22-year-old 'Anonymous' hacker arrested in United Kingdom
A 22-year old student allegedly associated with the hacking group “Anonymous” has been arrested and charged in the United Kingdom. Peter David Gibson is charged …
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Exclusive: Verizon passes on GALAXY S II, but 'similar' Samsung phone launching soon
Verizon Wireless is passing on the Galaxy S II smartphone according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. BGR has confirmed with …
iPhone and iPad competitors could benefit from Jobs's resignation
Apple’s iPhone and iPad competitors could benefit with Steve Jobs out as CEO of Apple. “It’s going to give competitors a bit more of a …
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak discusses Jobs's departure from CEO role
The tech world erupted Wednesday night as Apple visionary Steve Jobs announced that he was stepping down from his role as CEO, passing the torch …
New Apple CEO Tim Cook in leaked internal email: 'Apple is not going to change'
Following Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s resignation from his role as CEO, newly appointed chief executive Tim Cook has delivered his first message to Apple employees …
Even without its core, Apple will live on
If a leader’s resignation from his or her CEO role at a company doesn’t have an impact on that company’s business, the leader was ineffective. …
Verizon intros GoPayment credit card reader for phones, tablets
In partnership with Intuit, Verizon Wireless introduced a mobile payment solution for small and medium businesses called GoPayment on Thursday. GoPayment will provide customers with …
Tablet shipments may approach 250 million units in 2017
Shipments of consumer media tablets like the Apple iPad are expected to approach 250 million units in 2017, a report from In-Stat suggests. While analysts …
Nielsen: Tablet and eReader adoption accelerated among older users, women in Q2
Mobile connected device adoption picked up among women and older consumers in the second quarter of 2011, according to new findings from market research firm …
Verizon to carry BlackBerry Torch 9850 according to leak
Verizon will carry RIM’s new BlackBerry Torch 9850, according to a picture of a leaked advertisement obtained by CrackBerry. It is still unclear when the …
Acer reports first quarterly loss in company history as slump continues
Acer reported its second-quarter results on Wednesday and revealed its first ever quarterly loss. The company recorded a net loss of NT$6.79 billion, versus Wall …
Nokia launches three Symbian Belle devices
Nokia announced three new Symbian Belle-powered phones on Wednesday: the Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600. The Nokia 700 is the smallest of the …
Android-targeted malware jumps 76% in Q2, McAfee says
A new report recently issued by the security firm McAfee suggests that the number of malware applications targeting Android devices jumped 76% during the second …
AT&T's leaked fall and winter roadmap full of Android, Mango and BlackBerry
AT&T’s purported fall and winter roadmap was recently leaked by Pocketnow and there are a number of devices to get excited about. The Samsung Kupua …
Windows OS shows biggest decline in August as Mac OS, iOS, Android grow [infographic]
New data shows that usage of Microsoft’s Windows operating system declined so far in August while Apple’s OS X and iOS usage increased, as did …
Here's Steve Jobs's resignation letter to Apple and you
Steve Jobs has officially resigned as CEO of Apple, and here is his resignation letter to Apple and you, the Apple community.
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook takes his place
Steve Jobs has officially resigned from his job as CEO of Apple, though he has been elected Chairman. Tim Cook, Apple’s long-time COO, who acted …
RIM's QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphones to support Android apps
Research In Motion’s upcoming QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphones will support the ability to run Android applications when they hit store shelves, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The …
IHS ups tablet forecast, still sees Apple's iPad share sinking through 2015
Market research firm IHS iSuppli has revised its global five-year tablet shipment forecast, which now estimates that 60 million tablets will be shipped this year …
Sprint could sell 1.2 million iPhones in Q4, analyst says
Rumors began swirling on Tuesday suggesting Sprint will launch the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4 later this year, and at least one analyst thinks …
Verizon wants Obama to curtail potential patent war damages
Verizon Communications’ chief counsel Randal Milch wants United States President Barack Obama to limit potential damages relating to the ongoing patent wars sweeping technology companies in the …
New report resurrects T-Mobile iPhone 5 rumor
Will wonders never cease? Just one day after The Wall Street Journal reported Sprint will begin selling Apple’s iPhone 5 in October, a new report …
Samsung confirms it will not buy HP's computer business
Samsung will not buy HP’s computer business, the company confirmed on Wednesday.”The recent rumors that Samsung Electronics will be taking over Hewlett-Packard Co.’s personal computer …
BGR's first ever meet up event takes place in NYC on September 7th!
Many of you have been reading BGR for years and yet we still don’t know any of the faces behind the avatars. Well, there’s some …
BlackBerry 7 launch: Weak AT&T sales, healthy Sprint sales according to RBC
Sales of Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry 7 smartphones have been mixed out of the gate according to one analyst, with AT&T showing weak sell-through …
Sales of Samsung Galaxy S, S II banned by Netherlands judge in Apple patent case
A Netherlands judge has banned the sale of three Samsung smartphones deemed to be infringing on Apple patents. The Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S …
Samsung unveils four new GALAXY smartphones
Samsung took the wraps off of four new Android 2.3-powered GALAXY smartphones on Wednesday — the GALAXY W, GALAXY M Pro, GALAXY Y and GALAXY …
Images of HTC Puccini (Jetstream) tablet revealed
Images of HTC’s upcoming 10-inch tablet have been revealed, further suggesting that a launch could be fast approaching. BGR exclusively revealed the first official renders …
Millennial: Android share balloons to 61% in July, iOS usage declines
Millennial Media reports a sizable swing in smartphone usage for the first time in several months, with Android usage on the firm’s network increasing from …
AirPlay drives iTunes momentum in online movie market share
A new report from research firm IHS suggests that Apple’s iTunes share of “consumer spending for movie electronic sell-through (EST) and Internet video on demand …
