Every major PC vendor except Lenovo is in free fall
Throughout this year of gloomy PC sales, one constant has remained: Lenovo has been the only vendor whose shipments have either held steady or have …
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Online TV gets legitimate as Netflix makes Emmy history
The questions about whether online content distributors can deliver compelling shows on par with what we see on broadcast and cable channels have been answered. …
BBM for Android will reportedly launch by the end of September
Sunil Lalvani, managing director for BlackBerry India, apparently confirmed in an interview with IBN Live that BlackBerry Messenger will launch on Android in the next two months. …
Windows Phone has now finally extinguished Symbian at Nokia
While quarterly losses and dropping handset ASPs gobbled up all the headlines surrounding Nokia’s earnings report on Thursday, there is another aspect of Nokia’s latest …
Microsoft offering free year of Xbox Live Gold for Office 365 subscribers
Microsoft has come up with a clever way to tie its popular Office productivity software in with its popular Xbox gaming console. In a new promotion …
Nvidia undeterred by gloomy projections, pledges loyalty to Windows RT
Even though manufacturers keep running away from Windows RT, chipmaker Nvidia is sticking by its commitment to make GPUs for devices based on Microsoft’s tablet …
Motorola is turning into a rotting albatross around Google’s neck
The albatross was a sacred animal to old mariners. The punishment for killing the big bird on a sailing ship was having to carry it around your …
A question is raised as Android, iPhone continue to dominate: Do users even want a third platform?
Consumers continue to prefer the iPhone and Android smartphones over Nokia and BlackBerry devices, and now analysts are questioning if a third platform will ever …
Microsoft reports Q4 miss: $0.59 EPS on revenues of $19.89 billion
With PC sales tumbling and Microsoft continuing to struggle to find its place in the mobile market, all eyes turn to the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings …
Google posts big miss with Q2 EPS of $9.56
Google on Thursday reported earnings of $9.56 per share on revenues of $14.11 billion, thus missing Wall Street’s second-quarter EPS consensus of $10.78 on $14.4 …
Android users found to be least likely to pay for apps
A new report suggests that consumers aren’t interested in paying for mobile apps and over time have forced developers to release their apps for free. …
New leak shows Android 4.3 running on Google’s Nexus 4
Google was expected to unveil an updated version of its Android platform during the recent Google I/O conference, but the show came and went without …
AT&T now claims it operates the ‘most reliable 4G LTE network’
When AT&T first landed the iPhone, the company’s network struggled to handle the rush of new smartphone owners. Dropped calls, failed messages and slow data …
Gather, darkness: The smartphone market’s witching hour is near
So Nokia missed its smartphone volume expectation by about 10%. BlackBerry missed its BlackBerry 10 volume consensus by about 15%. And HTC missed its earnings …
Apple chip orders ramp as iPhone 5S enters mass production
Foxconn is on a hiring spree, rumors are kicking into high gear, and now a new report states that Apple is ramping up chip orders. …
Apple’s TV plans likely won’t disrupt the big cable companies
While Google and Intel look dead-set on disrupting the cable industry, Apple appears to be taking a more accommodating approach. The New York Times reports …
Video: Google’s second-gen Nexus 7 tablet shown off in new leak
Google is hosting a press event on July 24th and while the company hasn’t given any indication of what plans to reveal next week, a …
iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner may be embedded in the display
A recently published Apple patent may reveal the technology behind the fingerprint scanner the company is rumored to include in the upcoming iPhone 5S. The …
Elop finally admits why Nokia didn’t switch to Android: Samsung scared him away
Every single time Nokia unveils a new smartphone or reports numbers of any kind, a familiar question is raised: What if Nokia had switched to …
Verizon intros ‘Edge’ accelerated upgrade plan as subscriber squeeze continues
With U.S. wireless carriers’ revenue growth in jeopardy, they now have no choice but to use new fees and new tricks in order to increase …
LG gives its next-gen hero phone an official name: G2
It may not be the most surprising choice, but LG has officially decided to call its next flagship phone the G2. What’s more, the company …
Good news amid the gloom: Lumia sales now outnumber BlackBerry sales
Investors sent Nokia shares sliding on Thursday after the vendor posted less-than-stellar results for the second quarter this year. Nokia narrowed its loss substantially in …
Upcoming Motorola Droid Ultra leaks again in new color
Motorola is adding some more color to the smartphone world with its soon-to-be-announced Droid Ultra. A leaked picture posted by @evleaks over at The UnLockr …
Verizon posts $2.25 billion Q2 profit, adds 1 million new subscribers
Verizon on Thursday posted its results for the second quarter of 2013. Wall Street was looking for earnings to climb 14% to $0.72 per share …
Nokia’s smartphone prices are dropping like a rock
Overall, Nokia’s second-quarter sales and earnings came in above expectations thanks to the strong network unit performance. But the smartphone unit volume was light at 7.4 …
Nokia narrows Q2 loss; Lumia sales reach record 7.4M, but U.S. sales slide 17%
Nokia on Thursday posted earnings results for the second quarter of 2013. The company narrowed its loss to €115 million, or approximately $151 million, which is …
HTC One mini preview: HTC’s gorgeous flagship phone reimagined for the mid-range market
HTC on Thursday unveiled the HTC One mini, a smaller version of its critically acclaimed HTC One flagship Android phone. The handset features a design that …
It’s not Windows’ world anymore
Any rival computing platform trying to break through 10 years ago faced a daunting challenge since Microsoft’s Windows was by far the most widely used …
Yahoo ups its efforts to compete with Google’s mobile ad powerhouse
Yahoo has been acquiring companies left and right since former Google executive Marissa Mayer became the company’s chief executive. Mayer has emphasized the importance of …
Startup wages war on PC bloatware
One of the more frustrating parts of buying a personal computer comes when you fire it up and realize that the OEM has larded it …
