Windows Phone Marketplace now home to more than 25,000 apps
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace is now home to more than 25,000 applications, according to the app tracking website WindowsPhoneAppList. That’s a rapid jump from the …
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Samsung to combine display, semiconductor businesses
Samsung will combine both its flat-panel display and semiconductor businesses into one unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Samsung’s display business wasn’t profitable …
Dungeon Hunter 2, NBA Jam, other iOS games on sale for holiday weekend
A number of iOS game publishers, including Gameloft and Electronic Arts, have dropped the prices of several games in honor of the upcoming holiday weekend. …
AT&T’s BlackBerry Bridge app now available in App World
When RIM launched the BlackBerry PlayBook earlier this year, AT&T was the only carrier that didn’t provide a BlackBerry Bridge application out of the gate. …
Farmville creator Zynga files for $1 billion IPO
Zynga, the popular gaming company behind hits such as Farmville — and the owner of other smash titles such as Words with Friends on Android …
Apple to surpass HP as top notebook vendor in 2012
Apple will surpass HP has the world’s largest notebook vendor in 2012, according to DigiTimes. There’s one catch, though: that statement is only valid if …
Windows Phone to grab 17% of smartphone market next year, analyst predicts
According to Chang Chi, the deputy head of Taiwan-based Market Intelligence Center, Windows Phone will have a 17% grip on the smartphone market next year. …
BGR for iPhone now available!
We were one of the first publications with a dedicated iPhone app years back, but since then the app has become a little… stale. Well, …
HTC to displace RIM as No. 4 smartphone vendor
HTC is set to slide into the No. 4 spot on the list of the world’s top smartphone vendors next year according to Taiwan-based research …
Apple pushes OS X Lion GM out to developers
Apple on Friday seeded the Gold Master build of its OS X 10.7 Lion operating system to developers. The build number is 11A511, and the …
‘Anonymous’ launches WikiLeaks for hackers: HackerLeaks
The infamous group of “hacktivists” known as Anonymous Operations on Thursday launched a new tool to aid its digital crusade against targeted governments and corporations. …
iPhone 5, iPad 3 parts suppliers get ready for lift-off
Taiwan-based component suppliers are beginning to prepare materials that will be assembled to build Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 devices, DigiTimes reports. The …
More letters to RIM; employees rally alongside anonymous exec
BGR published an open letter to Research In Motion yesterday from an anonymous high-level RIM executive who begged for senior management to take notice of …
Apple, RIM, others win Nortel patents at auction
A group of companies including Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony, EMC and Ericsson offered the winning bid in an auction that will net them Nortel’s …
PayPal president says we won’t need wallets by 2015
In a blog post that announced PayPal now has 100 million active accounts, PayPal president Scott Thompson also discussed the future of the mobile payment …
iTunes App Store now home to more than 100,000 iPad apps
The iTunes App Store is now home to more than 100,000 iPad applications. According to MacStories, Apple and its developers set a record by hitting …
Skype for Android updated with video calling support [video]
Skype announced on Wednesday that its Android application now supports video calling on select devices. The application is particularly attractive because it allows mobile users …
HP ponders Windows 8 tablets
On Friday, HP’s brand new webOS-powered TouchPad tablet will make its debut in the United States. Even though HP purchased Palm for $1.2 billion last …
HTC Eternity with Windows Phone Mango leaked
Images of a new HTC phone that’s currently being dubbed “Eternity” have apparently been leaked online. Reportedly it will land as one of the first …
Apple, RIM win big as ITC reverses earlier decision in Kodak patent case
The International Trade Commission on Thursday reversed an earlier decision in a patent case that could cost camera maker Kodak hundreds of millions of dollars …
RIM agrees to consider splitting CEO, Chairman roles
Research In Motion on Thursday said it would consider splitting its Chief Executive and Chairman roles ahead of its annual shareholder meeting next month. Jim …
Facebook CEO says company will ‘launch something awesome’ next week
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social network has plans to “launch something awesome” next week. There’s no official …
RIM responds to open letter published by BGR
RIM on Thursday released its response to an open letter published exclusively by BGR. The letter, which was written by a senior RIM executive, pleads …
Verizon iPhone sales are already slowing down, analyst says
According to a Goldman Sachs analyst, Verizon Wireless is expected to announce that second-quarter sales of the iPhone 4 dropped from the first quarter of …
HP needs touch-to-share more than you might think
In my review of the HP TouchPad, which we published last night, I went off on a tangent about the “touch-to-share” functionality Hewlett-Packard introduced with …
Motorola Mobility stock dips following analyst downgrade
Facing stiff competition from Samsung, LG, and Apple, Motorola Mobility has seen a slump in its share price and market share following a recent downgrade …
Open letter to BlackBerry bosses: Senior RIM exec tells all as company crumbles around him
There’s no question Research In Motion is in the midst of a major transitional period. The company is planning to launch a brand new product …
Apple to ship 12-14 million iPad 2 units in Q3
Apple aims to ship between 12 million and 14 million iPad 2 tablets in the third quarter of the calendar year, possibly doubling its second-quarter …
iPhone, Android gain U.S. share in May, BlackBerry falters
Apple and Google both gained smartphone share in the U.S. last month according to new data from Nielsen. The research firm on Thursday released a …
Amazon tablet to launch in second half, production could be limited by iPad, report claims
Amazon will soon place initial component orders for its upcoming tablet, which is slated to launch in the second half of 2011 according to a …
