The second Ubuntu-powered smartphone is launching this month
Canonical may have struggled to launch its first Ubuntu-powered smartphone of the year, with two years of delays, but the next smartphone won't take nearly as long to launch. Known as...
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Praise Gaben! Steam has finally started offering refunds for games
Today, Valve addressed what's easily one of the biggest complaints that people have with Steam: the lack of refunds. Whereas refunds have been an impossibility on Steam for years, the...
The Galaxy S6 Plus may launch before the Galaxy Note 5 does
According to rumors out of Italy, those of you looking for a large-screened Samsung smartphone won't have to wait for the Galaxy Note 5. Apparently, the company is working on what's...
Dish might announce entry into the wireless market later today
As one of the top direct-broadcast satellite service providers in the country, Dish is in an excellent position to enter the American wireless market, which is notoriously difficult to get into...
Samsung is packing flagship level hardware into a flip phone
With the kind of specs that Samsung's new 4.6-inch smartphone has, you would think that it's a smaller version of the company's 5.1-inch Galaxy S6. Packing a 16-megapixel rear camera, 2GB of...
Silicon Valley’s big gender discrimination lawsuit isn’t over yet
Just because a San Francisco jury voted in favor of Kleiner Perkins doesn't mean Ellen Pao is done with her gender discrimination lawsuit. Despite the fact that Kleiner Perkins offered to...
Getting some virtual reality goggles can be as easy as sending a fax
Google Cardboard definitely makes virtual reality more accessible to those of us who can't acquire or can't afford an actual virtual reality headset, but it's not as easy as just folding some cardboard...
Twitter wants to lure in more businesses with Official Partner Program
Twitter is an excellent way for businesses to reach their customers, and it wants to get more businesses using the platform to do so. In order to do so, the company...
Netflix is testing out advertisements for its original content
I'm not alone when I say that the moment Netflix starts implementing advertisements, I'll be dropping the service. That's why so many users were taking to Twitter to complain when Netflix started...
Amazon may be working on its own Pinterest competitor
Pinterest users are going to love the new wishlist feature that Amazon is testing out. Known as Amazon Stream the new feature presents users with a grid of product photos...
ASUS has a new smartphone that’s designed specifically for selfies
It's almost a necessity to use the front-facing camera when taking a selfie, which sucks when you consider how practically every smartphone out there has a front-facing camera that's not...
OnePlus won’t announce the OnePlus 2 tomorrow after all
The first thing you learn when you're a OnePlus fan is to get used to waiting unspecified amounts of time for news and new products. Those of you who were hoping...
Same-day shipping is now free for Amazon Prime members
Amazon was able to sell Prime to millions of people with the promise of free two-day shipping, but times have changed, and people want their purchases delivered to them even...
Netflix is finally redesigning its God-awful website
You know that carousel system that Netflix uses to help people navigate through recommendations? The one that everyone hates because its as inefficient a system as Netflix could make? Yeah, that's getting replaced. Starting in a few...
Xiaomi is bringing smartphones to the United States… eventually
As a tech writer it's pretty frustrating to have to talk about Xiaomi smartphones, as I'm basically talking about this ultra-power, super sexy, ridiculously cheap smartphone that... I can't actually...
Even the UN believes anonymity and encryption must be protected
It's always good to have big organizations backing your beliefs and causes, and with governments across the globe waging a war against anonymity and encryption, it's relieving to hear that we...
Amazon is investing in a future where robots replace human workers
Amazon doesn't plan on replacing human workers with robots anytime soon, but that's simply because technology hasn't progressed to the point where robots are as efficient as humans in many...
Shazam now identifies books and movies as well
For years, Shazam has been THE app for identifying songs that you like but don't know the name to. After more than fifteen years, however, the company has decided to...
Making virtual reality videos is about to get infinitely easier
YouTube has been taking steps to embrace virtual reality videos, which is great, but it doesn't really matter when nobody can really create virtual reality videos, at least not without...
Apps like Tinder may be contributing to higher STD rates
So long as you're not horrendously ugly, finding someone to hookup with is easier than ever before thanks to apps like Grindr, Hinge, Tinder, and a wealth of other dating apps...