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Samsung has just outed its shiny new Galaxy S5 at Mobile World Congress, but you may be curious how it stacks up against flagships from other outfits. Well folks, we’ve lined it up side-by-side with the Sony Xperia Z2, LG G Pro 2 and HTC One on the other side of the break. While the Continue Reading →

The Bitcoin community is on edge as a leaked document shows that the Mt. Gox exchange, a longtime pillar of the virtual currency, is missing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of customer money and is heading for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the leaders of high profile Bitcoin companies, including Coinbase and Circle, issued a public letter Continue Reading →

The Walt Disney Studios on Tuesdaylaunched Disney Movies Anywhere, its cloud-based digital movie service that enables consumers to stream any Disney, Pixar, and Marvel movie across any device. It is powered by iTunes so people can use their account to download any one of Disney’s library of over 400 active digital titles, including its most Continue Reading →

T-Mobile’s aggressive “Un-Carrier” promotion plan resulted in a net gain of 1.6 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, but losses widened to $20 million as a result of the company’s aggressive marketing tactics. The company posted a net loss of $0.03 a share on revenue of $6.83 billion, compared to analyst expectations, on average, of Continue Reading →

BlackBerry’s CEO made the stunning revelation that he’d accept a $19 billion (read: the price paid for WhatsApp by Facebook) offer for BBM, the messaging service that makes up one small part of the Waterloo-based company with a market cap of $5.17 billion he currently runs. Chen dropped the bomb at MWC in an interview Continue Reading →

CBS and Viacom’s majority shareholder, Sumner Redstone, coined the phrase “content is king.” And the 90-year-old mogul has put his money where his mouth is by outrageously overpaying his content-producing kings Les Moonves , CEO of CBS, and Philippe Dauman, CEO of Viacom. Moonves and Dauman’s compensation in 2012 (2013 figures haven’t been released as of the Continue Reading →

You haven’t heard the last of the YotaPhone, the unusual Android handset with an e-ink display on its back. Although the smartphone has only been on the market for a few months, its manufacturer is already showing off the next generation. This second act is rounder, a bit svelter, and incrementally smarter. We were lucky Continue Reading →

The line between youthful rebelliousness and something more dangerous is not always clear. But in her angry musings on Twitter, Alba González Camacho, 21, who describes herself as a “very normal girl,” sailed across it. After she posted messages calling for a far-left terrorist organization to return to arms and kill politicians, Spain’s national court Continue Reading →

Huawei hasn’t exactly been keeping quiet about its very own wearable device, so Monday’s announcement of its TalkBand B1 should be no surprise to anyone. As shown in the earlier leaks, it has a 1.4-inch flexible OLED display on the band, but what hasn’t been obvious until now is that it also supports wireless calling Continue Reading →

Microsoft isn’t saying “Windows Phone 8.1” on Monday at Mobile World Congress, but the company is detailing a few of its features. In an update arriving this spring, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore says the company will “technically” support all existing Windows Phone 8 devices. It’s not clear whether carriers will allow Windows Phone 8.1 devices to Continue Reading →