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When Apple (AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S to the world last October, consumers were initially disappointed the handset wasn’t the fabled iPhone 5. With added features like Siri and a dual-core processor, some early reviews labeled the smartphone as a minor update from the iPhone 4. The handset was an instant hit, however. …

Sharp (6753) reported a rough second quarter on Thursday, and the best way to lighten the blow from a massive $1.2 billion operating loss is to highlight new deals with the world’s most valuable company. Newly appointed Sharp president Takashi Okuda confirmed on Thursday that his company will be supplying display panels …

Consumer Reports today added Google’s (GOOG) Nexus 7 to its tablet rankings and concluded that while it’s probably the best cheap tablet on the market, it still can’t match the overall quality of the Apple (AAPL) iPad. Overall, the Nexus 7 scored a 79 out of 100 and did particularly well in Consumer Reports’s ratings for …

Facebook has a new feature that sounds a lot like what Instapaper does, but so far, it isn't nearly as useful. The new addition, which the social network calls "save it later" has the general theory of Instapaper behind it, but lacks many of the best parts of the service. Here's how Facebook's will work, according to The …

Online and mobile voting is now open for nine MTV Video Music Awards categories, including Video of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Video With a Message and new category Best Electrongic Dance Music Video.

Best Buy (BBY) founder Richard Schulze plans to take the massive nationwide retailer private once again, and he is reportedly recruiting a team of executives to help revitalize the company if his effort is successful. An earlier report from June revealed Schulze’s intentions, suggesting that the former board chairman was …

Just one week after slashing the price of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to $99.99, Verizon Wireless (VZ) is now giving the device away for free as long as users are willing to sign a two-year service deal. PhoneArena was the first to notice Verizon’s latest Samsung (005930) Galaxy Nexus price cut when it found that Best Buy …

Oh, those Olympic moments. The three-hour opening ceremony was full of them, everything from James Bond escorting the Queen to the stadium (via helicopter and parachute!) to a 10-story-tall Voldemort and giant baby (don’t ask) and, perhaps best of all, the beloved Mr. Bean, a.k.a. Rowan Atkinson, losing himself in a "Chariots …

I have known Just Blaze since before I started Boy Genius Report, and we have battled back and forth on who has the latest gadget ever since. For those of you who have been with us from the beginning, you’ll remember that Just was the first person I ever interviewed on the site, and my face was blurred in the video. Just …

Kayak searches hundreds of websites at one time, turning up the web's best flight deals.You can also set fare alerts for flights. Choose preferred travel dates to destinations of your choice. Kayak fare alerts can be scheduled as daily, weekly or monthly emails. Kayak's interface also lays out airfare to a particular place …

Sprint (S) on Thursday reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Despite the carrier’s multi-billion dollar bet on Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone, Sprint posted another big loss in the June quarter. The nation’s No.3 carrier shed $0.46 per share, or $1.4 billion, on $7.3 billion in sales compared to an $847 …

Appcelerator and IDC have released another survey of app developers and this time they’ve found that Apple’s (AAPL) iOS is now clearly favored by app developers when it comes to the being the best operating system for selling enterprise apps. When asked by Appcelerator and IDC which mobile platform was best-positioned to …

AT&T; Inc. on Tuesday posted the best profitability ever in its wireless arm, paradoxically because it sold fewer smartphones.

THE PARADOX: AT&T; Inc. had its best profitability ever in its wireless arm because it sold fewer smartphones.

AT&T; is seeing declining smartphone sales, leading to the best profitability ever in its wireless arm as it saves on phone subsidies.

If you want a tablet with the best display, that's not the Google Nexus 7, a display expert claims. The 7-inch tablet -- which is garnering mainly positive reviews -- may have difficulty showing all the detail in bright imagery, according to the Raymond Soneira at DisplayMate.

AT&T; (T) on Tuesday reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Analysts were looking for another big quarter from the nation’s No.2 carrier, which beat profit guidance and activated a record 5.5 million smartphones during the first quarter this year. Wall Street’s Q2 consensus called for earnings of …

The Raspberry Pi had better watch its back because there’s a new kid on the block that’s aiming to steal its thunder in the market for low-cost computers. Tom’s Hardware reports that Gooseberry’s new Gooseberry Board computer will sell for $62 and will have significantly better specs than the Raspberry Pi, including “a …

Samsung (005930) first took the wraps off its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet about five months ago during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Truth be told, the full-sized counterpart for Samsung’s Galaxy Note “phablet” was boring at best, and Samsung reportedly took it back to the shop for some tweaks ahead of launch. …

Prem Watsa, one of Canada's best-known value investors, has nearly doubled his stake in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to 9.9 percent, according to a regulatory filing Monday.

TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone will drop the wide dock connector used in the company's gadgets for the best part of a decade in favor of a smaller one, a change likely to annoy the Apple faithful but which could be a boon for accessory makers. The iPhone 5, Apple's next generation iPhone expected to …

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A recent filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that newly appointed Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer will potentially earn $100 million over the next five years. The sum is undoubtedly huge, but the tasks that lie ahead for Yahoo’s new chief are daunting at best. Now that Mayer has taken …