Meet the Bendable Phablet You Wear on Your Arm
For the past few years, the standing lazy punchline about wearables has been something about awkwardly strapping a computer or a phone to your body. Finally, a crowdfunding campaign has taken the joke to the next level and made that punchline a reality. San Francisco Bay Area startup Arubixs has…
eBay and PayPal will Part Ways in 2015
Despite spending most of 2014 arguing the opposite, eBay has today decided it will divide its popular payment and auction properties in two. Next year, the company will split PayPal away from its embattled auction site, and as a result of the restructuring eBay's current CEO and CFO will step down…
3G-capable LG Smartwatch Appears in an FCC Filing
LG's apparently gearing up to release a new smartwatch in the US other than the G Watch R -- one that's 3G-capable, just like Samsung's Gear S. A document that's just passed through the FCC points to an oval/rectangular LG smartwatch (57.7 x 35.5 mm) slightly smaller than the Gear S (58.3 x 39.8…
Bendgate: Apple Opens Doors to Testing Lab, Says it’s Only Had 9 Complaints of Bent Phones
According to Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, a mere nine people have contacted the company directly to complain of a bent iPhone 6 Plus, though considering all the fuss around what’s become known as #Bendgate, you’d think the figure would be far, far higher. Whatever the truth, the tech titan…
Amazon to Develop More Hardware: Wearables, Household Gadgets
Amazon is planning to expand its hardware operations in some new ways: Internet-connected household products and wearables, according to a report. Hiring will increase by 27% over the next five years at Lab126, Amazon's secretive hardware unit in Silicon Valley responsible for the company's…
Flexible Display? New iPhone 6 Prone to Bending, Some Users Find
In what seems to be a new tradition surrounding iPhone launches, users have found a troubling flaw with Apple's latest hardware: The long, thin metal chassis seems to be prone to bending. A number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners have encountered this unintended flexibility, and have posted pictures…
Tamara Rubin at Consumer Priority Service receives 2014 U.S. Leadership Award
September 23rd 2014 - Tamara Rubin at Consumer Priority Service has been selected for the 2014 United States Leadership Award. Each year the company conducts business surveys and industry research to identify executives at certain companies that have achieved demonstrable success in their local…
Samsung’s Answer to the iPhone 6 Debuts in the U.S. This Week
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha, which is the company's answer to the iPhone in terms of both looks and specs, is officially launching in the United States later this month, exclusively atAT&T. First announced in August, the metal-framed phone (a departure from Samsung's plastic offerings) will be…
Apple Sells Record 10 Million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Units Over First Weekend
Apple sold a record 4 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units in the first 24 hours of their availability. On Monday, the company followed that announcement by saying it sold a record 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units over the opening weekend. The iPhone 6 sales shattered the earlier record of 9…
First Person to Buy an iPhone 6 Drops It on Live TV and CPS Warranty Corporation Offers Him a Free Repair!
Talk about bad luck. The first person to buy a new iPhone 6 in Perth, Australia, early this morning proceeded to drop it on the ground as he was being interviewed on live TV. The young man, named Jack, and a Channel 9 reporter struggled to cut the plastic covering the box. As he excitedly opened…