Brad Chacos

Never underestimate the ingenuity of the Internet. Shortly after Google's new Nexus 7 tablet launched, enterprising users discovered two nifty little tidbits about the Tegra 3-powered tablet: one, tha...

It's official: Windows Phone 8 includes NFC support, and that support isn't limited to hardware alone. Microsoft program manager John Skovron took the time to show off the near-field sharing capabilit...

Sometimes, cups that runneth over can be a bad thing. Research In Motion's plummeting market share has caused its inventory to skyrocket by over two-thirds in the past year, Bloomberg reports, and all...

On the surface, Nokia's proxy-based Xpress Web browser — available for the manufacturer's Asha and flagship Lumia handsets — sounds nothing short of excellent, routing Internet traffic through N...

If you needed any more convincing that Windows 8 and Windows RT are two separate and distinct operating systems, look no further than Acer. The Taiwanese computer maker threw its full weight behind Wi...

Thin is in, and not just when it comes to smartphones. This morning, ADATA announced the DashDrive Elite HE720, a slim and trim USB 3.0 external hard drive that ADATA says is the thinnest of its kind ...

When AT&T decided to limit iOS 6's FaceTime over cellular to customers with a Mobile Share data plan, concerned Apple enthusiasts wondered if the move would encourage other networks to place artif...

The rumors were true: The star of HTC and Verizon's big event today is an appropriately large phone, the long-rumored HTC Droid DNA. HTC's first 5-inch handset to hit stateside, the HTC Droid DNA fill...

Amazon's offer to store your downloaded Kindle e-books in the cloud seems outstanding, especially given the eReader's scant 2GB of onboard storage. A tale making the rounds today highlights the danger...

Sony built its empire on the back of entertainment, and its Xperia smartphone line is no different. The Sony Xperia Play is already bringing smiles to the faces of virtual adventurers with its dedicat...

It looks like Apple may believe it's time to dive into the wearable computing market. The company is reportedly working on a Bluetooth smart watch, complete with call integration and a 1.5-inch OLED d...

Rumors of mass produced iPad minis inching closer to completion may titillate the Apple faithful, but when it comes down to brass tacks, rumors are nothing but whispers in the wind: in the absence of ...

If you can't outsell 'em, outsize 'em. After failing to secure much of a toehold in the American smartphone market, Huawei seems poised to capture the attention of U.S. shoppers and carriers alike wit...

It looks as though Instagram's backpedaling wasn't enough to quell user outrage at the controversial new terms of service that were released—and rapidly repealed—a couple of weeks back. New data f...

Apple-loving streaming media fans rejoice! Amazon Instant Video, a top-notch video service that has been conspicuously missing from the iOS lineup, has finally touched down on the iPad. Amazon's video...

Several months back, Google raised eyebrows when it moved (mostly) to a single, unified privacy policy that allowed the company to share information between its various apps and services; now, we're s...

Samsung rules the Android roost, but it looks like the consumer electronics giant is one step closer to releasing its Plan B.  The Daily Yomiuri newspaper says that Samsung will begin selling its fi...

While the world waits for the big Windows Phone 8 launch later today, Nokia's taken the time to crash Microsoft's party a bit early with the unveiling of the Lumia 822, a Verizon exclusive variant of ...

Will Motorola unveil its first Intel-powered smartphone on Sept. 18? That's the question we posed just last week when the two companies began passing out invitations to a big press announcement event....

HTC's One V could be getting a slightly bigger, slightly better refresh later this fall: the HTC "Proto." Rumors about the Proto -- which is a code name -- have been floating around the Web for months...

Google's giving website administrators the ability to monetize their sites using a new kind of paywall: pay-per-page purchases. According to the Google Wallet for Web Content website (which, fear not,...

Nexus handsets hang their hats on being as close to a pure, frequently updated Android experience as you can get. That selling point became a point of contention for disgruntled Verizon Galaxy Nexus o...

Interested in picking up a big-screen smartphone but don’t have the $300 the Galaxy Note II costs on-contract? It looks like the low-cost Samsung clones are a-coming. First up: The Star S7180, a 5.5...

Loosening the iPad's iron grip on the tablet market has proven to be a difficult task for would-be usurpers to the mobile throne; in May, IDC reported that the iPad accounted for 68 percent of all tab...

Maybe there's some credence to all the talk about "showrooming" being an epidemic after all. Showrooming—the practice of physically checking a gadget out in-store, then whipping out your phone in buyi...