Samsung denies plans to ditch PC business amid decline
When it comes to computing, Android smartphones and tablets are Samsung’s bread and butter. Samsung is the only company other than Apple that consistently earns a profit …
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Barnes & Noble abandons Nook tablet hardware
Barnes & Noble on Tuesday morning reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street’s consensus. Revenue was down 7.4% to $1.3 billion while the company …
Samsung reportedly in talks to settle EU antitrust case over Apple suit
Samsung is reportedly in early talks with antitrust regulators in the European Union to settle a case that charges the company with attempting to bar …
Smartphone and tablet shipments to surpass 2 billion in 2013
Shipments of smartphones and tablets are continuing to grow at unprecedented rates. Research firm Gartner estimates that channel sales of smartphones and tablets will surpass …
Huawei brings the phablet craze to absurd new heights with 7-inch phone
In its latest attempt to blur the lines between smartphones and tablets, Huawei on Monday announced a new 7-inch Android device that can make phone calls. …
Apple’s hopes of barring knockoff Lightning cables purportedly dealt fatal blow
Apple’s quest to keep cheap knockoff Lightning cables off the market may have just been dealt a fatal blow. MacRumors reports that Chinese firm iPhone5Mod …
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 3 models launch on July 7th in the U.S.
Because Samsung apparently hasn’t released enough new tablets lately, the company on Monday announced that would be launching three new tablet models in the United …
Google’s Waze deal comes under antitrust scrutiny
It hasn’t taken long for Google’s $1.1 billion acquisition of crowd-sourced mapping app Waze to come under scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission. The Wall Street …
Sony, Disney concoct blockbuster plan to fight movie piracy
With entertainment companies growing increasingly frustrated in their fight against online piracy, both Sony and Disney have started rolling out a radical new plan in …
HTC CEO looks to capture 15% of the smartphone market
Riding on the success of its latest flagship smartphone, HTC chief executive Peter Chou believes the company can increase its smartphone market share threefold in …
HTC One variant with Windows Phone 8 rumored to launch this fall
HTC’s flagship Android smartphone has been well received by critics and consumers. The HTC One has sold more than 5 million units and is estimated …
Samsung Galaxy Note III mass production may begin in August
As reports of slowing sales continue to raise questions surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone, a new claim suggests Samsung will soon begin mass-producing its …
Video: Steve Wozniak feels ‘a little guilty’ about enabling NSA spying
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently sat down with CNN’s Piers Morgan and spoke about a variety of topics, including the NSA spying controversy and whistleblower …
Microsoft reportedly bringing Xbox games to iOS and Android
Microsoft Office isn’t the only key asset that Microsoft plans to bring to iOS and Android users. Reuters cites a report from Japanese news service Nikkei claiming …
Users prefer Apple’s ‘hideously ugly’ new iOS 7 icons to old ones 2 to 1
Apple’s new iOS 7 software has been pretty polarizing so far. Specifically, the new design has been met with mixed reactions as users adjust to …
iOS 7 beta 2 iPad walkthrough [photo gallery]
Apple released iOS 7 beta 2 to carriers and developers on Monday just like we said they would, and the new build features a number of …
Samsung, Sony and others said to have no interest in Facebook Home
Facebook once dreamt of making its Home software for Android available on a wide variety of smartphones out of the box, but that dream is …
Game of Thrones gets pirated almost 80% more than any other show
It’s a pretty good bet that HBO could expand its paying audience for Game of Thrones if it gave viewers the option to buy season passes on …
iOS 7 beta 2 walkthrough [photo gallery]
Apple’s iOS 7 beta 2 update has just landed, but there’s some very noticeable changes, and it means that the company is still working on …
iOS 7 beta 2: Full change log now available, iPad version released
Just as BGR exclusively reported on Monday morning, Apple has released iOS 7 beta 2 to developers. The new build was first released as an …
Malicious Android app holds devices hostage, demands a $100 ransom
Security firm Symantec has discovered a malicious application that is infecting Android devices and holding them hostage for ransom. The fake antivirus software, known as …
Apple releases iOS 7 beta 2
Apple has just released iOS 7 beta 2, the second developer build of its brand new mobile operating system. The company unveiled iOS 7 in …
New iPhone 5S part leak outs more internal modifications
Parts from Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5S continue to leak ahead of mass production, and now the redesigned front-facing camera from the next-generation iPhone has seemingly …
HP seriously just unveiled a 21.5-inch Android tablet
In effort to reverse eroding PC sales, HP on Monday announced a new 21.5-inch Android tablet that will be marketed as an all-in-one desktop. The Slate …
Android users might actually be clamoring for BBM
Sometimes nothing can beat the original. While competing messaging services such as WhatsApp have gained millions of users, it is clear that there is still …
New iPhone 5S images leak, revealing several new details
New photos of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5S were published on Monday. The images were posted by MacRumors, and they appear to show the inside and …
Apple’s iOS 7 beta 2 to be released today [updated]
We have been told via our carrier sources that iOS 7, Apple’s brand new mobile operating system to be released sometime this fall, will be …
Instagram video is already hurting Vine
Interestingly, Vine downloads seem to already have started sliding in several key markets just a few days after Instagram began attacking it directly. Last Thursday, Instagram added a notably …
Samsung forms carbon fiber joint venture in bid to back away from plastic
Samsung materials arm, Samsung Petrochemical, has established a joint venture with carbon fiber specialist SGL Group that will aim to “develop new industrial and electronic …
Apple dumps Samsung, inks three-year TSMC chip deal for iPhone 6 and beyond
Apple has reportedly reached deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest chip manufacturer, as it continues its efforts to end its business relationship …
