iPhone 4S carrier showdown: AT&T fastest, Verizon most reliable
Apple’s iPhone 4S became the fastest-selling smartphone of all time when it launched last month. It also finally arrived on Sprint’s network, making it available …
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BlackBerry 7 sales already seen slowing, iPhone 4S and Android are bad news for RIM
Sales of Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry 7 smartphones have slowed in recent weeks as competition from Apple’s iPhone 4S and Android phones heats up. …
Motorola stockholders approve Google deal
Motorola Mobility on Thursday announced that stockholders voted to approve Google’s proposed $12.5 billion merger. At the company’s special stockholder meeting on Thursday, roughly 99% …
Qualcomm: Snapdragon-powered Windows 8 PCs will launch next year
Speaking at an investor meeting recently, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs confirmed that his company is working with Microsoft in an effort to deploy Windows 8-powered …
iPad most wanted holiday gift among young children, study finds
If you have children aged 6-12 in your family, chances are they want an iPad, iPod touch or an iPhone for the holidays. According to …
T-Mobile USA saving cash to keep top execs if AT&T merger passes
T-Mobile USA has been setting aside cash that it plans to use in an effort to keep its top employees on board should AT&T’s proposed …
Typical iPad buyers are pet owners, males and gamers, study says [infographic]
Men, pet owners and gamers are the most likely consumers to purchase an iPad, a new infographic from Bluekai reveals. Bluekai compiled data from Comscore and …
Developer discovers iChat code in iOS
iOS developer John Heaton has discovered a string of iOS code that suggests Apple is working on bringing its popular iChat client to iOS devices. …
Nokia Lumia 900 revealed in leaked promo [video]
Nokia’s upcoming flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 900, has been revealed in a leaked promotional video aimed at developers. First discovered by Netherlands-based All About …
Skype adds Facebook video calling to beta desktop clients [video]
Skype on Thursday announced that its Mac OS X and Windows beta clients now support video calls to Facebook users. Skype introduced a Facebook-to-Facebook video …
Walmart may settle Netflix price fixing conspiracy case with $27.5 million payout
Walmart has agreed to pay $27.5 million in damages to more than 25 million Netflix customers who subscribed to the service between May 19th, 2005 …
IT pros far more interested in Android than iOS for mobile app development
IT professionals around the world are collectively more interested in developing and deploying mobile applications for Google’s Android platform than any other mobile OS. A …
Motorola Mobility sued for allegedly stealing source code
Lemko Corporation, a private software and systems developer, on Wednesday filed a complaint against Motorola Mobility alleging that it stole trade secrets and is financially …
Huge iPhone 4S demand still forcing buyers to wait weeks
Demand for Apple’s latest smartphone is still outpacing supply, causing customers to wait three weeks or more to purchase the new phone. Apple launched the …
HTC ‘Quattro’ quad-core tablet revealed
Just a few days ago, reports began to surface that HTC was working on building a new tablet powered by NVIDIA’s brand new quad-core Tegra 3 …
Samsung Galaxy Nexus hands-on
We’ve been playing with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for the last day, and after shuffling between a Motorola DROID RAZR, an HTC Vivid and an …
An Amazon smartphone? It could happen next year, analyst says
Amazon could have a smartphone on store shelves by the fourth quarter of next year according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. “Based on our supply …
MacBook tablet hybrid tipped by new Apple patent
A patent awarded to Apple on Wednesday points to one possible solution the company might use once it finally equips the first MacBook computer with …
Tablet market to thin as failures drive PC vendors back to PCs
A number of recent entrants in the tablet space may make quick exits as their tablet offerings go largely unnoticed in a market seen to …
Bye bye Berry: iPhone now top dog in workplace, study finds
For the first time ever, an iPhone is now more likely to show up in a conference room than a BlackBerry, a new Mobile Workforce …
Apple slows iPad 2 production in preparation for iPad 3, report claims
Apple’s panel suppliers have reportedly been told to decrease display shipments for the iPad 2 as orders from the Cupertino, California-based company slow in the …
Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2011 to be biggest yet for mobile shoppers, study finds
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are typically two of the biggest shopping days of the year, and as consumers continue to use mobile devices more …
Batteries that charge 10x faster and last 10x longer just 5-years out, scientists say
Fat battery pack accessories may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at Northwestern University are tweaking lithium-ion batteries to last 10 times longer …
Kick cable to the curb with Boxee’s $50 Live TV stick
Boxee officially announced the Live TV stick on Wednesday, a $49 USB dongle that will allow users to watch ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC in …
Qualcomm now shipping 4G LTE Gobi 4000 platform; may power 4G iPad and iPhone
Qualcomm announced Wednesday that it is now shipping its 4G LTE Gobi 4000 platform to OEMs. The platform combines its 3G/4G wireless modems, the MDM9600 …
HP unveils its first Ultrabook, the $900 Folio 13
HP unveiled its first Ultrabook on Wednesday, the Folio 13. The laptop packs a 13.3-inch display, 9 hours of battery life, a 128GB SSD, USB …
Firefox 8 grabs 35% of traffic in just one week
Mozilla’s latest version of it’s popular Firefox web browser saw rapid adoption following its release last week. Firefox 8, the fifth major release of the …
AT&T customers stayed loyal following rivals’ launch of iPhone, exec says
AT&T subscribers have remained loyal to the network following the launch of Apple’s iPhone on rival carriers Verizon Wireless and Sprint. “Churn has not moved at …
Google: 200 million Android devices activated worldwide; 550,000 activations daily
During the Google Music event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Google’s director of digital content for Android Jamie Rosenberg announced that there are now more …
Google unveils enhanced Google Music service for Android, Web
Google on Wednesday took the wraps off a new and improved music service. Building onto “Music Beta by Google,” Google has launched Google Music, a …
