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Microsoft's Cortana challenges Apple's Siri to a duel in this video ad, guess who's victorious

Microsoft's Cortana challenges Apple's Siri to a duel in this video ad, guess who's victorious

yesterday, 03:39 | by Peter K.
Let's face it, we are pretty aware that Microsoft is pretty keen on mocking others and nonchalantly comparing...

Get an invite for Offtime - the app that ensures you get enough time for your own in a hyper-connected world

Get an invite for Offtime - the app that ensures you get enough time for your own in a hyper-connected world

yesterday, 03:33 | by Luis D.
Using a clean, simple interface, Offtime lets users customize their connectivity the way they want. Complete...

In webOS news, HP settles lawsuit with R&B legend Chubby Checker over a specific app

In webOS news, HP settles lawsuit with R&B legend Chubby Checker over a specific app

yesterday, 03:18 | by Maxwell R.
Before HP shut the doors and sold everything to LG, a lawsuit had been filed against the company in...

Apple about to acquire Swell, a radio podcast service, for roughly $30 million

Apple about to acquire Swell, a radio podcast service, for roughly $30 million

yesterday, 02:42 | by Peter K.
It appears that Apple is about to acquire Swell Radio, an iOS app that allows users to stream talk-radio...

Taiwan handset manufacturers expected to ship 21.95 million units in Q3

Taiwan handset manufacturers expected to ship 21.95 million units in Q3

yesterday, 01:02 | by Alan F.
In the third quarter of 2014, Taiwan's original design manufacturers and brand-name producers, will see...

Flipkart customers order the Windows Phone 8.1 powered Xolo Q900S, receive Android model instead

Flipkart customers order the Windows Phone 8.1 powered Xolo Q900S, receive Android model instead

yesterday, 00:22 | by Alan F.
So you ordered the Windows Phone 8.1 powered Xolo Q900S from Flipkart, the largest online retailer in...

Huawei Ascend Mate 3 (D3) to be released in September?

Huawei Ascend Mate 3 (D3) to be released in September?

2 days ago, 23:59 | by Florin T.
The Ascend Mate 3 seems to be the device previously known as the Huawei Ascend D3. It should feature...

Apple Stores to allow customers to use U.S. carrier's early upgrade programs to buy the iPhone

Apple Stores to allow customers to use U.S. carrier's early upgrade programs to buy the iPhone

2 days ago, 23:32 | by Alan F.
How would you like to use your Verizon Edge, AT&T Next or T-Mobile Jump! plans to get an early upgrade...

Best water-resistant smartphones

Best water-resistant smartphones

2 days ago, 22:32 | by Florin T.
There are quite many water-resistant smartphones that you can buy today, and some offer high-end features,...

The next-generation of power cells will double or triple your battery life

The next-generation of power cells will double or triple your battery life

2 days ago, 22:22 | by Alan F.
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered what could be the next-generation of Lithium-ion batteries....

What if the iPhone or iPad were their own company? How would they size up?

What if the iPhone or iPad were their own company? How would they size up?

2 days ago, 22:20 | by Maxwell R.
When Apple announced its quarterly earnings, the highlight of the announcement was the strength of...

Armchair quarterbacking Microsoft layoffs: money, culture, and farewell to Nokia

Armchair quarterbacking Microsoft layoffs: money, culture, and farewell to Nokia

2 days ago, 19:13 | by Maxwell R.
Now that we have had some time to digest Microsoft’s announcements to take the axe to a number of...

Internal Staples document reveals that Amazon will soon launch a credit card reader

Internal Staples document reveals that Amazon will soon launch a credit card reader

2 days ago, 18:28 | by Alan F.
A leaked internal Staples document, reveals that Amazon will soon offer a mobile credit card reader similar...

Homer lets you find out which apps your friends are using

Homer lets you find out which apps your friends are using

2 days ago, 15:58 | by Alan F.
Available from the Apple App Store, Homer allows you to find out which apps your iPhone and iPad totin'...

Windows Phone version of HTC One (M8) is confirmed?

Windows Phone version of HTC One (M8) is confirmed?

2 days ago, 14:19 | by Alan F.
The HTC One (M8) is certainly one of the front runners for the title of best designed smartphone for...

Partial list of features for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 update include apps for a smart case

Partial list of features for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 update include apps for a smart case

2 days ago, 12:23 | by Alan F.
On Saturday, we told you about the Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 update that is being internally tested by Microsoft...

Some manufacturers get a slice of Microsoft's revenue from Bing

Some manufacturers get a slice of Microsoft's revenue from Bing

3 days ago, 11:06 | by Alan F.
Microsoft no longer charges manufacturers for using the Windows Phone OS on their handsets. But that...

How to make Android look like Windows Phone 8

How to make Android look like Windows Phone 8

3 days ago, 09:01 | by Florin T.
Your Android smartphone can look like a Windows Phone device - all you have to do is search for third-party...

Diagnostic tools in iOS have access to far more personal data than previously thought, bypass encryption

Diagnostic tools in iOS have access to far more personal data than previously thought, bypass encryption

3 days ago, 04:50 | by Maxwell R.
Through a proof of concept video, we are shown the large amount of data available through...

Pre-order the pink HTC One (M8) from Carphone Warehouse and get a free Dot View case

Pre-order the pink HTC One (M8) from Carphone Warehouse and get a free Dot View case

3 days ago, 03:04 | by Alan F.
The HTC One (M8) will be launched in pink from the U.K.'s Carphone Warehouse starting on August 7th....

Record orders for the Apple iPhone 6 could lead to a 5% to 10% price hike for competing phones

Record orders for the Apple iPhone 6 could lead to a 5% to 10% price hike for competing phones

3 days ago, 00:33 | by Alan F.
Apple has recently been rumored to have ordered a record 70 million to 80 million units of the Apple...

Huawei Ascend P7 receives firmware update in Germany

Huawei Ascend P7 receives firmware update in Germany

3 days ago, 23:43 | by Alan F.
The Huawei Ascend P7 was launched in early May, and by the middle of last month, it had sold over 1 million...

Project Baseline: Google’s quest to collect medical data, shape human health

Project Baseline: Google’s quest to collect medical data, shape human health

3 days ago, 23:24 | by Maxwell R.
Queue Google’s latest moonshot, Project Baseline, also known as the Baseline Study, will collect...

Bose sues Beats, noise cancelation patents at issue

Bose sues Beats, noise cancelation patents at issue

3 days ago, 22:03 | by Maxwell R.
Apple has not taken Beats Electronics under its wing just yet, the parties involved are just waiting...

HTC Desire 610 just 99 cents on contract at AT&T

HTC Desire 610 just 99 cents on contract at AT&T

3 days ago, 22:01 | by Alan F.
For just 99 cents, and a signed two year contract, you can wind up with the HTC Desire 610 from AT&T....

Microsoft job listing hints at new photo and video applications

Microsoft job listing hints at new photo and video applications "across all screens"

3 days ago, 20:30 | by Alan F.
Microsoft is apparently working on a new and improved way for Windows users to view pictures and video...

Watch out Glass! Lenovo announces wearable competitor, the C1

Watch out Glass! Lenovo announces wearable competitor, the C1

3 days ago, 20:08 | by Maxwell R.
Google Glass is still in a relative infancy for the type of wearable it is, an accessory to don upon...

BlackBerry seeks partner to go up against the Apple-IBM enterprise combination

BlackBerry seeks partner to go up against the Apple-IBM enterprise combination

3 days ago, 17:08 | by Alan F.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen was the first to call Apple iPhone users "wallhuggers," because of the necessity...

MetroPCS customers are migrating to T-Mobile's GSM network ahead of schedule

MetroPCS customers are migrating to T-Mobile's GSM network ahead of schedule

3 days ago, 15:18 | by Alan F.
T-Mobile has announced that 92% of MetroPCS customers in three important markets (Boston, Hartford, Conn.,...

Is Motorola working in a 5.9-inch Nexus, codenamed Shamu?

Is Motorola working in a 5.9-inch Nexus, codenamed Shamu?

3 days ago, 14:22 | by Michael H.
Ever since Google first announced its intentions to purchase Motorola, there have been rumors (aka hopes)...

Logic board for Apple iPhone 6 is spotted, reveals support for NFC and Wi-Fi 802.11ac

Logic board for Apple iPhone 6 is spotted, reveals support for NFC and Wi-Fi 802.11ac

3 days ago, 13:45 | by Alan F.
Out of France Saturday morning, comes a leaked picture alleged to be the logic board for the upcoming...

Grab a slice! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie game is here for iOS and Android

Grab a slice! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie game is here for iOS and Android

3 days ago, 13:07 | by Alan F.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will never die. The pizza munching, genetically altered "heroes in a...

Windows Phone 8.1, Lumia Cyan get pushed out in Australia and New Zealand

Windows Phone 8.1, Lumia Cyan get pushed out in Australia and New Zealand

3 days ago, 11:45 | by Alan F.
G'day mates. If you live down under and own a Windows Phone 8 flavored Nokia Lumia handset, the Windows...

11 awesome (and free) cat wallpapers for Android

11 awesome (and free) cat wallpapers for Android

4 days ago, 10:39 | by Florin T.
We've made a selection of live Android wallpapers that show cats - because, you know, cats want to be...

Samsung Galaxy S4 catches fire under the pillow of a 13 year-old girl

Samsung Galaxy S4 catches fire under the pillow of a 13 year-old girl

4 days ago, 01:09 | by Alan F.
A 13 year-old Texas girl, who kept her Samsung Galaxy S4 under her pillow, was awoken by the smell of...

Sprint expected to report a loss of 900,000 subscribers for the second quarter

Sprint expected to report a loss of 900,000 subscribers for the second quarter

4 days ago, 00:28 | by Alan F.
Sprint is expected to release its second quarter earnings on July 30th, but analysts aren't expecting...

Shiny! Firefly Online to get original cast for voices

Shiny! Firefly Online to get original cast for voices

4 days ago, 23:29 | by Michael H.
Last year at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that there would be a Firefly Online game coming to...

U.S. cellphone unlocking bill awaits Obama's signature after passing through the House

U.S. cellphone unlocking bill awaits Obama's signature after passing through the House

4 days ago, 22:24 | by Alan F.
All that is needed is for President Barack Obama to put his John Hancock on the bill, and unlocking your...

Live Lock Screen beta app launches for Windows Phone 8.1 users

Live Lock Screen beta app launches for Windows Phone 8.1 users

4 days ago, 19:50 | by Alan F.
Windows Phone's Joe Belfiore, sent out a tweet on Friday, inviting those with Windows Phone 8.1 to download...

Windows Phone users get to sign up with BBM next week

Windows Phone users get to sign up with BBM next week

4 days ago, 15:34 | by Alan F.
Trying to make BBM a successful stand-alone messaging app, BlackBerry has opened it up for iOS and Android...

Xiaomi Mi4 to launch in Italy next month; pre-order period starts now

Xiaomi Mi4 to launch in Italy next month; pre-order period starts now

4 days ago, 14:40 | by Alan F.
The Xiaomi Mi4 was just introduced earlier this week, loaded to the gills with some sweet specs. Xiaomi's...

Four more paid iOS apps that are yours for the taking

Four more paid iOS apps that are yours for the taking

4 days ago, 12:53 | by Alan F.
There is nothing like that feeling of getting something of value for nothing. And that is what we have...

Check out these parts, allegedly heading for the 5.5 inch Apple iPhone phablet

Check out these parts, allegedly heading for the 5.5 inch Apple iPhone phablet

4 days ago, 11:37 | by Alan F.
With the majority of recent leaks pertaining to the iPhone focusing on the 4.7 inch Apple iPhone 6, this...

5-inch LG D635 with Windows Phone 8.1 coming soon?

5-inch LG D635 with Windows Phone 8.1 coming soon?

25 Jul 2014, 10:10 | by Florin T.
LG may soon return to Microsoft's Windows Phone with a handset that seems to be offering mid-range features...

Mobile Olympics: phones with the best battery life

Mobile Olympics: phones with the best battery life

25 Jul 2014, 09:41 | by Daniel P.
We take another peak in our database of battery tests to see which phones offer the most battery endurance,...

Here’s how to record screen video on Apple’s iPhone and iPad

Here’s how to record screen video on Apple’s iPhone and iPad

25 Jul 2014, 09:11 | by Victor H.
Whether you’re a blogger who wants to show something awesome on their iPhone or iPad to the world, a...

Apple's 5.5" phablet and iPad Air 2 production to start in September, indicating a separate release event

25 Jul 2014, 08:59 | by Daniel P.
That 5.5" Apple phablet, the iPad Air 2 and next iPad mini? Sorry, those are unlikely to appear on stage...

Wear Hotspot allows you to toggle your phone's tethering on from your Android Wear smartwatch

Wear Hotspot allows you to toggle your phone's tethering on from your Android Wear smartwatch

25 Jul 2014, 08:55 | by Paul.K
Wear Hotspot is one of these apps that emphasise on the synergy that your Android smartphone has (or...

Samsung's 7-inch Galaxy W launches in China as the Tab Q, still makes phone calls

Samsung's 7-inch Galaxy W launches in China as the Tab Q, still makes phone calls

25 Jul 2014, 08:29 | by Florin T.
The giant Samsung Galaxy W has a new name for the Chinese market, but it remains an unusual Android device...

Samsung outs a stunning short film, shot entirely with the Galaxy S5

Samsung outs a stunning short film, shot entirely with the Galaxy S5

25 Jul 2014, 08:12 | by Daniel P.
Samsung's phone cameras are usually among the very best ones available, and the one in the Galaxy S5...

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