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Design Chief at Motorola shows off the new Moto 360 wearable

We just learned about Android Wear for the first time, and now we're already getting inundated in new hardware. Here's a hot piece of gear from Motorola, the Moto 360. Billed...

Sprint cuts expenses by closing almost 400 stores and shutters

Sprint isn't content to keep writing its financial statements in red ink. To that end, the company is shuttering 150 service and repair centers, 55 of its lowest performing retail stores and laying...

Netflix CEO calls for stronger net neutrality laws

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings urged regulators and consumers Thursday to fight for stronger net neutrality rules, confirming that he paid Comcast for a deal to stream his movies more quickly...

David Fincher wants Christian Bale to play Steve Jobs in his new movie

Still bummed about Ashton Kutcher's I-kinda-look-like-the-guy big screen portrayal of Steve Jobs? Well hang tight, as Hollywood's cinematic Bat-Signal for a Real Actor has been answered. Christian Bale is being rumored...

Samsung and 20th Century Fox announce “New UHD Content Ecosystem”

Building on a content deal first announced at CES 2014, Samsung and 20th Century Fox today revealed what the companies are calling a "New UHD Content Ecosystem." Said to deliver a variety of 4K...

University of Cambridge app turns your phone into a health monitor

Researchers have developed a mobile phone application recently that could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections much clearer and easier for both patients and...

Mozilla brings Australis and improved sync to Firefox Beta 29

Following the release of Firefox 28 just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is a major release: Firefox Sync has...

Samsung announces price and date for Galaxy S5 preorders

AT&T announced today that it will sell the Samsung Galaxy S5 for $199.99 with a two-year contract, or $649 without a contract. Although a launch date has not been set by...

HP announces plans to enter the 3D printing market

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman dropped a small bomb on the 3D printer market and said that the company in June will outline enterprise systems that will create models and parts...

British mobile virtual network operator Ovivo shuts down unexpectedly

Ovivo Mobile, a virtual operator in the UK that offered a free mobile services in exchange for serving advertising, has closed down abruptly due to “reasons beyond our control.” A notice...

Volvo hopes to make driving safer for everyone with connected cars

With its latest research project, Volvo is hoping to make driving in inclement weather a bit less dicey. The Swedish automaker is testing a safety system that uses mobile data networks to relay...

EA is once again nominated for the year’s worst company in the U.S.

Can EA go for a three-peat that nobody wants? The Consumerist is once again running its now infamous poll to determine who its readers believe is the “Worst Company in America,” and...

Several states join the DOJ to investigate Comcast-Time Warner deal

In February Comcast officially announced its intentions to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion – something that had been rumored for quite a while, and something that consumers had feared. Primarily,...

Sony creates its own original show just for PlayStation

Welcome to the original-content game, PlayStation. Sony’s PlayStation Network, which has offered movies and TV shows to rent and buy on its consoles since 2006, is joining the growing ranks of...

Burger King to allow customers to pay through a mobile app

Detailed by Bloomberg, national fast food chain Burger King will soon upgrade registers at more than 7,000 locations around the country in order to start accepting payments sent from mobile devices like smartphones. Integrating...

Xiaomi announces its new Redmi Note phablet will cost $129.99

Xiaomi last week took the wraps off its upcoming first phablet, the Redmi Note, and now the company has revealed that the device will cost upwards of $129 and go on sale...

First generation YotaPhone comes to the U.K.

Do you have fond memories of the first YotaPhone? That particular device arrived with dual 4.3″ displays, where a 720p LCD screen was located in front, while the back had an e-Ink screen with...

Top South Korean university accepts gamers as student athletes

Chung-Ang University ranks among the top 10 schools in South Korea, and you know what can get you in other than good grades and connections? Being really, really good at video games. Beginning next...

Connected driving platform MetroMile now helps you avoid tickets

MetroMile today announced the latest enhancement to its connected driving platform with a new, free feature to help drivers avoid one of the most common parking citations – street sweeping...

Oracle manages slight turnaround in hardware revenue

Oracle posted higher third-quarter revenue and profit that failed to satisfy investors looking for signs of a sustained turnaround and its shares fell about 4 percent. Shareholders had grown more optimistic...