Texas greenlights a $3.9 billion Samsung mobile chip foundry expansion 20 Dec 2012, 04:01 4

Samsung intended to invest $3.9 billion more into the expansion of its Austin, Texas mobile chips facility,...

Ex-Windows head will return to Harvard to teach 20 Dec 2012, 03:42 2

Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive best known for fixing the Windows Vista mess, and also for the...

ZTE U887 is an affordable 5-inch Android smartphone 20 Dec 2012, 03:41 8

ZTE has been teasing us with its newest high-end models – the Grand S and the Nubia Z5, but it has been...

Here's why Microsoft employees will be unhappy even though the Lumia 920 is selling very well 20 Dec 2012, 03:33 44

Back in September, Microsoft promised to give its employees a free Windows Phone 8 smartphone of their...

Pudding Monsters from the creators of ‘Cut the Rope’ goes live for iOS, Android soon to follow 20 Dec 2012, 03:14

The developers behind the blockbuster game Cut the Rope promised their next potential hit will hit the...

Apple iPad mini catching up with supply, may sell a huge 12 million by year-end 20 Dec 2012, 03:03 8

The 7.9-inch iPad mini might sell even better than expected and now Apple has reportedly increased orders...

Apple iPhone 5C to come with pre-shattered glass, tells America's finest news source (video) 20 Dec 2012, 02:35 12

We know about breaking in a pair of new shoes, but breaking in a new smartphone? Yet this is exactly...

Bend it like Samsung: 5.5" flexible HD screen on tap for CES 2013 20 Dec 2012, 02:16 25

At CES 2013 in just two short weeks, Samsung is said to showcase a 5.5" 1280x720 HD screen that can bend...

Verizon's Redbox Instant app now available for iOS and Android Beta testers 20 Dec 2012, 01:38 6

Verizon's Redbox instant is now up in the Google Play Store although the streaming video app will not...

Tim Cook is second runner up for Time's Person of the Year 19 Dec 2012, 22:58 33

President Barack Obama was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year and the second runner-up was Apple...

HTC ThunderBolt to get updated to Ice Cream Sandwich 19 Dec 2012, 21:03 37

A tweet from HTC USA brings the wonderful news that owners of the HTC ThunderBolt thought would never...

Soon after Android, Tumblr for iOS gets tablet support as well 19 Dec 2012, 20:08 2

Just yesterday, we told you about Tumblr for Android getting updated with tablet support, and today it's...

Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent invalidated by USPTO 19 Dec 2012, 18:48 66

One of Apple's most famous patents, one used by the Cupertino based tech giant in its suit against arch-rival...

ESPN ScoreCenter for Android gets complete UI overhaul 19 Dec 2012, 15:45 9

If you're like us, you know that this is one of the app overhauls that has been much needed for a long...

Google/Apple teamup succeeds in purchasing Kodak patents for $525M 19 Dec 2012, 15:28 27

When we first heard about this, we were pretty surprised, but it seemed to go along with Eric Schmidt's...

T-Mobile delays HTC 8X Windows Phone update 19 Dec 2012, 15:04

Yesterday, we saw leaked e-mails from T-Mobile saying that the Portico update for Windows Phone 8 would...

Google Maps causes a spike in iOS 6 updates 19 Dec 2012, 13:26 45

We were very curious to see whether or not this would happen, and it turns out we were right to wonder....

LG posts an ad for sold-out Nexus 4 19 Dec 2012, 13:11 16

As if they needed to drive even more demand for their supply-constrained handset, LG has released a nice...

BlackBerry 10 browser beats iOS 6 and Windows Phone 8 in rendering speed 19 Dec 2012, 09:42 61

BlackBerry 10 missed this Holiday season, but it’s gearing up for a big launch early next year, and leaks...

Phones in 2012: the year in numbers 19 Dec 2012, 08:57 18

The world is a huge place, but there is one thing nearly all of it has in common - cell phones. In 2012,...

SNES emulator released for Windows RT and Windows 8 19 Dec 2012, 08:26 11

Every self-respecting OS should have its retro game console emulator, don't you think? Well, there's...

Viber VoIP app surges to reach 140 million users, introduces fun Holiday themed update 19 Dec 2012, 08:01 7

Viber is probably one of the most popular Skype alternatives on smartphone. Unlike Skype it integrates...

Acer V360 Android smartphone leaks with 4.5-inch qHD screen, dual-core processor 19 Dec 2012, 07:09 12

The Acer V360 just leaked in a set of photos. It is shaping up like a mid-range model that stands out...

Ugly, uglier, ugliest: abominable phones that should have never existed, but yet did 19 Dec 2012, 06:21 46

We love original product design. In a world of greyish slabs, new ideas stand out and are always welcome…

Nokia 808 PureView vs Nokia Lumia 920 image stabilization test (video) 19 Dec 2012, 05:51 44

Now the dream smartphone camera unit would be a combination of those two, but until that moment in time...

Verizon announces additional markets going live with LTE on December 20th 19 Dec 2012, 05:23 3

At this point, we wonder if Verizon’s engineers are getting so good at lighting up the new network, that...