SoftBank has no plans to sweeten Sprint bid
If Sprint was hoping that Dish’s merger offer would get rival suitor SoftBank to up its bid, it may come away disappointed. An unnamed SoftBank …
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Sorry, Verizon subscribers: Samsung Galaxy S4 won’t launch in April
It looks like Verizon will be late to the party yet again. Samsung announced earlier this week that its highly anticipated Galaxy S4 will launch …
Google’s future: Doing the impossible
Google’s first-quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations, aided by a lower tax rate and a research credit. Even though the stock moved on the numbers, …
HTC One: The best Android smartphone on the planet launches today
The smartphone that changes everything is now available for purchase. The HTC One is unquestionably the best Android smartphone on the market right now, and …
Microsoft eyes iPad mini as exec hints at smaller Surface
Microsoft managed to emerge somewhat unscathed from the first quarter’s PC sales decline as it handily topped analysts’ fiscal third-quarter consensus and posted profits that …
The sweet spot for tablets: 8-inch slates to grab 11.9% of tablet market in 2013
Apple reinvigorated the media tablet market when it launched the iPad in 2010, and it created a multi-billion dollar industry that most consumer electronics companies …
LulzSec hacker sentenced to one year in prison for Sony hack
A hacker affiliated with LulzSec, a spin-off of hacking group Anonymous, has been sentenced for breaching computers belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment and distributing information to …
Hulu reportedly hires firm to assist with sale
A new report suggests that online movie and TV streaming service Hulu may be looking to sell. According to Reuters, Hulu, which is a joint …
Sprint sets up special committee to evaluate Dish offer
Sprint’s board of directors has set up a special committee to evaluate Dish Network’s proposed $25.5 billion acquisition, according to a report from The Wall Street …
FTC chair slams advertisers’ ‘self-regulated’ Do Not Track system
The Federal Trade Commission’s new chairwoman doesn’t trust advertising companies to play by the honor system. AdWeek reports that FTC chair Edith Ramirez said this week …
LG’s curved OLED TVs coming in second half of 2013
LG announced on Thursday that its “world-first” curved OLED TVs will launch in the second half of this year, Engadget reported. The company unveiled its …
Dish asks FCC to hold off approving Sprint-SoftBank merger
Dish will obviously have a hard time buying Sprint if SoftBank is allowed to buy it first, which is why the company is asking the …
Samsung may turn to key Apple supplier for DRAM chips
Samsung is considering the use of mobile memory chips from South Korean rival SK Hynix in its upcoming mobile products, Reuters reported, citing statements made by Samsung’s …
Leaked images reveal upcoming Nokia Lumia smartphone with aluminum casing
Images said reveal an upcoming Nokia Lumia smartphone appeared on the popular Chinese social network Sina Weibo earlier this week. The images, which have been …
Google is trying to shrink Motorola into success
It is hard not to admire Sanjay Jha’s cool genius in handling Motorola’s sale to Google. He leveraged Motorola’s old sales contacts in Asia and …
Google CEO hints that next Motorola phones will be unbreakable
Google CEO Larry Page dropped a tantalizing hint about what his company’s Motorola Mobility division has been working on recently by suggesting that the company’s …
Google beats expectations with EPS of $11.58 on $11 billion in revenue
Google on Thursday posted first quarter earnings of $11.58 per share on revenue of $11 billion, thus beating Street expectations of $10.64 in EPS on $11.11 …
Microsoft’s Q3 profit climbs as PC market tumbles
Expectations were high ahead of Microsoft’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The PC industry saw a devastating decline in the March quarter but while its …
LG’s next-gen flagship smartphone to debut in Q3
LG’s latest Optimus G smartphone hasn’t even arrived in the U.S. and the company is already planning to release a sequel. LG head of mobile marketing, …
Glass software teardown indicates Google planning ‘extensive multiplayer gaming service’
We know that Google has been toying around with developing its own games for Android devices but a new report from Android Police indicates the …
Nokia reportedly readying a phablet, upgraded Lumia 920 and 40-megapixel Windows Phone
Nokia’s first-quarter earnings report sent the stock tumbling on Thursday morning, but Windows Phone fans still got some good news. According to a report from …
Jailbreak tweak brings iPhone closer to ‘Home’
Facebook Home will never be available on the iPhone — at least not as we know it on Android. The software that turns every Android …
Google Fiber: So fast that ‘the gap between you and Internet totally disappears’
Cable companies have long dismissed gigabit Internet speeds as a luxury that most consumers don’t really want but venture capitalist Hunter Walk thinks that consumer …
Apple reportedly halts Mac component orders amid tanking PC sales
The ongoing crash of the PC industry hasn’t just affected Windows-based vendors such as Dell and HP — it’s also reportedly taking a toll on …
How Google Glass works
Google’s Glass project is one of the more intriguing products the company is currently working on — at least, among the few projects Google has revealed …
Nexus 10 sales estimated to be even lower than Surface sales
Although Google’s Android platform has been wildly successful, the company’s efforts to make its own consumer electronics have often faltered. While we’ve heard a lot …
‘iPad 5’ details emerge from most solid source yet
We’ve heard plenty of rumblings regarding Apple’s fifth-generation iPad, which was expected to be unveiled in the coming months. Reports have varied, but now a …
Microsoft partners say Windows 8 caused ‘millions of customers’ to switch to Apple
With PC sales crashing and burning, it’s not surprising that several PC OEMs are still fuming about Windows 8, the operating system that has so …
Plastic shell from Apple’s upcoming entry-level iPhone possibly pictured for first time
Half a dozen mainstream news organizations have reported that Apple plans to launch a new entry-level iPhone to compete at the low end, and now …
Nokia faces the feature phone collapse it dodged in 2012
In the spring of 2012, Nokia started rolling out a broad new range of Asha feature phones and managed to astonish Wall Street for a …
