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Bogus Facebook accounts are on the rise, according to a report filed by the social network with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. In its 10-Q statement, Facebook reported that 8.7 percent, or 83 million, of its 955 million accounts are either duplicates or “false.” That’s a substantial increase over figures released Continue Reading →

According to a patent application made public by the USPTO this morning (and originally filed a year ago), Apple believes it’s possible to build a flexible display into an iPad cover in order to “greatly enhance” the functionality of the tablet itself. Taking power and data from a dedicated connector on the side of the Continue Reading →

Sony’s first-quarter figures for 2012 show that despite the company’s optimism three months ago, it’s made a net loss of $312 million. It pulled in a whopping $19.2 billion in sales for the three months ending June 30th, partly credited to bringing Sony Mobile fully into the family. However, the cost of restructuring the Mobile Continue Reading →

Google Wallet has been hampered by a number of limitations since its launch, not the least of which is its limited device compatibility. Perhaps a bigger problem though, was its lack of support for most major credit and debit cards. Today that finally changes with the latest version of Big G’s mobile payment system. Now Continue Reading →

Twitter is getting in on the social analysis game. The micro-blog will publish a daily measurement of Twitter sentiment surrounding the 2012 presidential election called the Twitter Political Index, the company announced Wednesday. The Index works like this: Every day, it scans every tweet mentioning one of the candidates and weighs it against millions of Continue Reading →

Right on schedule, Microsoft has just announced on its Windows Team blog that Windows 8 has emerged from its long development and testing phase, and will soon be in the hands of manufacturers and OEMs for installation on new PCs and devices. Among those on the list to receive the final build (build 9200, if Continue Reading →

iPhone activations at AT&T grew by just 3% in the second quarter this year, and many industry watchers pointed to the flood of next-generation iPhone rumors as a likely culprit for the slowed growth. BGR has exclusively learned that this is not entirely the case, however, and the stalled iPhone sales at the nation’s No.2 Continue Reading →

Google sent out an email to its developer community with news that Google Play is undergoing policy changes to crack down on shady behavior in the Android market. Google has updated developer program policy page to make the platform more secure and easier to navigate for users. The search giant also outlined the types of Continue Reading →

Ever since Google announced its intentions to turn all of its services inside out by adding a social layer by way of Google+, much attention has been directed at the Hangouts product. That attention is for good reason, because the video conferencing technology now leaves the friendly confines of Google+ for NFL.com, the company announced Continue Reading →

A day after upgrading its cloud music player, Amazon has delivered a native Amazon Instant Video app for iPad (not iPhone or iPod Touch, yet) to the App Store. It has access to streaming Prime Instant Video for subscribers, as well as downloaded or streamed video on-demand. Other key features include access to the Watchlist Continue Reading →