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On paper, Apple looks strong: This week, it beat Wall Street estimates, reporting $43.6 billion in revenue, compared to $39.2 billion at the same time last year. But in reality, Apple might not be quite as dominant as the numbers …
Facebook recently unveiled two new products: Facebook Home for Android and the HTC First. I’ve seen a fair bit of confusion about what the difference between these products is, so let’s talk about what Facebook Home is, what the HTC …
T-Mobile introduced its new “uncarrier” plans earlier this week, and CEO John Legere wants to make it perfectly clear that T-Mobile doesn’t want to be considered a “typical” carrier anymore. To wit: The carrier is doing away with device subsidies …
Samsung took the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City last week to unveil its latest flagship smartphone, the much anticipated Galaxy S 4. In a rare shift, Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 actually looks very similar to …
Every February, the GSM Association holds an enormous trade show in Barcelona, Spain called Mobile World Congress (MWC). The show is packed solid with new mobile goodies, and it has served to launch some of the biggest devices on the market. …
BlackBerry’s new app store — called BlackBerry World — has debuted for new BlackBerry 10 handsets like the Z10 (which I told you about a few weeks ago). The store has an impressive 70,000 apps, but even so, that’s a …
While all the other guys – Apple, Microsoft, Samsung – have revved their handsets and operating systems in recent months, we’ve been waiting, patiently, for some sign of life from RIM. Finally, this week, we’re gotten a sense of whether the …
Amazon has already proved that it knows how to sell gadgets. And while the company has yet to reveal actual sales figure numbers, we do know that its Kindle and Kindle Fire products are selling well enough that it doesn’t …
Did you notice that, thanks to Instagram, the Internet broke this week? People – and the media in particular – have been up in arms since Facebook-owned Instagram updated its terms of service. In essence, the social network appeared to …
It’s alive! Nintendo is finally selling its brand new home gaming console. Called the Wii U, it’s both the successor to company’s extremely successful Wii and the first new gaming console to hit stores in years – beating the PlayStation …
