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Yahoo’s apparently on a roll. Under Ceo Marissa Mayer’s guidance, the struggling search giant has been making it rain to the tune of billions. It seems Mayer’s strategy is to use Yahoo’s still formidable war chest to buy up  the things it lacks. It…

Back in April, we told you to expect the Sony Xperia S to be updated to Jelly Bean some time in May; well, with just one week left in the month, Sony's French Twitter account tweeted the information that Android 4.1.2 is coming to the device. You might…

Both Google and Microsoft think it'd be a shame to deny Windows Phone users the glory of Keyboard Cat videos, which is why the two companies have agreed to team up and jointly create a native YouTube app for Microsoft's mobile platform. The Next Web reports…

Microsoft and Google have finally put an end to their clash over the YouTube app for Windows Phone. Google today announced that it will work with Microsoft to deliver a YouTube app that complies with policies. Read the full story here.

July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale It’s all sunshine and lollipops over in Windows Phone land today. Google announced that it’s ending its fight over Microsoft’s YouTube Windows Phone app, and that the two companies will be…

A leaked slide from Google I/O appears to show off a redesigned version of Gmail for Android; the slide was displayed during a session called "Structure in Android App Design," which showed a new navigation drawer. There is the three line button in the top…

The Cube U30GT2 is an amazing tablet that sells for a great price and has only one tragic flaw: poor WiFi range. If you can get around the limited WiFi performance, the tablet has an excellent display, a fast processor, and a pretty solid software experience.…

One of the most common problems that annoyed early Xbox 360 adopters was the appearance of the "red ring of death," a flashing red light on the console's start button indicating that its hardware was essentially fried and would need to be sent to Microsoft to…

After a bit of a quarrel between Microsoft and Google over what kind of application they thought they were building for YouTube, they’ve shaken on a co-developed final iteration. If you’ve been using the Microsoft-made YouTube app recently, you may have…

After a brief spat, Google said Friday it is working with Microsoft to craft a YouTube app for Windows Phone that meets its terms of service. “Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance…

Microsoft and Google are pulling together to build a Windows Phone YouTube app that will serve ads and abide by Google's demands. The Next Web reported on Friday that the rival companies have made amends and are collaborating on an update that will appease...

Microsoft and Google have decided to make love, not war by joining forces to create an official YouTube app together for Windows Phone. “Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with…

With the Sony XPERIA ZL, the company took a double-tiered approach to a hero smartphone release – unlike what Samsung and HTC have done with their HTC One and GALAXY S 4, Sony has created a machine that’s got the same innards as the XPERIA Z, but with a…

It is no secret that Google would like to be a wireless carrier. The company has long been rumored to be eyeing various partnerships to launch its own wireless network as soon as this year. The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Google is looking to…

If you're starting to fall into the groove with BBM Channels, you may now be searching for even more channels to subscribe to. While there is a section within BBM that lists featured channels, there is no other way to discover new ones that may interest you.…

The HiSense Sero 7 LT tablet has broken the $100 price mark at Walmart and at $99, the 7 inch Android slate is cheaper than a number of more well-known tablets in this niche including the Amazon Kindle Fire ($159) and the Google Nexus 7 ($199); the Sero 7 is…

We've gotta give it to Microsoft... building a YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 that strips out advertising and allows users to download streaming videos was one hell of a way to get Google's attention about the lack of an official app for the platform -- even…

You might have thought Google’s gigabit fiber plans in the U.S. were big, but Google may have even bigger broadband ambitions in the developing world. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is working with governments and local regulators in…

It doesn’t look like Yahoo is putting the breaks on its recent appetite for big acquisitions. In fact, published reports Friday indicate that Yahoo – which just acquired Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion – is planning to make an offer for Hulu, the hugely…

It’s back, ladies and gents. Season 4 of Arrested Development will be releasing on Sunday, May 26 only on Netflix. Be sure to cancel all of your Sunday plans and get all your chores done on Saturday, because Sunday will be a busy day. Each episode of the new…

The developers of Pinguy Linux have released version 13.04, which is based on Ubuntu 13.04. But it includes a number of features that you don’t get from a standard Ubuntu installation. Meanwhile, a hacker has figured out a way to bypass the bootloader and…

Editor’s note: Keynote Systems’ Startup Shootout Index provides some insight into the three-screen challenge — desktop, smartphone, and tablet — now facing anyone with a web presence. We’ll be bringing you a fresh set of data from Keynote every…

Google didn't unveil Android 4.3 at its Google I/O conference as many had hoped, but the company may soon release the next version of Android with a new camera app that has better controls and navigation. Read the full story here.

Microsoft unveiled its media dominance strategy at Tuesday’s big reveal of the Xbox One. But Xbox Chief, Don Mattrick neglected to outline just how deep Microsoft’s bid to dominate your living room will go. Now The Onion has the scoop on the new Xbox…

Peer-to-peer ride-sharing service SideCar is cleared to operate in California, the California Public Utilities Commission is expected to announce today. Not that this changes anything about how SideCar operates; after being sent a cease-and-desist order and…

Snapchat has taken the mobile world by storm. The application allows users to send pictures and videos to friends that will self-destruct after a maximum of 10 seconds. Even better, if someone tries to take a screenshot of the image, the sender is…

A Twitter account belonging to ITV, Britain’s largest TV broadcaster, is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the Syrian Electronic Army. The network confirmed to Reuters that the account was compromised. It’s the latest attack on a Twitter account…

Apple's MacBooks may soon get a 50 per cent boost in battery life once Intel releases its new lineup of Core processors. Haswell, the successor to Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture found in current MacBooks, will apparently reduce power consumption by half,...

Judge Denise Cote hinted Thursday that the U.S Department of Justice may have the evidence it needs to prove that Apple was involved in an elaborate eBook price fixing scheme. In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that…

We’re starting to see new computers running Intel‘s Haswell pop up from the woodwork, and while we know that these fourth-generation chips offer a performance boost from previous generations, Intel claims that they also offer a whopping 50% increase in…

AT&T is no longer saving its sparkly new LTE network for its high-end contract customers. On Friday the company confirmed it is opening up the faster speeds of its LTE and HSPA+ systems to GoPhone prepaid customers. Those high-capacity connections are only…

The common knock on Google Glass has been that it's far too dorky-looking for normal people to want to wear. David Pogue, writing at Scientific American, says that he got a chance to play around with Google Glass recently and came away with a somewhat…

The Verizon version of the Samsung GALAXY S 4 has arrived – and it’s surprisingly clean. While the Samsung Galaxy Note II came with a strangely placed Verizon logo on its home button, this device keeps with the common look on its outsides. On the other…

According to MacRumors, AT&T is expected to improve its GoPhone prepaid wireless brand tomorrow, rolling out LTE and HSPA+ data network access and official support for the iPhone. GoPhone customers who have been using the service with an iPhone or compatible…

Google has been busy pushing ahead with plans to be a wired internet provider in the US with Google Fiber, and it looks like it's intent on being a major player in the wireless network business elsewhere in the world as well. According to a report out today…

Tizen is a Linux-based operating system that’s backed by Samsung and which is expected to ship on Samsung smartphones this year. But the OS isn’t just for mobile devices like phones and tablets. The folks at Tizen Experts got a chance to check out an…

Last week during BlackBerry Live, only a few major announcements were made. We’ve already discussed the cross-platform BBM launch platforms in detail but we haven’t really talked in depth about what the other announcement means to the company. Yes folks…

Senator Charles Schumer of New York today reintroduced the Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act. The bill was first proposed a year ago, but was never acted upon by congress. The act would make it a federal crime to alter or change the unique device…

On Monday Opera Software released Opera Mobile 14. This is the first non-Beta Opera browser to be based on the open source WebKit layout engine rather than Opera's legacy in-house Presto engine. Opera Mobile 14 uses a very recent 537.71 version of WebKit.…

There's a bidding war going on over a crowd-sourced map application provider. Or so the rumor mill says. Credible sources are pointing to a competition between Google and Facebook for Waze. Businessweek is driving part of the clamor with its headline, "Google…