On Tuesday, Apple announced that it beat sales records of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac in the final quarter of last year. The records include the quarter’s revenue of $46.3 billion as well as the net profit. The profit in 2011 of $13 billion is more than double what the company achieved in 2010. To [...]

Twitter has been making several purchases lately to boost its security. Last month, the social networking website bought Whisper Systems, a mobile security company, to boost its mobile security. This month, Twitter is adding Dasient to its family, and adding more security to its services. The purchase was confirmed on Monday. Dasient is a company [...]

The National Security Agency (NSA) has made a public release of a secure version of Google’s Android platform, called SE Android. The new version aims to target Android’s security gaps. Based on SE Linux, a similar project done for Linux in 2000, the new version takes steps in increasing security, such as isolating apps in [...]

Microsoft bought out VoIP company Skype last October for $8.5 billion in cash. The amount isn’t exactly pocket change, so it’s only fair that costumers are wondering why the new Windows Phone isn’t yet equipped with the video-chatting app. All Microsoft can say is that integration is “coming soon.” Though video chat support is already [...]

Clearwire and China Mobile have announced a partnership that will make devices running on Clearwire’s planned TD-LTE network in the U.S. operable with China Mobile’s TD-LTE network in Asia. Both companies have expressed a desire to use their unpaired spectrum holdings in the 2.5 GHz band for their network. But their equipment and devices lag [...]

On Tuesday, AT&T officially announced that it has decided to drop its bid to acquire Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA. AT&T’s Randall Stephenson and T-Mobile’s Rene Obermann both agreed that the costs of fighting for the deal were too high. Opposition has been mounting against the acquisition from U.S. regulators and several competing wireless companies. AT&T’s [...]

2012 will mark Microsoft’s last appearance in the Consumer Electronics Show. The biggest U.S. technology trade show starts on January 9th, and is expected to be one of the largest shows ever. Start-ups and industry giants alike will unveil their latest projects in Las Vegas. This year, the tech show will officially be called the [...]

Skype is letting their holiday spirit show this year by providing free Wi-Fi at most major airports. Travelers will be gifted with one free hour of Internet access at over 50 locations across the U.S. Obviously, users will need to have a Wi-Fi capable device and have the latest version of Skype installed. However, one [...]

Sony has confirmed its plans to upgrade to the newest version of Android. Known as Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest update will soon be available specifically on the Tablet S and the Tablet P. Sony did not specify when the update will be available, but these devices will be among the first tablets to be [...]

Verizon, reportedly the world’s leader in 4G LTE, has been hit with another network outage, the third one in December. Verizon customers around the nation are reporting widespread outages of the newer 4G wireless service. In addition, customers who couldn’t access the 4G network say that 3G performance isn’t acting up to par either. Complaints [...]