This might be the best smartphone plan in America
As fewer and fewer people actually use their smartphones to talk, creative new smartphone plans that focus on data and messaging continue to emerge. As …
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The Windows Phone conundrum
Is Windows Phone picking up smartphone market share in America? Two leading research firms offer opposite views on the matter. The new comScore numbers are …
NSA collection of Verizon call records draws instant backlash
Revelations that the National Security Agency has been collecting call records for tens of millions of Verizon customers under a secret order from the Foreign …
A peek behind the curtain at the Apple Store
There is nothing quite like the feeling one gets for a brief moment when an iPhone slips out of a user’s hand or off a …
AT&T could be latest to enter Hulu bidding war
Hulu couldn’t find any serious suitors for an acquisition last time it was on the block, but 2013 is a completely different story. Yahoo, Time …
Pew: Almost 60% of Americans now own smartphones
A new study has found for the first time ever that the majority of Americans now own smartphones. According to the Pew Research Center, 56% of …
Video: Wi-Fi gesture recognition tech turns your entire home into a Clapper ad
Anyone who remembers the ’80s surely recalls the television ads for The Clapper, the sound recognition system that you could use to turn lights and …
ABI: Samsung’s Tizen will become No.5 mobile OS in the world this year
The race to be the world’s fifth-most popular mobile operating system may not be glamorous but Samsung will still be happy to know that its …
Dell committee gives Icahn’s buyout bid a thumbs down
A special committee setup by Dell’s board to examine Carl Icahn’s proposal to buy the company has found that the investor’s bid is short on funding, …
Survey finds many enterprise users are sneaking their own phones into work
While bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies have made big strides over the past few years, it seems that there’s a sizable contingent of companies that are still …
Nokia’s 41-megapixel Lumia possibly revealed in leaked photos
Nokia is rumored to be developing a high-end Lumia smartphone with a 41-megapixel PureView camera. Earlier reports have suggested that the smartphone, codenamed EOS, would …
Video: Hot new Android tablet taking North Korea by storm
A new promotional video about a North Korean tablet called Achim went viral on YouTube on Tuesday, racking up a whopping 231 views by 8:00 p.m. …
BlackBerry says 60% of Fortune 500 firms are testing new BlackBerry products
BlackBerry watched as its once dominant enterprise business lost share to the likes of Samsung and Apple over the past few years. The company is …
Why Facebook no longer looks destined to take over the Internet
Just a little more than a year ago, Wall Street’s IPO hype machine went into overdrive pushing Facebook as the next Google or Amazon — …
Android app downloads to top Apple by October
A new report suggests that Apple may lose its crown as the world’s most popular app platform within the next few months. The company recently …
New MacBook Airs to reportedly launch at WWDC next week
While this year’s WWDC may not be as exciting as those in years past, it should still deliver a much-anticipated refresh of Apple’s MacBook Air …
Comcast exec insists Americans don’t really need Google Fiber-like speeds
It seems that cable companies really don’t think that American consumers need 1Gbps Internet services such as those offered by Google Fiber. We’ve already seen …
A major potential coup for BlackBerry: BBM could come preloaded on some Android phones
BlackBerry Messenger will be available for download on the iPhone and Android smartphones later this summer. According to a BlackBerry executive, however, the popular messaging …
Video: Windows 8.1 to include new customization, improved search and more
Microsoft on Wednesday posted a video walk-through of its new Windows 8.1 operating system highlighting improvements to the Start screen, search function and more. Microsoft’s …
Android seen ‘clearly growing quickly’ in the workplace, but still no match for Apple
Apple’s iPhone and iPad may still rule the roost when it comes to enterprise mobile gadget adoption but Christy Wyatt, the CEO of mobile enterprise software …
Emerging carrier to offer smartphone service with data and unlimited SMS for free
Internet service provider FreedomPop on Wednesday announced a new mobile service that looks to disrupt the industry. The company, which offers a variety of “freemium” …
BlackBerry A10 revealed as Z10 successor, launch reportedly set for November
Smartphone fans are in for a busy fall season this year. On top of Apple’s iPhone 5S, Samsung’s Galaxy Note III and the intriguing Moto …
Android is a hacker’s paradise
Security firm McAfee warns that Google’s mobile operating system is being targeted by hackers more than any other platform. Android accounts for nearly all mobile malware …
Annual Android phone shipments to hit 1 billion in 2017, crushing iPhone and others
Shipments of Android smartphones are expected to climb to more than 1 billion units annually in 2017, more than twice the 470 million Android phones …
Galaxy S4 helped Samsung outsell Apple for the first time since iPhone 5 debut
The arrival of the Galaxy S4 helped Samsung outsell Apple in the U.S. for the first time since the iPhone 5 launched more than eight …
White House proposals to fight patent trolls called laughably inadequate
Much like spammers, Satanists and mimes, patent trolls are one of the rare groups around that Americans of all political stripes can unite in opposing. …
Wearable computing pioneer: Google Glass will be as revolutionary as the automobile
Do you believe that Google Glass is an awkward, silly looking gadget that will be relegated to a niche market of techie dorks? If so …
It’s Always Sunny in iOS
A warm front swept through the Mid-Atlantic region late last week and drove the temperature up into the nineties. It was humid and uncomfortable in …
Samsung’s lofty ‘5G’ wireless breakthrough claims draw skepticism
You may not believe it, but Samsung may be guilty of over hyping itself. In an article on Samsung’s recent claims about developing breakthrough “5G” …
WWDC 2013: Expectations said to be low, big Apple news coming this fall
As Apple fans gear up for the company’s big summer conference next week, it feels like there might not be any surprises in store for …
