Samsung said to be prepping an even more gigantic tablet
Samsung has never subscribed to a “one size fits all” strategy, and this may become even more apparent in 2014. Recent reports suggested that the …
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Why the iPad Air could be a major cash cow for Apple
Apple’s margins could get a welcome boost from the iPad Air. AllThingsD reports that research firm IHS has done a bill-of-materials analysis for the iPad …
The marketing power of messaging apps
We are now witnessing the first signs of just how important messaging apps could become in North America for promoting games — and this has …
Trouble at the top: Samsung reportedly lowers 2014 smartphone forecast
Samsung has taken the world by storm over the last few years to become the top smartphone vendor on the planet by a staggering margin. …
Apple’s 13-inch iPad will reportedly debut in March
Rumors of Apple’s products seeing a growth spurt in 2014 continue to pop up. The latest rumor from PadNews suggests that a 12.9-inch iPad is …
New book says Steve Jobs saw the iPad as Android repellant
Apple’s iPhone may have forever changed the world of mobile communications but by 2009 Apple was starting to face some serious competition in the smartphone …
iPhone 5s sells out in 24 hours in world’s third largest smartphone market
More than a month after Apple’s iPhone 5s debuted in the United States, people are still lining up in major metropolitan areas each time new …
HTC’s downward revenue spiral to continue in Q4
HTC is apparently tired of seeing BlackBerry hog the spotlight reserved for bad news about smartphone manufacturers. Per The Wall Street Journal, HTC on Tuesday …
‘Uncarrier’ boom: T-Mobile adds 1 million net customers in Q3
Get ready for some more John Legere trash talk because T-Mobile’s “uncarrier revolution” is still going strong. T-Mobile reported on Tuesday that it had a …
Microsoft warns of malware tsunami for Windows XP stragglers
It’s been a good run, but stragglers might consider finally making the jump to a more recent Windows operating system after reading this report. Tim …
Nintendo bringing feature-stripped Wii Mini stateside later this month
Nintendo might be taking a page from Samsung’s gadget spam approach with its holiday hardware lineup. Polygon reported on Monday that the Wii Mini console, …
Are smartphones making us awful people?
If you don’t think smartphones have changed the world, you haven’t been paying attention… probably because you were too busy flipping between apps on your …
Video: AT&T focuses in on Samsung with Galaxy S4 zoom release date
It looks like AT&T will be the first to strike with Samsung’s camera-centric Galaxy S4 Zoom on November 8th. We were less than impressed when …
Nokia helps Windows Phone overtake iOS in key European market
Don’t look now, but Windows Phone is gaining some serious momentum in Europe. The latest numbers from Kantar Worldpanel show that Windows Phone has actually …
Valve shows off first Steam Machine prototypes
Valve really is serious about competing with the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 after all. The Seattle Times went to Valve’s offices in Bellevue, …
Nokia Lumia 929 specs supposedly fully outlined in latest leak
We saw our first sign of the Lumia 929 last week, one of Nokia’s upcoming devices that was not featured at Nokia World 2013. WPCentral …
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen may be pushing firm to ditch Bing, Xbox
As we’ve observed recently, Microsoft has really become a tale of two companies: An unstoppable juggernaut in the enterprise cloud and software market and a …
iPad Air adoption blows away previous launches
The iPad Air’s opening weekend has finally come to a close, and if you guessed it would look something like the first weekend of the …
T-Mobile’s free tablet data plan has a few strings attached after all
T-Mobile made a splash last week by announcing a completely free data plan available to anyone purchasing a new tablet with the carrier. The announcement …
Samsung’s giant 12-inch tablet looks set to debut in early 2014
October came and went without the Galaxy Note 12 launch we were promised by recent rumors, but a new report suggests the giant tablet will …
Netflix’s furious growth keeps Q3 entertainment spending from tanking
The Digital Entertainment Group noted recently that even though American household spending on home entertainment was flat year-over-year in the third quarter, there were dramatic …
BlackBerry has no plans to shut down its handset business
BlackBerry’s future is completely up in the air right now but it will apparently still include making handsets. Reuters reports that BlackBerry interim CEO John Chen …
AT&T says iPad activations exploded thanks to iPad Air launch
Apple might have stayed quiet on opening weekend iPad Air sales, but AT&T wasn’t quite as shy. The carrier didn’t announce any specific activation numbers, …
The Boy Genius Report: The past four years of BlackBerry warning signs
It’s been incredibly clear to me for years that BlackBerry as a company was on its way to becoming a complete failure. It’s not just …
Samsung shows off its wild concepts for flexible screen devices
Samsung’s Galaxy Round was an underwhelming first attempt at making a device with a curved display but the company’s future flexible display devices might be …
Google leaks upcoming 8-inch Nexus tablet
Google is not very good at keeping things a secret. Not very good at all. Photos, videos and various details surrounding the just-announced Nexus 5 …
Microsoft attempts to assuage fears over Kinect privacy invasion
As the month of next-generation console releases begins, both Sony and Microsoft are tying up every loose end that they can in order to provide …
iPhone 5s seen spawning wave of fingerprint scanning copycats
Apple looks like it’s about to get a lot of company in the market for smartphones equipped with fingerprint scanners. IHS has released new research …
Will Samsung ever finally attack Android?
Like other vendors, Samsung has spent a great deal of resources and a tremendous amount of money making Android its own. Google’s popular platform is …
Here’s another gorgeous iPhone 6 concept Apple will never build
For some reason, a concept design for Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 that was created back in August by designer Nikola Cirkovic made the rounds once again …
