HTC One SV review
One after another, HTC (2498) churns out positively gorgeous smartphones that make most rival Android handsets look like cheap toys. Stunning though the company’s work …
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iPhone 5 order cuts reportedly not as severe as claimed
Investors were sent into a panic on Monday, again, as reports from Nikkei and The Wall Street Journal suggested Apple (AAPL) slashed iPhone 5 component orders in …
Report outlines ‘iPhone danger zones’
Smartphone designs have varied pretty dramatically over the past few years — with a few notable exceptions, perhaps — but a common thread runs through every notable smartphone …
Google Fiber turned Kansas City into a magnet for tech startups
Soon no one will snicker when Kansas City residents proudly refer to their city as the “Silicon Prairie.” As the Associated Press reports, the presence …
Netflix will offer animated shows from Adult Swim and Cartoon Network on March 30th
Netflix (NFLX) on Monday announced a new licensing agreement with Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Brothers to bring even more content to the streaming service …
Latest Chrome Beta lets developers integrate speech recognition into their web apps
Pretty soon, every major web app could have its own version of Siri. Google (GOOG) on Monday released a new version of Chrome Beta that …
Verizon may be prepping a new mid-range Samsung smartphone with a 720p display
Samsung (005930) and Verizon (VZ) have previously teamed up on a mid-range line of QWERTY smartphones known as the Stratosphere and Stratosphere II. Results from …
Smartphone data consumption tops tablets for the first time ever
A study released Monday by Arieso found that for the first time ever, smartphones consistently used more data than tablets in Europe. The “hungriest” mobile …
Samsung still fighting a potential sales ban on its Galaxy smartphones
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals blocked Apple’s request in October to ban sales of Samsung’s (005930) Galaxy line of smartphones. Since …
PlayStation 4 could be unveiled in May
A Sony (SNE) executive may have revealed the company’s upcoming plan to announce its highly anticipated PlayStation 4 console. Hiroshi Sakamoto, deputy senior general manager of …
Samsung roadmap suggests the Galaxy S IV could have a five-inch display, 440 PPI
Before we get all hyped up for the rumored iPhone 5S launch later this year, we’re likely going to go through Galaxy S IV mania …
Apple is still a great company, but it’s no longer defying economic gravity
Apple’s (AAPL) share prices again got hammered on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company had dramatically slashed its supply orders for …
Dell reportedly in talks to become a private company
Like a lot of PC manufacturers, Dell (DELL) hasn’t been doing very well lately. And now unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that “several large banks …
Apple’s earnings per share could decline for first time in almost a decade
The big reason that Apple’s (AAPL) stock price has been tanking isn’t because anyone thinks the company will collapse over the next year; rather, it’s …
Microsoft Surface Q4 sales estimated at just 1 million units
Microsoft’s (MSFT) debut tablet isn’t shaping up to be the runaway success story the company was likely hoping for. New estimates from UBS analyst Brent Thrill …
As Apple’s share price plummets, HTC surges
Apple (AAPL) has hit a seriously rough patch over the past few months in terms of investor sentiment. Fears over margin impact of a hypothetical …
Still hoping for a la carte cable channel options? Don’t hold your breath
The option to save money on pay-TV service by choosing channels a la carte instead of paying for a package of channels that go mostly …
PC sales get hammered as consumers turn toward tablets during the holiday quarter
Another week, another gloomy assessment of the PC market. Gartner on Monday released new research showing that “worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in …
RIM says 15,000 BlackBerry 10 apps submitted in under two days
Research In Motion’s (RIMM) VP of developer relations Alec Saunders has confirmed that more than 15,000 BlackBerry 10 apps were recently submitted to BlackBerry App …
The strange math of Apple’s alleged massive iPhone 5 order cuts
The Sunday evening Wall Street Journal article claiming that Apple (AAPL) had cut its iPhone 5 display orders drastically for the March quarter made quite …
Samsung says Galaxy S III sales hit 40 million units as cumulative Galaxy S series sales top 100 million
After selling more than 30 million Galaxy S III handsets in just 150 days, the numbers were bound to add up fast. Samsung (005930) on …
WSJ, Nikkei: Weak demand forces Apple to cut iPhone 5 component orders in half
Still wondering why Apple (AAPL) is reportedly developing a cheaper iPhone? A number of industry analysts have theorized for months that the high-end smartphone market …
Cable companies called ‘monopolies that stifle competition and innovation’
If you’re unhappy with your cable service, you aren’t alone. And according to Susan Crawford, a communications policy expert and a professor at the Cardozo School …
HP sued for allegedly stiffing workers on overtime pay
Just what HP (HPQ) needs: Another public relations headache! Business Insider reports that some HP tech support employees are suing the company for allegedly having …
Ericsson sold more than 2,000 patents to a patent troll suing Apple, Google and RIM
Noted patent troll Unwired Planet made news last year when it filed patent infringement complaints against Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Research in Motion (RIMM). In an effort to …
The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold nearly 1 million units
The numbers are in and the $35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC is a success. After pre-orders sold out in less than 24 hours, the credit card-sized computer …
Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 comes to AT&T for $200 with no contract
AT&T (T) on Friday announced the addition of the Lenovo (LNVGY) IdeaTab A2107 to its line of tablet PCs. The 7-inch slate is equipped with …
Your Windows RT tablet can now be jailbroken with a simple batch file
Tablets that run Windows RT are currently limited to apps from the Windows Store. Thanks to a new jailbreak exploit, however, the operating system has …
Verizon’s new anti-piracy policy will throttle repeat offenders’ connections down to dial-up speeds
Unless you have acute nostalgia for AOL dial-up service circa 1998, then you probably shouldn’t get busted pirating copyrighted material on Verizon’s (VZ) network. TorrentFreak has got …
Best Buy holiday sales slide despite online boost
Best Buy (BBY) on Friday reported sales results for the nine-week period ending on January 5th, 2013. The nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer said total …
