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8 Things We Like About The New Samsung Galaxy S8
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 2:21pm | 765Read More...SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC KRW5000 (OTC: SSNLF) has extricated itself creditably, with its newest iteration of its flagship Galaxy smartphone. This should come as no surprise, as the Note 7 fiasco would have prodded the company to give its all to make the product a grand success. The Grand Launch The...
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Vizio Fined $2.2 Million For Illegally Monitoring Viewer Habits: Here's Why
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 4:50pm | 311Read More...Television manufacturer Vizio, Inc. has come under fire after settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission and agreeing to pay a $2.2 million fine after it was disclosed that the company installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumers without their knowledge or...
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AirPods, Pokemon And 10 Of The Most Notable Tech Stories Of The Year
Saturday, December 31, 2016 - 3:45pm | 729Read More...Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Lauren Goode took a look back at what they consider to be the top 10 technology related stories of 2016. 10. Apple's Headphone Jack Coming in at No. 10 is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s decision to say goodbye to its tangled earbuds which it...
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Amazon Holding First-Ever 'Digital Day' Sale
Friday, December 30, 2016 - 10:49am | 639Read More...Thousands of digital items are now on sale on Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hosting its first-ever "Digital Day" promotional event. For 24 hours, consumers can take advantage of steep discounts on thousands of apps, music TV shows, movies, games and other digital...
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Facebook's Oculus Touch Debuts With Mostly Positive Reviews
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 1:52pm | 289Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced on Tuesday that its Oculus Touch product is now available for purchase. Facebook's $199 Oculus Touch package includes two controllers and a tracking camera is intended to complement the $599 virtual reality platform Oculus Rift. As noted by The Verge,...
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Wells Fargo's Take On Pandora's Spotify Competitor
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 11:26am | 366Read More...Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P), once a pioneer and early mover in the online streaming music space, has seen its competitive positioning suffer at the hands of peers that offered an on-demand music streaming service. Platforms such as Spotify offer consumers the ability to listen to what they want,...
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Samsung's Note 7 Is A 'Fundamentally Defective Product,' Major Carriers Are Now Offering An Exchange
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 8:20am | 492Read More...Shares of Samsung Electronics Co (KRXK: 005930) (which also trades (OTC: SSNLF)) stock on the South Korean exchange fell as much as 4.6 percent on Monday following various reports the company suspended production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. CNN Money, citing a "person familiar with...
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Fitbit Is Crashing, But Mizuho Believes Initial Charge 2 Sales Are 'Strong'
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 3:37pm | 308Read More...Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) is the world's biggest seller of activity trackers. The Fitbit Charge 2 has been called the best fitness tracker ever by Gizmodo, but The Verge said bugs plagued the product. Investors are seemingly concerned with Fitbit's new product sales, with the stock plummeting nearly...
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2 Sides To Alphabet's Story?
Friday, July 29, 2016 - 10:01am | 352Read More...Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Friday morning to discuss what he views as "2 sides to Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s story" — both of which occur within the Google segment. Patel stated that it is hard to look at Google's...
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The Dangers Of Pokémon GO
Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:02am | 487Read More...Pokémon GO is the latest craze and helped boost the valuation of Tokyo-listed Nintendo Co., Ltd (TYO: 7974) (ADRs traded (OTC: NTDOY)) by around 25 percent. However, the augmented reality mobile game is also proving to be a safety concern. Here is a compilation of some of the injuries crimes and...
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Google Was Asked Repeatedly To Help U.S. Government Unlock Android Devices
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 1:36pm | 253Read More...The U.S. government recently dropped its case against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) which would have forced the company to help unlock an iPhone owned by one of the terrorists involved in the San Bernardino shooting. Apple's story has made national headlines and may have prompted civil liberty...
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Yahoo's Video Ambitions 'All But Dead'
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 9:53am | 237Read More...A report from Variety said that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has decided to shut down its online video segment, Yahoo Screen. Variety noted that Screen livestreamed an NFL game in October, offered clips of "Saturday Night Live," and aired the TV series "Community." Yahoo...
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Did You Miss Twitter's First-Ever TV Commercial?
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 8:39am | 367Read More...Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) were trading lower by more than 10 percent Wednesday morning following its quarterly results. Twitter said that the release of Moments will be coincide with a large marketing campaign. Twitter's first ever TV ads were shown during Tuesday's Game...
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Are Users Really Abandoning Apple Music?
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 3:04pm | 398Read More...Music Watch released a survey recently, according to which 48 percent of users who signed up for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Apple Music have stopped using the service. However, in a statement given to The Verge on Tuesday, Apple denied this claim, rebutting that a full 78 percent are still...
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The HERO4 Session: GoPro's Newest, And Smallest, Camera
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 10:18am | 371Read More...Shares of GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) were trading lower by more than 3 percent Monday despite the company's announcement of its new camera, the HERO4 Session. GoPro's newest camera combines an "ultra-compact waterproof design with easy one-button control for simple yet powerful life-capture solution...













