Uber has opened up its books for a rare examination, and the news is not good. From figures shown to Bloomberg, it would appear that Uber is taking in more revenue than ever before, but also losing money like crazy. For a company that is still yet to show its business plan is viable long-term, this …
All you seem to be able to read on social media lately is “2016 this” and “2016 that,” but how bad were the last 12 months really? This fake horror movie trailer by Friend Dog Studios attempts to answer that question, and as it turns out, the entire thing was actually just as frightening as …
It might feel like 2016 has already overstayed its welcome, but if you’re counting down the seconds until 2017 shows up, you better add one more. 2016’s final minute will be exactly one second longer than every other minute of the year, and it’s all due to the speed of Earth’s rotation not lining up …
It’s mid-December, which means it’s traditional for tech blogs to celebrate all that’s been great and good in the last year. But since 2016 has been the definitive dumpster-fire year, it stands to reason that instead of celebrating success, we should take a long, hard look at the gadget failures of the year.
Wireless telcos in the United States are poised to invest as much as $53 billion in 4G wireless network technology and buildouts over the next five years, resulting in as much as $151 billion in gross domestic product growth. A new report from accounting and consulting firm Deloitte suggests that that 4G expansion by U.S. …
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world in 2011, accounting for 28% of total cell phone sales according to market research firm IMS Research. The firm sees the recent surge of more affordable smartphones as playing a major role in the continued growth of the market, and IMS analysts estimate that global …
