Siri was supposed to be a key feature on Verizon’s DROID lineup until Apple swooped in
Since the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple (AAPL) has touted its intelligent voice assistant Siri as a key feature of the iOS ecosystem. The …
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Verizon’s third Windows Phone 8 smartphone launches tomorrow for $49.99
Verizon (VZ) on Wednesday announced the availability of the Samsung (005930) ATIV Odyssey. The smartphone joins the HTC (2498) Windows Phone 8X and Nokia (NOK) …
Google dominates the mobile app market, has 5 of the top 6 apps in the U.S.
Wondering why Apple (AAPL) is sinking so much effort into building its own Maps application? Because it doesn’t want Google (GOOG) to gobble up all …
Google execs again tease more Google Fiber rollouts
One of these days, Google (GOOG) is going to stop teasing us and announce more Google Fiber deployments, but until that happens we’ll just have …
Google CEO vows to fix Nexus 4 supply shortages
Google’s (GOOG) flagship Nexus 4 smartphone has remained out of stock since it first launched. Executives from LG, the smartphone’s manufacturer, and Google have pointed …
Netflix adds 2 million more subscribers, turns surprise profit
Rumors of Netflix’s (NFLX) unprofitability have been widely exaggerated, as the company on Wednesday reported a profit of $0.13 per share on revenues of $945 million …
Apple CEO downplays reports of iPhone order cuts
In a rare move, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook took a moment on the company’s earnings call to address recent market rumors suggesting Apple has …
The best news for Apple: The iPhone is still generating monster profits
Many expected a black Christmas for the iPhone average sales prices. CIRP had estimated that the iPhone 5 portion of total iPhone sales had dropped below 70%. …
Major surprise: Apple’s Q1 sales growth stalled in the Americas, but was OK in Europe
One of the big surprises in Apple’s holiday quarter was the weak iPhone volume — iPhone sales came in at slightly below 48 million, missing …
Apple reports Q1 results: $13.1 billion profit beats estimates, iPhone sales and Q2 guidance miss big
After two consecutive misses to wrap up fiscal 2012 and an unprecedented dive in the company’s share price, all eyes were on the future as Apple (AAPL) …
With future growth in doubt, MacBook resellers start slashing prices
Now might be the time to get a relative bargain on a used MacBook. AppleInsider reports that MacBook resellers, concerned about Apple’s (AAPL) future growth …
Samsung may be prepping a new 7-inch tablet that’s cheaper than the Nexus 7
Samsung (005930) may have plans to undercut its software supplier Google (GOOG) with a new 7-inch tablet that will launch this year starting at just …
BlackBerry 10 may be ‘a gambit intended to facilitate a sale of RIM’
Research In Motion (RIMM) is hitting the market hard with its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. The company is courting carriers, wooing businesses, and it’s getting …
iPad mini won’t help Apple’s sliding tablet share, according to new report
Apple’s (AAPL) share of the global tablet market will continue to drop this year despite the launch of the iPad mini, a new report claims. …
Samsung’s Galaxy S IV may feature new high-definition display tech
An alleged Samsung (005930) roadmap uncovered recently suggested that the upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone will feature a 5-inch display with a pixel density of …
Three reasons to root for RIM
I have expressed skepticism that RIM (RIMM) will really be able to pull off an epic comeback and reestablish BlackBerry as a legitimate contender with …
Google CEO hints at unbreakable ‘X Phone’ from Motorola
Google (GOOG) is believed to be working on a new flagship smartphone and a flagship tablet in its Motorola division. Unlike its Nexus line of …
As data gets cheaper for Verizon to transmit, customers are paying more
Verizon (VZ) posted a pretty impressive holiday quarter (one-time charges aside) with a good outlook on Tuesday, and the company’s share price rose as a …
Success with BlackBerry ‘diehards’ isn’t the key to BlackBerry 10’s future
Research In Motion (RIMM) shares are up more than 164% over the past six months as hype surrounding the struggling vendor’s next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphone …
Steve Jobs allegedly threatened to hit Palm with a patent suit if it hired any Apple employees
Late Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs was known for being insanely competitive, but this takes things to a whole new level. Reuters reports that documents …
Nokia reportedly prepping new aluminum Lumia phone with upgraded PureView camera
Nokia (NOK) is reportedly developing a new Lumia smartphone with an improved design and an upgraded PureView camera. The Verge cited multiple unnamed sources on …
Leaked pictures show HTC’s cleaned-up Sense interface from the upcoming M7
HTC (2498) has a big problem: For the past year or so it’s been releasing some top-notch smartphones that few seem to care about. Now, …
Why the American government has only itself to blame for Kim Dotcom’s celebrity status
Kim Dotcom isn’t the world’s most likely celebrity — a German born New Zealander who had been best known for running a website called Megaupload …
Mozilla announces two developer phones for Firefox OS
Mozilla on Tuesday announced a new partnership with GeeksPhone to produce a pair of developer devices running the HTML5-based Firefox OS. Both are low-end smartphones …
Shipping times for 21-inch iMacs increase to 2-3 weeks
If you’re just getting around to ordering your 21-inch iMac, don’t expect it to arrive in just one week. MacRumors points out that shipping time …
LG unveils Optimus G Pro smartphone with 5-inch full-HD display
LG (066570) and Japanese carrier partner NTT DoCoMo have joined to unveil the Optimus G Pro, a followup to the popular Optimus G smartphone that …
iPhone 5 demand again said to be waning as customers flock to cheaper models
UBS is the latest in a long line of me-too firms to trim its outlook on Apple (AAPL) as investor sentiment continues to sour. In …
RIM extends deadline for $10,000 BlackBerry 10 developer incentive
Following the success of recent “Port-A-Thons” that quickly added 35,000 potential new BlackBerry 10 apps to RIM’s catalog, Research in Motion (RIMM) has announced that it has …
Google posts Q4 results: $10.65 EPS on consolidated revenues of $14.42 billion
Google (GOOG) on Tuesday reported a 2012 fourth-quarter profit of $10.65 per share on $14.42 billion in consolidated revenue. Analysts were expecting EPS to come …
How Google obsessively monitors its employees to make sure they’re the happiest in the world
Anyone who criticizes Google (GOOG) for allegedly stalking its own users should give the company credit for consistency, because it apparently does the same thing …
