Hulu Plus launches for six Android phones as company is put up for sale
Hulu announced on Thursday that its Hulu Plus application is now available on select Android smartphones. The service costs $7.99 per month and allows users …
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iPhone 5 may offer dual-LED flash
Here’s the latest in a series of rumors about the iPhone 5: it may offer a dual-LED flash. Surely this seems like a minor upgrade …
Electronic Arts may acquire PopCap Games for $1 billion
Electronic Arts is set to purchase PopCap Games for $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. PopCap Games is best known for titles such as Plants vs. …
40% of European smartphone buyers intend to buy an iPhone next
Yankee Group is set to release its European Mobile User Study next month and the research firm has just provided a quick glimpse into its …
New advancement in nanotechnology could help keep gadgets juiced without wall chargers
What if you could charge your phone by simply tapping on the touchscreen display — never having to worry about plugging it in — or …
26-year old pleads guilty to hacking AT&T iPad data
Last year hackers made headlines when AT&T announced to a security breach that had allowed hackers to access the personal data from 114,000 iPad 3G …
RIM chiefs no longer billionaires thanks to plummeting RIM stock
Shares of RIM stock have taken a beating since the company announced devastating first-quarter earnings last Thursday. The Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry maker missed Wall Street’s first-quarter consensus, it …
LG Thrill 3D hands-on (again)
We spent some more time with AT&T’s first 3D-capable handset — the LG Thrill 4G — yesterday, and we have to say, it might deliver …
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.8 update
Apple on Thursday released the latest public build of its Mac OS X operating system, version 10.6.8. Release notes are as follows: The 10.6.8 update …
China Mobile worker outs iPhone 5, due in September
A China Mobile employee allegedly revealed that the popular Chinese carrier will launch Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone this coming September, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White wrote …
Throwback Thursday: Kyocera 6035, Verizon’s first smartphone
Just last week we brought you our interview with Marni Walden, Verizon’s CMO, who discussed the carrier’s iPhone, Android phones and BlackBerry devices, and that …
Symbian is officially no longer Nokia’s problem
What a long, strange trip it’s been, and now it’s almost over. Nokia may not be done building and selling Symbian smartphones, but at least …
Apple could sell over 14 million iPad 2 tablets in Q3
Sales of Apple’s iPad 2 tablet are set to explode in the third quarter according to Hong Kong-based research firm CLSA. Citing LCD sales data …
Sprint dangles discounts to lure away AT&T, T-Mobile customers
Are you an AT&T or T-Mobile small business customer? Sprint wants your business, and it’s offering some pretty compelling discounts to woo you. A leaked …
Microsoft vs. Apple infographic details rivalry from inception to global domination [updated]
In the world of computing, no two companies have more history than Microsoft and Apple. In fact, the companys’ history is 10,124 pixels tall. From …
HTC’s ChaCha Facebook phone coming to AT&T as the HTC Status
BGR has exclusively confirmed with a trusted source that HTC’s ChaCha, the company’s first device with dedicated Facebook button and deep Facebook integration, will be …
Nokia’s ‘Sea Ray’ Windows Phone leaked [video]
During a recent presentation, Nokia’s CEO asked a large group of his employees to put away all cameras and recording devices because he was about …
T-Mobile USA now home to over 1 million iPhones
T-Mobile USA has gone on record in stating that its network is now home to more than 1 million unlocked Apple iPhones. While the figure …
HTC EVO 4G + gets official (in South Korea) [video]
Sprint’s flagship EVO 3D hasn’t even made its way out of the womb yet and its successor is already official. HTC on Thursday unveiled the …
Sony Ericsson outs Xperia ray, Xperia active, and txt [video]
During the CommunicAsia trade show in Singapore on Wednesday, Sony Ericsson officially took the wraps off of three new devices: the Xperia ray, the Xperia …
Google implementing native video chat tech into Chrome
Google has started to build its open-source WebRTC software into its Chrome web browser, according to CNET. WebRTC was introduced in May as a new …
Cricket to test its first 4G LTE network in Tucson later this year
Cricket will start to test the first installment of its 4G LTE network in Tucson, Arizona, the carrier confirmed in a recent interview with PCMag. …
Verizon’s tiered data plans reaffirmed by leak
Verizon Wireless has stated on multiple occasions that it will move to usage-based smartphone data plans next month, but the carrier has been tight lipped …
Nokia might unveil first Windows Phone on October 26th
Nokia has announced that it will hold its annual Nokia World conference from October 26th through the 27th in London. Given Nokia’s recent announcement that …
AT&T: T-Mobile acquisition on schedule for March 2012 approval
Speaking to reporters recently, AT&T’s General Counsel Wayne Watts said that AT&T’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile is still on schedule for approval in …
New bill could force carriers to tell the truth about 4G
4G is barely in its infancy and it has already been through so much. First it was fake, and then some solid lobbying on carriers’ …
And the best-selling smartphone at AT&T and Verizon stores is…
…the iPhone. BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk on Wednesday published the findings of a study in which BTIG researchers contacted 250 AT&T and Verizon Wireless retail …
iPhone 5 to launch in September, iPad 3 to feature better display, report says
Apple plans to launch its fifth-generation iPhone this September, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The report contradicts information BGR exclusively reported on Tuesday suggesting that Apple may …
LulzSec hacked, exposed by rival hackers [updated]
LulzSec isn’t making any friends in the U.S. government or within any of the numerous companies that own the websites it has hacked, and apparently the …
RIM trims internal PlayBook sales estimates, report claims
Despite respectable sales in its first quarter of availability, RIM has reportedly slashed internal sales estimates for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. RIM announced during its …
