It's still too early to say BlackBerry is in great shape but the company is clearly much better off than it was a year ago when it looked like it was in its last throes. A lot of credit for this turnaround goes to CEO John Chen, who has helped the company stabilize its finances while also moving it away from relying on mobile device sales and more toward making money from enterprise software and services.
The Galaxy S5 has been one of the year's biggest disappointments and Samsung clearly knows it has to shake some things up to recapture the magic it had with the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy S4. SamMobile reports that Samsung's next flagship phone won't just be an upgrade in specs like the Galaxy S5 was from the Galaxy S4, but will rather be designed "from scratch" as the company has gone "back to the drawing board" for the new phone.
The limitations of Windows Phone — primarily the lack of high-quality new apps in its app store — are already well known. However, it looks as though Windows Phone might have a very important advantage over Android in one crucial metric: Battery life.
We're just two weeks out from IFA 2014, which means unannounced phones have already started passing through China's TENAA agency. On Thursday, the Xperia Z3 appeared on the agency's website, complete with a full spec sheet and high-resolution press photos. Some of the details are missing, but it's the most sizable leak for the new Sony flagship smartphone we've seen so far.
This is a concept prototype to show the use of extensions to provide access to hue from the notification centre! http://bit.ly/1pb4RKM
— Philips Hue Dev (@philipshuedev) June 5, 2014 
Do you have friends that send you long-winded emails that take forever to get to the one point that you actually want to respond to? Don't worry: New iOS app Seer will scan the email for you and give you only the relevant bits. Seer, which is available to download for free from the Apple App Store, bills itself as a personal assistant app whose sole job is to help you manage the voluminous amount of email you get every day.
While Sundar Pichai’s statements regarding Android malware and security have been misinterpreted, Google plans to further increase the security of its mobile operating systems just as the executive said. ComputerWorld reports that the company is soon going to update its “Verify Apps” feature to constantly monitor app behavior in the background and figure out whether an app has any malicious intents.
BlackBerry’s CEO just missed being named CNN’s CEO of the Year