Android dominates tablet market as the iPad stumbles in Q3
It’s not exactly news that Android has taken over the bulk of the smart device market, but in Q3 2013, Android appears to have claimed yet …
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Video game sales show signs of life, jump 10% in October
Thanks to a few huge fall releases, video game sales managed to improve year-over-year once again in October, according to the latest numbers sent to …
Snapchat rumored to have turned down $4 billion from Google
Snapchat must be very, very confident in itself because it’s apparently been turning down multibillion-dollar buyout offers left and right. Unnamed sources tell Valleywag that …
Video: Uncharted makes a surprise appearance at PS4 launch event
Not content with only releasing a next-gen console, Sony took advantage of its New York launch event on Thursday night to announce a brand new entry in …
Nokia’s Lumia 2520 tablet launching in U.S. on November 22nd
If you’re looking to buy a giant red Windows RT tablet, then Nokia will have something special for you starting next week. Nokia announced on …
Google Play Music invades iTunes’ home turf
Yet another music streaming service has arrived on iOS devices, primed to duke it out for the top spot against Pandora and iTunes Radio. That …
Ballmer reflects on time with Microsoft: ‘I’m big, I’m bald and I’m loud’
Give outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer credit: He seems to be very in touch with who he really is. In a lengthy interview with The …
Apple’s Schiller: ‘Copied’ Samsung phones sully iPhone’s prestige
Apple marketing boss Phil Schiller isn’t done raking Samsung over the coals just yet. Per The Wall Street Journal, Schiller told the jury in the …
PlayStation 4 teardown confirms hard drive replacement is a breeze
One of the coolest features we saw in Sony’s own teardown of its new PlayStation 4 was how easy it looked to replace the console’s …
Here’s why Apple’s Retina iPad mini launch was so surprisingly quiet
Apple surprised anxious fans around the world earlier this week when it quietly launched its new second-generation iPad mini tablet in the middle of the …
What might finally take Siri to the next level? You.
Siri is a competent personal assistant as it stands, but not much more. Although Siri is capable of finding a great deal of information very …
Microsoft admits its data centers are vulnerable to NSA spying
Although Google has said that it’s deployed end-to-end encryption between its data centers to keep out the prying eyes of the National Security Agency, it …
A quick guide to PlayStation 4 launch exclusives
After a long year of waiting, Sony has finally delivered the PlayStation 4, which is currently begging you to spend the weekend with a DualShock …
HTC One successor said to feature 5-inch 1080p display and KitKat
Back in April, we called the HTC One the closest thing the world has ever seen to a no-compromise smartphone. Four months later when we …
UBS says iPad is a disappointment
Apple’s new iPad Air and Retina iPad mini have widely been called the best tablets ever to have debuted in their respective categories. In the …
Why Apple wants to squeeze every last dime from Samsung
Why is Apple so insistent on squeezing every last dime it can out of Samsung over patent infringement? Well, apart from the obvious greed factor …
Pfizer ditching BlackBerry due to company’s ‘volatile state’
It’s become pretty obvious that BlackBerry’s fruitless search for “strategic alternatives” did the company no favors. AllThingsD reports that pharmaceutical company Pfizer has advised all …
Next-gen console war begins as Sony finally unleashes PlayStation 4
The next-generation has finally arrived. You’ve waited for months, read all the coverage, watched the unboxing videos, fought with fanboys in the comment sections of …
Google Books wins major victory for fair use
Google has had plenty of run-ins with authors, publishers and distributors of books over the past several years, some more positive than others. But in …
U.S. government requests for Google user info have tripled since 2009
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have gotten more and more hungry for Google users’ data over the past four years. Google said on …
Carriers finally unveil Isis mobile wallet now that no one cares about mobile wallets
Remember a couple of years ago when Google Wallet looked poised to launch a wave of mobile payment platforms powered by NFC? Well that didn’t …
IBM’s Watson will soon do much more than beat people in Jeopardy
The days of IBM’s Watson supercomputer being satisfied with being a Jeopardy champion are over. IBM announced on Thursday that it is creating a cloud-based open …
You can now buy a custom-designed Moto X from Verizon for $50
Motorola and Verizon are offering a very tempting stocking stuffer for early holiday shoppers. 9to5Google notes that Verizon customers can now design their own Moto …
FCC unveils new way to keep your carrier honest
You can’t go an hour without hearing an ad from wireless carriers about how they have the fastest, biggest or best 4G network, but do …
Why a $1 billion cash injection may not be enough to save BlackBerry
BlackBerry has certainly bought itself some time with the $1 billion cash injection it received from Fairfax Financial and its partners but there’s no guarantee …
Here’s what Facebook learned from the failed Home experiment
No one was interested in Facebook Home — not smartphone owners, not smartphone vendors. Facebook even had to provide disgruntled Home users with a step-by-step guide to disable …
Apple’s ‘star witness’ during patent trial is Samsung
On Wednesday, we learned that Apple had lowered its demands in the patent suit in an attempt to come to some kind of middle ground …
Samsung reportedly working on Galaxy phone with wraparound display
The Galaxy Round is Samsung’s first commercial attempt to bring a curved display to its smartphones, but the next evolution of the new technology might …
Unless you’re Apple or Samsung, selling smartphones means losing money
You have to wonder how long it will be before some unprofitable smartphone vendors quit the market. AppleInsider points us to the latest data from …
Apple releases iOS 7.0.4
Apple has just released its iOS 7.0.4 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch lineups. The new software version is now available to all …
