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Apple has removed the original iPad Mini from its online store

Three years is a long time in the mobile world, so the fact that Apple finally took 2012's first-generation iPad Mini off of its online store on Thursday isn't that much...

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SoftBank has received $236 million to develop its household robot

Last year, SoftBank proved to us that household robots will be within our reach in the future when it unveiled Pepper. A thousand models of the intelligent robot have already been...

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EA has given us our first look at Star Wars Battlefront’s gameplay

God... I'm not even sure what to say. I had long given up hope for a sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront II prior to Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, and by...

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HTC has absolutely no intention of being acquired by ASUS

ASUS has traditionally been associated with personal computers, but with the PC market constantly shrinking, the company has been trying to expand into the mobile market in order to ensure it...

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Oculus VR will have strict quality control for the Oculus Rift’s app store

Virtual reality can have some pretty crazy effects on the mind and body, which why Oculus VR plans to enact some strict quality control regulations when it releases the Oculus...

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Doodle Draw is Facebook Messenger’s first in-app game

Asian apps like Line and WeChat are far more than just messaging services, they've become more like the smartphone equivalent of Swiss Army knives, offering everything from mobile payments to in-app games. Considering how...

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iOS 9 will finally bring true multi-tasking to iPads

The iPad's inability to run two apps simultaneously in split-screen is one of the reasons why many users have stuck with PCs or Microsoft's Surface tablets for work. However, at...

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How the internet is being attacked on multiple fronts of falsehood

When the internet started really taking hold as a common method for getting information, many started to profess that it would be the ultimate truth market. Even before crowdsourcing became...

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iHeartRadio now has more than 70 million registered users

With all the attention that Pandora and Spotify get as the leaders of the music streaming market, it's easy to forget about smaller services like iHeartRadio. The word "smaller" is...

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Facebook’s new app is aimed at people in developing nations

Facebook is betting big on the developing world, but the problem is, smartphone users in less developed nations tend to access Facebook from devices with dated hardware and are limited by...

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