TV Everywhere is blowing up thanks to iPad, other mobile devices
TV viewers and providers are embracing multiscreen and TV Everywhere services. According to ABI Research, nearly a third of households that receive their TV from …
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Sony’s 20-megapixel flagship smartphone revealed in leaked images
Images of what are said to be of Sony’s upcoming flagship smartphone leaked onto the Web this week. The latest rumors suggest that the handset, …
Huawei to launch a Google Edition smartphone
Huawei has confirmed that it is collaborating with Google to join the likes of Samsung and HTC and produce a stock Android smartphone that will …
Instagram video sends Vine sharing on Twitter plummeting
The impact of Instagram’s new video product on Vine was felt almost immediately, but a new report paints a far scarier picture of Vine’s decline …
Samsung phone subsidies are even higher than iPhone subsidies
Despite the fact that the iPhone is the best-selling smartphone line in the world, carriers have historically not been the biggest fans of Apple’s handsets. …
BlackBerry’s risky pricing strategy has backfired
So BlackBerry missed the BlackBerry 10 volume expectation by about 800,000 units over the last quarter. It shipped 2.7 million and the consensus was probably …
GV Mobile + 3 launches for iPhone – and we have free promo codes to give away
Hands down the best Google Voice experience on the iPhone has been Sean Kovacs’ GV Mobile + app, and now he’s back with a brand new version. …
T-Mobile expected to report first postpaid subscriber gain since 2009
T-Mobile’s new UNcarrier intuitive may already be paying off. Analysts forecast that the carrier will soon record its first postpaid subscriber gain in more than …
Nokia told to adopt Android before it’s too late
If Nokia had a dollar for every time some pundit, analyst or tech blogger said it should switch from Windows Phone to Android, the company’s …
BlackBerry’s Black Friday: Company sheds billions in market value as comeback hopes fade
All of the optimistic signs we’ve seen from BlackBerry over the past few months all but went up in smoke on Friday after it issued …
BlueStacks unveils second Android game console before its first one even launches
BlueStacks on Friday announced a second Android-powered gaming system known as the GamePop mini, despite the fact that it hasn’t even launched its first console …
BlackBerry, Windows Phone see their market share shrink yet again
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Android and iOS continued to expand their market shares in the United States at the expense of …
Galaxy S4 takes the crown for fastest phone with best battery life
Complain all you want about the Galaxy S4’s cheap-feeling plastic casing, but the device does have plenty of redeeming features that have nothing to do …
Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product in America
Apple’s share price might be tumbling and its margins might be squeezed, but the company still holds one title that it likely won’t lose anytime …
Android 4.3 leaks for Galaxy S4, rumored to launch in July
The next version of Google’s mobile operating system will reportedly arrive next month. SamMobile has obtained an early build of Android 4.3 for the Galaxy …
Apple iOS 7 beta 3 scheduled for release on July 8th
Apple seems to be sticking to the company’s two-week cycle for iOS 7 beta releases, a sign that it is making good progress ahead of the …
Is Google’s gaming console the next Android or the next Google Buzz?
With a handful of Android-based video game consoles already piquing interest and some type of gaming play from Apple on the horizon, a report on …
T-Mobile’s next round of AT&T trash talking scheduled for July 10th
Exciting news for anyone who likes hearing expletive-laden tirades against AT&T: Another one is likely to happen on July 10th. T-Mobile has scheduled a press …
BlackBerry lost 4 million subscribers in Q1 despite new launches
BlackBerry posted dismal fiscal first-quarter results on Friday morning, and the hits kept on coming during the vendor’s earnings call. CEO Thorsten Heins did his …
BlackBerry CEO says the PlayBook will never get BlackBerry 10
The dozens of loyal BlackBerry PlayBook owners out there were dealt a major blow on Friday when BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said that he’d stopped …
Not revealing BlackBerry 10 unit sales was a big mistake
BlackBerry’s May-quarter handset shipments of 6.8 million units was probably at least 400,000 units short of what the company needed for the quarter. That is …
iPhone app downloads up 31% in May, but Android narrowed the gap
According to Fiksu, downloads of free iPhone apps grew by 31% in May compared to the same month in 2012. This is nothing to sniff …
BlackBerry back in the red after posting surprise Q1 loss
Just as BlackBerry surprised investors last quarter by posting a profit, so too has it surprised this quarter by posting a loss. The company on …
Wearable computers predicted to kill smartphones
Since we’re still witnessing the slow death of the traditional PC, it may seem a little premature to already start talking about the deaths of …
Google Now likely headed to Chrome in near future
It looks like Google at last appears ready to integrate its Google Now personal assistant app into both its Chrome browser and Chrome operating system. …
Microsoft helps Netflix ditch Silverlight for HTML5
Give Microsoft credit: It’s willing to help companies ditch its own Silverlight video streaming platform for superior alternatives. The Next Web reports that Netflix is …
Sony won’t abandon the PlayStation 3 after the PlayStation 4 launches
Fear not PlayStation 3 owners, Sony has confirmed that it has no plans to abandon its current console when the PlayStation 4 launches this holiday …
Microsoft speeds Office update cycle to just three weeks
The days when Microsoft would wait a whopping three years to push out big changes to its Office productivity software have come to an end. …
Secure new Android messaging service will rival iMessage
CyanogenMod is looking to step up the security in its popular third-party Android software. In addition to an incognito mode to keep personal data secure …
Microsoft: We’re not afraid of BlackBerry, proud to be No. 3 in mobile
A fierce battle is raging among smartphone industry contenders this year, but Microsoft thinks the war has already been won. In an interview with Verge, …
