Google Nexus S overclocked to 1.2GHz
With no more than a few weeks left to hold the arbitrary title of “world’s best Android phone,” Google’s Nexus S is sweating. In a …
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eLocity outs Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) in new tablet announcement
In the inevitable hurricane of Android tablets set to rain down on CES this week, one thing is for sure: it won’t be easy for …
Honeycomb to require dual-core processor?
According to a report filed by PCMag today, Google’s soon-to-be-released, tablet-optimized Android iteration –Honeycomb — will require some serious processing power. The blog cites the managing …
HTC EVO 4G Shift specs confirmed by Walmart
It’s been called the HTC Knight, the HTC Speedy, the HTC EVO Shift 4G, the HTC EVO 4G Shift and now Walmart is calling it …
Amid SEC inquiry, Facebook gets $50 billion valuation after $500 million private investment
Social networking giant Facebook may be looking to conquer another market, Wall Street. After news spread of a $500 million investment — $450 million from …
Apple’s market cap passes $300 billion
Apple’s stock is up around 7 points at the time this post was published, and you know what that means… the company’s market cap is …
Best Buy’s new ‘Buy Back’ program to launch January 5th for phones, laptops, tablets, and TVs
One of our trusted Best Buy sources has come through with several documents that provide additional details on the retailer’s new Buy Back program. The …
Nielsen: Apple maintains U.S. market share lead in November; Android closing in fast
Nielsen released its November 2010 smartphone market share data for the U.S. on Monday, and highlighted two main observations along with its report. First, Apple’s …
Vizio makes VIA Phone and VIA Tablet official
Following on the heels of a report by the Wall Street Journal, electronics maker Vizio has made its entry into the smartphone and tablet market …
Vizio announces over 21 Theater 3D HDTVs, passive glasses, up to 71-inch size
Vizio is currently the only manufacturer to have a passive 3DTV set on the market, and they aren’t slowing down their Theater 3D TV assault. The company …
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 …
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 …
