For Apple loyalists, the mere thought of dumping the iPhone and switching to Android is enough to send shivers down your spine. For Android fans, the idea of using an iPhone in the first place is an awful one. Enthusiasts on either side of the fence seem incapable of imagining life in the other group’s shoes, and online battles between Apple users and Android users erupt constantly. But do things really have to be this intense?
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In addition to taking a leading role in trying to kill the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, Senator Al Franken is also now leading a campaign to stop the Federal Communications Commission from letting ISPs create Internet “fast lanes” with its latest net neutrality proposal. In a new video posted by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Franken makes his case that the FCC’s controversial plan could hinder future innovation and consumer choice by giving big incumbent companies a permanent competitive advantage over up-and-coming startups.
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Microsoft is widely expected to take the wraps off of a smaller “Surface mini” tablet during a press conference in New York City on May 20th. According to a new report, however, the Surface mini will be just one of several new tablet models that Microsoft plans to unveil at its event later this month.
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Apple’s 2014 iPad and iPhone models will all have fingerprint sensors embedded in the home button, a new report says, reaffirming what previous rumors have indicated. This time around cecb2b.com, a website dealing with component information, claims that TSMC has already produced the first batch of Touch ID sensors that will be included in iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 models.
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Love it or hate it, there’s no question that Apple’s iPhone lineup brings some things to the table that rival devices do not. Specifically, Apple’s designs and its attention to detail are completely unmatched. There are some Android phones with gorgeous designs and there are some with sleek software enhancements, but none offer the total package that Apple’s iPhone affords.
It stands to reason, then, that rival companies would copy the iPhone in some ways. There is nothing wrong with that of course, and Apple has copied various things from other companies as well. The iOS Notification Center was inspired by Android, Apple’s new app switcher interface in iOS 7 is a blatant webOS ripoff, and the company’s iPhone 4, 4S, 5 and 5s all bear a striking resemblance to an LG smartphone that debuted in 2006.
It’s the nature of the beast.
Of course, many Android phone makers take inspiration from different aspects of Apple’s iPhone — not just Samsung. Try as they might, however, no other company has been able to offer an end-to-end user experience that even approaches the iPhone.
Until now, perhaps.
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Nintendo’s Wii U is home to some of the best titles ever to hit any of the Japanese video game giant’s consoles. Unfortunately, it’s just not enough.
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Samsung may have various Galaxy S5 versions in the works, including a Prime and a mini model, with the latter having apparently been spotted on Samsung’s own website. Dubbed the Galaxy S5 Dx, the handset can be clearly seen in a screenshot posted online by famed leaker @evleaks.
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Samsung may have various Galaxy S5 versions in the works, including a Prime and a mini model, with the latter having apparently been spotted on Samsung’s own website. Dubbed the Galaxy S5 Dx, the handset can be clearly seen in a screenshot posted online by famed leaker @evleaks.
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Even though Samsung has been found to be infringing three out of the five patents Apple asserted in its second U.S. trial against the Android device maker, the company only has to pay $120 million in damages, a far cry from the $2.2 billion Apple asked for. However, Samsung told Bloomberg that it will still appeal the case, looking to further reduce the amount all the way down to zero if possible.
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It has all the makings of a terrible early-’80s frat comedy: A college kid receives an expensive aerial drone in the mail and hilarity ensues involving drone-assisted beer runs and raids of girls’ dorm rooms. Amazingly, Motherboard reports that something very similar actually happened recently when a college student in the Boston area accidentally received parts of a $350,000 aerial drone in the mail and posted pictures of it on Reddit. Motherboard confirmed that the drone is actually the property of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the agency has told the publication that it’s not sure exactly how the drone wound up in the student’s mailbox.
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