Ron Wayne isn't nearly as famous as Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak but he's nonetheless one of Apple's three cofounders who helped the company get off the ground in the 1970s. For his work, Wayne was given a 10% stake in the company... which he sold soon after for just $800.
After showing some promise in 2013, Windows Phone adoption has largely stagnated in 2014, especially in the United States. ZDNet's Ed Bott, who has used Windows Phone for years, recently threw up his hands in frustration because he's sick and tired of wireless carriers — and Verizon in particular — not caring enough about Windows Phone users to help them get the latest updates and features on their devices.
Based on what we've seen from Windows 10 so far, Microsoft has been listening closely to its users ever since the ill-fated launch of Windows 8. The Start menu is back, the interface is cohesive and the operating system will run across each of Microsoft's product categories, from computers to tablets to phones. But how much is it going to cost?
Residents in Austin, Texas can sign up to get Google Fiber in their neighborhoods right now. And to convince Austinians that getting Fiber is in their best interests, the company has put out a new promotional video showing them all the ways Google's 1Gbps service will change their lives for the better.
Samsung on Tuesday released a new promo video to kick off the holiday season, highlighting several Galaxy-branded devices and other Samsung products, with the help of famed Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, the celebrity couple the company already used in a different ad in mid-September.
There have been a lot of great Android phones released this year but we still have a soft spot in our hearts for the HTC One (M8), which really saw HTC make some excellent refinements and improvements to its already outstanding hardware design. And the good news is that the One (M8) will soon get a whole lot better with the addition of Android 5.0 Lollipop, which is one of the best new releases of Android we've seen yet.
In addition to targeting your computers and smartphones, hackers might revert to a different kind of hacking to enter your house, at least virtually, and steal sensitive information. According to t\, “79% of American home networks are at risk of cybersecurity attacks,” with the point of entry being unsecured wireless routers.
When you were a kid, did you ever imagine what it would be like to be Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz? While you'll likely never get swept away by a tornado and whisked away to an enchanted kingdom, a clever new accessory will let you find your way home just by clicking your heels.
Is Samsung's Gear VR too hot for your head to handle? G for Games points us to a new report from Korean publication Asia Today that claims Samsung's virtual reality headset may start overheating after only 25 minutes of use.
In case you’re looking to improve your yoga game without the help of a professional trainer, then you should check out a SmartMat on Indiegogo, a smartphone and tablet-connected smart mat that can keep tabs on your practice and offer real-time advice on how to improve your yoga experience. SmartMat looks and feels as a regular yoga map, but contains a layer of sensors that can detect movement and provide according feedback, offering both visual guidance and Siri-like audio instructions. The mat can be used both during regular class sessions, offering silent feedback during them, but also at home.
Big providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable may want to cling to the past but it looks like smaller cable providers seem to know that cord cutting is actually the future. The Wall Street Journal reports that smaller cable providers are increasingly placing more emphasis on their broadband offerings and less on TV packages as consumers have shown that they would much rather have a faster Internet service than hundreds of channels they never watch.
We're at least a few months out from the release of the Apple Watch, but just about everyone has sounded off with their opinions of Apple's first wearable. Whether its watchmakers or the general public, there seems to have been a wide range of reactions. One of the groups that many of us were most interested to hear from was the fashion industry, if for no other reason than to know whether or not we'd look ridiculous wearing an Apple Watch. The response was divisive, but many designers were impressed with the smartwatch.
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler just gave a tough speech about the state of broadband competition in the United States and it seems to bode very poorly for Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable. Per The Washington Post , Wheeler ripped into what he said were broadband "duopolies" in many markets while noting that "meaningful competition for high-speed wired broadband is lacking."
Android smartphone buyers who fell in love with LG’s newly launched G3 but would like something smaller yet similar, should know that an LG G3 S is in the making – or a G3 mini. Phone Arena reports that the LG G3 S user manual has been found online, providing more details about the unreleased phone, including pictures, but also specs and features.
Despite the continued expansion of Samsung's enormous international footprint, the company's CFO Lee Sang Hoon says second quarter earnings for 2014 are going to be "not that good." Bloomberg reports that Samsung is expected to post an operating profit of 8.4 trillion won ($8.2 billion) for the quarter, a significant slide from the record performance of 10.2 trillion won in Q3 2013.
Over the past several years, we've seen brave state legislatures rise up to tackle the most dangerous threat to the American way of life: Small towns that hate their incumbent cable companies and want to build their own broadband networks. DSLReports points out that Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler has written a new blog post where he points out that some towns and cities have successfully built their own high-speed fiber networks and that those municipalities haven't yet succumbed to communism.
Sorry, Bitcoin fans: You're never, ever, ever getting all your precious pieces of cryptocurrency back from Mt. Gox. The Wall Street Journal reports that Mt. Gox, the one-time Magic Card trading website that transformed itself into the world's largest Bitcoin exchange before it collapsed earlier this year, has filed for liquidation.
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