Month: October 2015

Revenue is up in the first partial quarter since AT&T acquired DirecTV in July. The revenue gain is largely due to the acquisition. Read the original post by Evan Selleck

YouTube viewers who’d like to avoid online ads when they watch videos will now be able to pay $9.99 a month for ad-free viewing. Read the original post by Evan Selleck

Which came first: the chicken, the egg, or the iPhone? An HTC exec is claiming none of the above. Following widespread criticism that HTC’s newest One A9 […] Read the original post by Oscar Raymundo

It used to be so easy to fly under-the-radar on Facebook. You could prevent people from searching for you by name, then that went away. […] Read the original post by Caitlin McGarry

Dale Myers posted a blog entry a few days ago about a problem he’d found in 1Password: while passwords in AgileBits’ vaults were secure, metadata […] Read the original post by Glenn Fleishman

In betas of iOS 9.1 and OS X 10.11.1, Apple added a mysterious emoji symbol consisting of an eye inside of a speech bubble. At […] Read the original post by Juli Clover

The fashion wristwatch merchant also introduces a new analog watch that connects to a user’s smartphone via Bluetooth. Read the original post by Evan Selleck

‘Steve Jobs,’ a film of high drama and intrigue Image by Universal Studios The making of the new film “Steve Jobs” included almost as much drama and […] Read the original post by Matt Kapko

Siri and other voice-activated systems can cause potentially unsafe mental distractions lasting several seconds while driving, according to a new research study by the AAA […] Read the original post by Joe Rossignol

Lowest drift bandgap voltage reference ever Linear Tech is claiming a record for its latest voltage reference – the lowest drift bandgap ever – at 1.5ppm/°C, […] Read the original post by steve bush

Comcast could soon take another shot at the quadruple play as it reportedly looks to launch its own wireless phone service. Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that […] Read the original post by Jared Newman

Your Instagram feed is about to be hit with a new kind of image—something caught between a looping Vine and a GIF that lasts just […] Read the original post by Caitlin McGarry

The update lets iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and Mac users make and receive calls from multiple devices using a single phone number. Read the original post by Evan Selleck

HTC has denied claims that its new flagship One A9 smartphone copies the iPhone. At a press briefing in Taiwan, company executive Jack Tong said […] Read the original post by Joe Rossignol

In a new nationwide study conducted by retailer Best Buy, the top gadgets and products planned to be gifted and asked for this holiday season […] Read the original post by Mitchel Broussard