Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang resigns
Co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from all of his positions with Yahoo, the company announced in a press release on Tuesday. Yang co-founded …
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Google to protest SOPA and PIPA on homepage tomorrow
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have driven the Internet into a frenzy, with numerous Silicon Valley companies objecting the entertainment industry …
Microsoft said to be strong-arming Pantech into patent licensing deal for Android devices
Microsoft is said to be close to finalizing a patent-licensing deal with Pantech. Microsoft already has similar agreements in place with Samsung, HTC, ViewSonic and …
HTC offers bootloader unlocking tool for additional smartphones
HTC continues to be true to the company’s word regarding bootloader unlocking tools. Through HTCDev, the Taiwanese company now offers its bootloader unlocker for the …
Samsung promises all-day battery life from new smartphones in 2012
Samsung understands that battery life is a big problem when it comes to smartphones. The company is looking to fix that, however, promising that all …
HTC confirms Sprint is removing Carrier IQ from devices
Last month, Sprint disabled the controversial Carrier IQ software across all devices on the company’s network. Further reports claimed the company was instructing manufacturers to prepare updates that would remove …
Apple iTV, iPhone 5 and new MacBook Air cast a ‘dark shadow over CES’
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show had record attendance and a number of terrific products unveiled during various CES press conferences should make waves when they …
iPad 3 unveiling reportedly scheduled for early February
Apple is reportedly planning an event in early February to unveil its next-generation iPad tablet. Citing unnamed sources from within Apple’s supply chain, Japanese blog Macotakara …
Research In Motion pushing for sale to Samsung [updated]
Research In Motion is currently weighing every single option it can think of in an effort to reverse a negative trend that is approaching a …
Apple files new design lawsuit against Samsung in Germany
Apple has filed a new complaint targeting 10 Samsung smartphones that allegedly infringe the Cupertino-based company’s design patents. The suit was filed in the Dusseldorf …
RIM reportedly prepping two new PlayBook tablets for 2012
Research In Motion is reportedly working on two new BlackBerry PlayBook tablets that are currently scheduled for release in 2012. BlackBerry watcher N4BB claims that …
TV isn’t the only remaining market Steve Jobs planned to tackle; iPad textbooks due this week
As revealed in his authorized biography, Steve Jobs figured out the secret to making a truly user friendly television ahead of his untimely passing. But …
Nissan announces the world’s first self-healing iPhone case
Nissan on Monday announced the company’s new Scratch Shield case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. The case is made of ABS plastic that …
LTE smartphones to account for nearly 5% of smartphone shipments this year
Smartphones capable of running on 4G LTE networks will account for between 4% and 5% of all smartphones that ship this year, according to one …
Apple to pass HP as the world’s top PC and tablet vendor
When counting tablets as personal computers, Apple will soon overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world’s top PC vendor. Based on a Fortune poll of 42 analysts, iPad sales …
IDG: 91% of IT and business professionals use iPad for work
On Monday, research firm IDG published a global survey examining Apple’s tablet in the business world. The survey found that 91% of IT and business professionals …
Steve Wozniak: Android has leapt ahead of Apple in many ways
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple, a company that would grow into one of the most innovative and valuable in the world. …
America’s first Nokia Windows Phone already free on contract
Nokia’s first Windows Phone-powered smartphone to launch in the United States is already available for free on contract. Nokia and T-Mobile unveiled the Nokia Lumia …
Apple becomes the eighth most valuable brand in the world
On Monday, Bloomberg released Interbrand’s Best Global Brands of 2011 report. The rankings are based on five criteria and exclude privately held brands. Apple jumped nine spots in 2011, …
Video game sales fall 21% in December, down 8% for full-year 2011
The video game industry capped off a rough year in the United States with a horrible holiday month that saw sales plummet year-over-year across all …
Future iPhones and Samsung phones could feature new waterproofing tech [video]
Both Samsung and Apple may be eyeing a new waterproofing technology for the companies’ next-generation smartphones. The technology, called HzO, creates a nano-scale film barrier …
Samsung to merge Bada OS with Intel-backed Tizen
During the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung announced that the company is working on merging its Bada mobile operating system with the open-source Tizen operating system. “We have an …
iPhone, iPad owners see glass half full while BlackBerry users are down in the dumps
In what is certainly one of the most bizarre mobile-related studies we’ve seen published in recent months, a new survey found that iPhone and iPad …
Hackers steal data from 24 million Zappos accounts
Zappos on Sunday confirmed that hackers breached the company’s servers and accessed personal data belonging to many of its customers. The Amazon-owned shoe retailer known …
Galaxy Nexus users plagued by random reboots
Google’s flagship device, the Galaxy Nexus, has been widely acclaimed and we had great things to say in our review of the world’s first Ice Cream …
Windows 8 tablets could be priced right out of contention
Tablets were the talk of the Consumer Electronics Show this year, but not the same way they were last year. In 2011 we saw more than …
iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak coming soon [video]
On Monday, iOS hacker pod2g posted a video of a jailbroken iPhone 4S on his blog. The device is running iOS 5.0.1 and is able …
Texas Instruments demos new OMAP 5 chipset
At the Consumer Electronics Show on Thursday, Texas Instruments showed off the company’s OMAP 5 chipset in a reference platform running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The 28nm …
All white Samsung Galaxy Tabs emerge in Vietnam
Samsung has released white versions of several of the company’s mobile devices lately. While the back of the various devices would be white, the front …
Hon Hai revenue jumps 19.9% in 2011
Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hai reported revenue growth of 19.89% year-over-year in 2011 and 37.5% quarter-over-quarter in the fourth quarter last year, Taiwan Economic News said Friday. …
