Smartphones

Remember that picture above? Samsung was the sponsor behind Ellen DeGeneres’s headline-grabbing, record-breaking, Twitter-busting “selfie” at the Oscars. For Samsung, it was part of a much larger, longer-term march to become one of the most talked about brands in America. For quite a number of years running, Coke was the most talked about brand in Continue Reading →

BlackBerry announced on Tuesday it will end its licensing agreement with T-Mobile when it expires on April 25th, meaning the fourth-largest carrier in the United States will soon no longer be able to sell BlackBerry products. In a press release, John Chen, BlackBerry’s CEO, said although the two companies had “a positive relationship for many Continue Reading →

As further proof of how WhatsApp remains the world’s most popular messaging app, it revealed on Tuesday that it has hit a new record after processing 64 billion messages in just 24 hours. That figure consists of 20 billion messages sent and 44 billion messages received. These figures don’t match because they include group messages, Continue Reading →

Using Office on a touch screen will get a whole lot easier soon. Microsoft has unveiled a new version of Office that gives each of its apps a mode built around use on a touchscreen — a feature that their predecessors quite noticeably lacked. The new version, which Microsoft calls “a preview of a work Continue Reading →

At its Build 2014 conference on Wednesday, Microsoft announced universal Windows apps, which work across PCs, phones, tablets and even the Xbox One. In other words, the Windows runtime in Windows 8.1 Update 1 will be available to Windows Phone developers. This is a huge announcement for developers looking to build apps on Windows. David Continue Reading →

At its Build 2014 conference on Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8.1. Among the new features is a personal digital assistant named Cortana, a new Action Center, as well as support for customizable lockscreens and backgrounds. Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Google Now and Apple’s Siri, completely replaces the search function on Windows Phone, which makes Continue Reading →

ExciteM announced on Wednesday it will be a featured startup at the 2014 NAB Show. The company, a San Francisco-based technology leader in real-time participation TV, will demonstrate its participation TV technology, which lets newscasters and audiences to interact in real-time via live-polling, feedback and contests. The system lets viewers quickly and easily register opinions on Continue Reading →

Samsung copied Apple’s iPhone as it tried to figure out how to react and compete with the device, Apple attorneys told a court on Tuesday. Because of that, Samsung should pay Apple about $2 billion in damages, they said. Harold McElhinny, one of the lead attorneys in Apple’s patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, said during Continue Reading →

We know that Google has been looking to bring more advanced photo features to Android for a while, but it may soon be ready to show off what it’s been working on. Sources aware of Google’s plans have confirmed to us that the search giant is currently testing a new version of its camera app Continue Reading →

With kids in the US clocking in screen time like it’s a full-time job — they spend on average seven hours a day in front of some sort of screen — researchers at Iowa State University decided to investigate what sort of effects, if any, parental monitoring of all that screen time might have. What Continue Reading →