Samsung Galaxy S sales surpass 10 million in 2010
We’re just three days into 2011 and Samsung is already reminiscing about the big year it had in 2010. Between sales of its Galaxy S …
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Details of Best Buy’s new ‘Buy Back’ program revealed
It looks as though retail giant Best Buy is planning to launch a new buy back program aimed at keeping users who uncontrollably constantly upgrade their smartphones …
Piper Jaffray predicts 2011 Apple roadmap
Predictions from Piper Jaffray’s managing director and senior research analyst Gene Munster have been compared to darts tossed at a 10-foot dartboard, but that won’t …
Root keys for Sony’s PlayStation 3 go public
Famed iOS hacker geohot is utilizing his talents to aid the tinkering community of another platform, the PlayStation 3. Mr. Hotz has successfully acquired and …
WSJ: Vizio plans to announce Android phone, tablet intentions today
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, TV manufacturer Vizio plans to announce its intentions to break into the Android smartphone and tablet …
Verizon Wireless acquiring and registering Verizon iPhone domains?
It would appear that Verizon Wireless is buying Verizon iPhone-related domains from around the web. PocketNow is reporting that a company called “Verizon Trademark Services, …
Myspace may lay off half its staff
Horrible news comes from AllThingsD’s NetworkEffect blog Friday morning, as rumors of massive layoffs sullied New Year’s Eve for a social networking pioneer. Myspace may …
Every 20 minutes on Facebook…
Ever wonder just how many transactions social networking site Facebook handles in 20 minutes? No? Us either. However, a recently published report from analytics company …
2010: Phones, fires and 4G
2010 was quite the interesting year for the tech industry and here on BGR, the smartphone was king. Adoption of Google’s Android OS skyrocketed, Microsoft …
Clear discontinues Apple-centric 4G iSpot
Wow, who would have seen this one coming? A mobile broadband router that only works in 71 markets with three specific devices — iPhones, iPads, …
Citibank: Apple’s App Store will generate $2 billion in 2011
Apple’s App Store has been a driving force behind the revitalized app economy ever since it first launched. According to Citibank, the App Store’s dominance won’t …
Android bug that sends SMS messages to random recipients is being ignored by Google
According to a report from ZDNet blog Hardware 2.0, Google’s Android platform is being plagued by a bug that Google is, for the most part, …
Rumor: specifications for HTC’s Thunderbolt 4G emerge
We usually aren’t inclined to include the word “rumor” in article titles, but once you read on, we think you’ll understand why it’s there. German …
Facebook most searched term, visited site of 2010 in U.S.
This comes as no surprise. Social networking juggernaut Facebook was the most-searched term and most-visited website of 2010, according to Experian Hitwise. Facebook, which was …
Barnes & Noble: NOOK ‘biggest best seller’ in company history; selling more digital books than physical books on BN.com
Just three days after Amazon announced that its Kindle e-reader had become the best-selling product of all-time on the company’s website, Barnes & Noble has …
Amazon issues ‘Best of 2010′ lists; Kindle tops electronics, Captivate wins wireless
Amazon released its “Best of 2010” lists on Thursday, highlighting the major retailer’s best-selling, most wished-for and most gifted products of the year. In the …
Samsung Mobile Display to showcase 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED, 19-inch transparent AMOLED displays at CES
Today, via a brief press blast, Samsung Mobile Display announced its big intentions for this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Sammy’s mobile display unit hopes to …
Amazon enables lending of Kindle books
The first sentence of a support article posted on Amazon’s support site provides the meat and potatoes of today’s big announcement: “Eligible Kindle books can be …
Throwback Thursday: AT&T VideoPhone 2500
To celebrate the arrival of Skype’s mobile video chat on the iPhone 4, today’s Throwback Thursday looks back fondly on another ultimately fruitless attempt to …
Sprint’s MiFi 4082 pictured, 3G/WiMAX device
Several weeks ago, we told you about the Novatel MiFi 4082 getting its proverbial rubber stamp from the FCC. Now, it looks like a press image of …
‘HTC Scribe’ trademarks describe a tablet computer
HTC filed two trademarks this week in order to protect the name of an upcoming tablet. Presumed to be the company’s first entry into the …
Best Buy not able to activate Google Nexus S lines, making people pay full retail?
We just got a report that Best Buy’s new line activation system for T-Mobile is down, and apparently has been for almost a week. One …
Businessweek: Verizon iPhone to be announced by Valentine’s Day
According to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek on Wednesday, Apple will hold a special event by Valentine’s Day to introduce a new iPhone compatible with …
Idea of Nokia using Windows Phone 7 is ‘stark raving loony’ according to Nokia employee [Updated]
In a post on his personal blog Wednesday, Nokia employee Watts Martin discounts rumors from earlier this month that Nokia might be considering Windows Phone …
Skype 3.0 brings video calling over 3G, Wi-Fi to iOS devices
Today, VoIP chat and calling provider Skype announced a new version of its iOS client simply titled Skype 3.0. The new code brings several, small …
RIM refutes analyst’s BlackBerry PlayBook battery, delay claims
Earlier this week, Kaufman Brothers analyst, Shaw Wu, made waves when he asserted that Research In Motion’s highly anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet could be delayed due …
SurfCube Browser brings 3D browsing to Windows Phone 7 [video]
SurfCube Browser by Kinabalu Innovation Limited is a brand new 3D browser for Windows Phone 7 devices. To be clear, the interface of this great …
Massive Skype outage explained by company’s CIO; $1 service credit to affected users
If you’re a frequent Skype user, you probably noticed, or heard about, a massive outage that the service was experiencing last week. In a blog post today, …
Sophisticated Android trojan discovered in China, warns security firm
Firm Lookout Mobile Security is warning of a new, sophisticated, Android-focused piece of malware that has been found in China. The security company warns that the trojan, dubbed …
Nokia N8 has sold 3.5 to 4 million units according to research firm
Finnish equity research firm Inderes said Wednesday that Nokia is estimated to have shipped between 3.5 million and 4 million N8 smartphones to date. The …
