser in order …
Samsung exec compares the Galaxy Gear to an unripened tomato
Samsung seems to have developed a knack for comparing its devices to fruits. Fresh off an ad that compared its Galaxy Round smartphone to a …
Retina iPad mini display can’t match iPad Air
After months of rumors and heavy anticipation culminated with a curious unveiling that lacked a firm release date, Apple finally launched its second-generation iPad mini …
Kim Jong-un stole Angry Birds
Rovio has confirmed to Washington Post that it did not license Angry Birds to North Korea’s new Android tablet called Samjiyon. The tablet comes preloaded with a pirated …
Google’s Nexus 10 sequel purportedly shown in leaked picture
Google recently released the Nexus 5, one of the best Android phones on the market, and the company might be looking to follow it up …
Latest smartphone ‘innovation’ exposes an industry running out of steam
I guess you can argue that some consumers need the 41-megapixel camera that Nokia introduced a few months ago. But the number of people who …
Apple may get its ban on Samsung devices after all
Although Samsung still faces the prospect of paying Apple hundreds of millions more dollars to settle its patent dispute, the company has so far been …
Apple releases iOS 7.1 beta
iOS device users are still getting used to the new look and feel of the redesigned operating system and Apple is already preparing its next …
Sony exec details the six years of work it took to create the PS4
Mark Cerny, the Sony engineer largely responsible for creating the PlayStation 4, shared more details on the work behind Sony’s new toy in an interview with DigitalTrends, …
Apple 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro review (late 2013)
It happened: the MacBook Air has officially been trumped as my recommended road warrior machine. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s another Apple product that’s doing the …
Foxconn rumored to be ending iPhone 5c production at one factory
If the latest reports are to be believed, the trajectory of Apple’s iPhone 5c might be closer to that of Ping than the company could …
Jobs reportedly couldn’t wait to dump AT&T as sole iPhone carrier
Early iPhone users weren’t the only ones who wanted Apple to expand the iPhone’s reach beyond AT&T. Per Reuters, author Fred Vogelstein claims in his …
Apple’s rumored $345M PrimeSense acquisition could be iTV’s secret weapon
It looks like Apple fans can expect the company’s voice and gesture control technology to kick into high gear in the coming years. According to …
Nokia Lumia 1520 review: Nokia’s first phablet is full of surprises
Nokia, as we know it, is going away. The company itself will remain, of course. It might even be consistently profitable some day. But the …
Game on: PlayStation 4 sales top 1 million in first 24 hours
Is the pent-up demand for next-generation video game consoles the tech media has been talking up for the past few months real? Sony’s announcement from …
