Microsoft explains reason for ditching Start button in Windows 8
Microsoft shocked the world when it decided to remove the Start button from Windows 8. The removal of the button, which has been featured in …
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FCC smacks Comcast for hiding standalone broadband option
Cable companies just love to sell bundled services for one important reason — it makes them buckets of money — but Comcast last year made …
Apple posts $2.6 million bond to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Apple on Wednesday evening posted a $2.6 million bond to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet from being sold in the United States, FOSS Patents …
Google Nexus Q hacked to load video games
Google unveiled the Nexus Q streaming device at its annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. For a media device, the Nexus …
Severe weather warnings to be sent directly to smartphones
The National Weather Service will begin sending severe weather warnings to smartphone owners in the path of a dangerous storm. The NWS’s new Wireless Emergency …
Chrome for iOS hits No.1 in Apple’s App Store
Google’s Chrome browser quickly became one of the most popular desktop Web browsers in the world, and now Google has its sites set on mobile. …
Next iPhone will be ‘biggest product launch in consumer electronics history’
Surprise! An Apple product is already getting absurd amounts of hype months before its release. Per StreetInsider, the latest batch of Apple hype comes from …
Fun with $1,500 glasses: Project Glass skydive stunt captured on video
Falling squarely in the don’t try this at home category, Google on Wednesday took to the sky to demonstrate its Project Glass digital eyewear prototypes. …
Judge rules Kim Dotcom mansion raid was illegal
Justice Helen Winkelmann on Thursday ruled the warrants that allowed more than 90 New Zealand officers to raid Kim Dotcom’s home and other properties earlier …
Nokia CEO voices regret surrounding recent company decisions
RIM isn’t the only former smartphone giant that’s hurting, as Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has been getting hammered lately as well. And according to Asymco’s …
Android 4.1 leaked for Galaxy Nexus
Shortly after Google pushed a Jelly Bean preview update to I/O attendees, RootzWiki made it available to the public. The update was originally intended for …
Research In Motion…
It’s truly incredible how fast things in the tech space can change. Just two years ago RIM was on a high, and moments ago, when …
Does RIM shocker imply wider handset market deterioration?
RIM was expected to deliver a nightmarish, -30% year-on-year revenue decline into the May quarter — the company issued its latest profit warning just four …
RIM posts huge Q1 miss: First net loss in 8 years, BlackBerry 10 launch delayed, 5,000 jobs cut
Analysts anticipated another miss ahead of Research In Motion’s first-quarter earnings report on Thursday as sales continue to stall ahead of the struggling smartphone vendor’s …
WSJ details RIM’s long, sad decline
How resistant were executives at RIM to changing with the times? So resistant that, according to former Bank of America Securities analyst Brian Blair, they …
Samsung’s Galaxy series bests iPhone for top smartphone sub-brand
Although smartphones based on Android have typically sold more overall units than iOS-based smartphones, Apple’s iPhone has long been the top individual smartphone sub-brand, easily …
Apple to launch an overhauled iTunes by year end
Apple is reportedly planning a complete overhaul of its iTunes service, marking one of the largest changes since the music software debuted in 2003, Bloomberg reported. According to …
Nexus 7 is ‘just another Android-based tablet’
Forget the quad-core processor and rock-bottom $199 price tag, forget the brand new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, and forget that it is Google’s …
Microsoft to launch ‘Xbox Music’ Spotify-like streaming service this year
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new streaming music service that will tie in to its Xbox suite of gaming and entertainment services. Bloomberg on …
Google Chrome coming to iPhone, iPad
Just one day after releasing the final version of Google Chrome for Android, Google announced that it is releasing Google Chrome for iOS on Thursday …
Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean hands-on
Google’s entrance into the sub-$200 tablet space wasn’t exactly unexpected, but I think we can all say that the Nexus 7 is pleasantly surprising. At …
The BGR Show: Episode 4 – Top 9 apps for iPhone, Android, iPad
App discovery is a major problem, and most people (normal people, not regular BGR readers) really have no idea how to find great apps for …
Amazon prepping two new Kindle Fire tablets with improved build, metal casing
Amazon is working on not one, but two new Kindle Fire tablets that will launch in the coming months. Earlier reports suggested that Amazon will …
Analysts on RIM Q1 earnings: Expect a bloodbath
Things haven’t been going well for RIM and they likely won’t get any better when Thursday’s earnings report comes out. All Things D has talked with …
Google’s profit on every Nexus 7 tablet sold: $0
Google unveiled its first own-brand tablet on Wednesday, and it may end up forcing Android tablet vendors to make big changes to their strategies. The …
T-Mobile gives businesses the option of getting throttled or paying overage fees
T-Mobile on Wednesday said that business users who consume more than their plan’s monthly allotment of HSPA+ data now have two options: They can either …
iOS users more loyal to apps than Android
Good news has come to light for app developers: according to a recent study from Localytics, app retention rates are improving, increasing 19% over the …
Huawei Ascend D Quad delayed until August
Production of Huawei’s flagship Ascend D Quad smartphone has been delayed due to issues surrounding the handset’s processor. According to the company’s Consumer Business Group …
Infinity Blade for iOS tops console titles as most profitable Epic Games franchise ever
On Wednesday during the Game Developers Conference in Taipei, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that the company’s iOS franchise Infinity Blade is more profitable than even …
Waze social GPS technology coming to cars later this year
Waze, the popular mobile application that offers turn-by-turn navigation, will soon make the jump from smartphones to cars later this year, according to the company’s …
