Remember how we mocked early adopters for those jumbo Galaxy Note phones just a few years ago? Nowadays, big phones are everywhere.  Samsung may have blazed the trail, but other handset makers like Apple have followed suit with their own supersized smartphones, also known in the industry as phablets. The pace of phablet growth is …

Andy Rubin, known as the father of Android, has taken a leave of absence as CEO of upstart smartphone maker Essential, according to The Information (subscription required).  The Information, citing unnamed people, reported that Rubin left Google three years ago after an internal Google investigation found he had carried on an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. The people didn’t elaborate …

Apple’s “root” problem has a solution. The company said on Wednesday that it has issued a software update for the High Sierra version of its MacOS that closes up a glaring vulnerability. The flaw let you log in to any Mac running on High Sierra by simply typing in “root” in the username field and leaving the password blank. The …

It appears the bots are really into the net neutrality issue too.  When the Federal Communications Commission opened up this year for comments on the rules governing net neutrality, or the principle that all internet traffic must be treated equally, it received nearly 22 million comments in the four months from late April to the end of August. That’s roughly …

Windows 10 has found its way onto 600 million active devices, says CEO Satya Nadella.  Nadella made the comment at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, according to GeekWire. Microsoft wasn’t immediately available to confirm the comment.  The company has high hopes for the broad adoption of Windows 10, which helped usher in Microsoft’s transition from purely a software …

Remember how we mocked early adopters for those jumbo Galaxy Note phones just a few years ago? Nowadays, big phones are everywhere.  Samsung may have blazed the trail, but other handset makers like Apple have followed suit with their own supersized smartphones, also known in the industry as phablets. The pace of phablet growth is expected to be 18.1 percent …

AT&T is giving itself a few more months to close its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner.  The Dallas telecommunications giant extended the deadline for the merger to April 22, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s the second time the company has extended the deadline, which was originally set for Oct. 22.  Standing in the …

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As my fingers gently tap the right side of my head, I watch the letters pop up on the iPad in front of me: “A, E, I, O, U.” No, I hadn’t suddenly become psychic. I’m wearing a finger strap called Tap that allows me to type on any surface using my hands.  I mean any surface.  As a demonstration …

It looks like “Game of Thrones” and the “Justice League” may not be heading to AT&T after all. The Department of Justice is suing to block AT&T’s pending acquisition of Time Warner, saying the $85 billion deal would concentrate too much power in one company. Time Warner is the media giant behind movie studio Warner Bros., premium cable channel HBO …