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Despite the fact that all signs point to Apple releasing the new iPhone in September, the company announced it sold 35.2 million units of current and older iPhone models in the June quarter. Apple also saw revenue of $37.4 billion, a net profit of $7.4 billion and its earnings per share grow to their highest […]

Blackberry officials have seemed pretty unconcerned about leaks regarding its upcoming Passport smartphone—to the point that CEO John Chen has cracked jokes about the fact that so much information is available online about the phone. Now, there’s a video demonstration of the new phone online. The video shows that the phone has a wide, three-row […]

Activist investor Elliott Management made headlines earlier this year by pressing Juniper Networks and Riverbed Technology to make changes in how they operate. Now, it is preparing to push data storage giant EMC to spin off virtualization pioneer VMware. The Wall Street Journal reported that Elliott Management has acquired more than $1 billion worth of […]

Independent security consultant Jesus Molina will expose the risks of hotel automation systems at the upcoming Black Hat security conference that starts Aug. 5. One hotel he visited was the St. Regis Shen Zhen hotel in China. While there, he noticed that there is an Apple iPad that hotel guests can use to control various […]

Over the next year, Microsoft plans to eliminate 18,000 jobs, or roughly 14 percent of the estimated 127,000 workers it employs worldwide. Many of these positions are from the company’s recently acquired Nokia handset business. This will be done in an effort to consolidate the Smart Devices and Mobile Phones business units into a single […]

In a surprise pairing, Apple and IBM are teaming up to develop applications and sell smartphones together. The tech giants plan to create easy-to-use business apps and deploy them on iPhones and iPads for enterprise users around the globe—where Android devices are currently king. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with CNBC that […]

Yesterday marked the end of an added 60-day window that the Federal Communications Commission had set up to collect public comments on the so-called “network neutrality” rules. Back in May, the Commission voted 3-2 in favor of Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking—a new rules proposal regarding net neutrality. Although the proposal […]

Samsung has introduced Galaxy Apps, which is a new online store where Galaxy device users can purchase mobile apps rather than using Google Play. Samsung stated that the store will feature hundreds of apps for its Galaxy line of Android smartphones, along with greater customization for Galaxy device owners. Galaxy Apps has three sections—Staff Picks, […]

There has been a long-running rumor that Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphones will feature sapphire glass displays. Now, it seems as though that may be true. YouTube blogger Marques Brownlee recently posted a video of himself with what he claims is the front glass of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, “straight off the assembly line,” and made […]

Read more about the stories in today’s news:Apple Pointed Finger at Google, While Cooperating With FTCThe Clock Is Ticking on Windows 7, Microsoft WarnsIBM to Spend $3 Billion to Research the Future of Chips, SystemsAvast Warns Selling Used Phones May Expose Personal Info In April, Apple began refunding $32.5 million to consumers who had unknowingly […]