Bryan Chaffin

John Chen Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry In the roughly 15 months since he took over BlackBerry, Mr. Chen has delivered the company from death's door. Using a well-articulated strategy of focusing on services, Mr. Chen has convinced Wall Street that BlackBerry has, if not a bright future, some kind of future. That's no…

This device is a sleek beauty with specs that beat many of the specs in the iPhone 6 Plus. And it's cheap, at roughly $370 in China. The iPhone 6 Plus is roughly a grand. Here's a promo video for the device:

At the same time, sales of Google Glass are being halted as Google ends the Explorer Program, which put the device in the hands of Glassholes. The program officially ends on January 19th. In other words, Google Glass needs saving, and CNBC characterized the “graduation” as a “reorganization.” Ivy Ross, the current head of Google…

Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed with eStrap The short version of the eStrap is that it has sensors in the part of the strap that passes underneath the watch, as shown above. For non-watch nerds, this is a “pass-through” or “NATO-style” strap, but Montblanc has designed the eStrap so that it will work with any of…

“Every piece in this gallery was created on an Apple product,” Apple said on the site. “Every brushstroke, every pixel, and every frame of film was brought to life by talented Apple users from around the world. As you explore their work, we hope it inspires you to create something new.” Examples include: iPhone 6…

The Interview on iTunes Apple has apparently been offered an exclusive deal to distribute the movie by Sony. According to The New York Times, Sony asked the White House for help getting Apple on board. The same report said Apple wasn't interested, at least not in Sony's timeline. On Christmas Eve, Google and Microsoft both…

Rockstar was formed by its member companies to purchase a trove of more than 6,000 patents from bankrupt Nortel in 2011. At the time, it was seen as a major play against Google's Android, though Google was actually invited to be part of Rockstar. As it is, however, Rockstar and Google were competing bidders, though…

TAG has not yet announced specifics of its smartwatch or shown the device to reporters. This was a preemptive announcement ahead of the release of Apple Watch, not a product announcement. The company said it wouldn't ship a product until late 2015 at the earliest. To better understand this story, let's meet the players involved.…

During a hearing on Monday, Judge Dennis Jacobs took an openly critical stance in his questioning of DOJ attorneys—one of the other two judges also appeared doubtful of the case, while the third apparently seemed to take a stance more in line with the District Court judge who convicted Apple. The first thing to keep…

The quick and dirty version is this: what if steam power had remained a thing? Now, place it in the Victorian era (often the last decade of the 19th century), and imagine that engineers, gadgeteers, designgineers (I made that one up, and I'm sticking with it), and tinkers are coming up with the kinds of…

There should be a corollary involving law enforcement, any government, spy agencies, and politicians: when they argue for a reduction in privacy or civil rights for the sake of the children, they have lost that argument. At the very least, they've lost all philosophical standing. But that's what's been happening—again—in the last few weeks. First…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been in talks with Apple about privacy when it comes to HealthKit, the company's system level health data platform in iOS. According to Reuters, the FTC was seeking assurances that Apple would not sell that data to third parties or allow developers to do so. There are little or…

Trent Reznor Onstage in 2009 Source: Wikimedia Commons Mr. Reznor said that he was still working on streaming music for Apple, but wouldn't specify exactly what he doing. “I am on the side of streaming music,” he said. “And I think the right streaming service could solve everybody's problems. Ownership is waning. Everybody is comfortable…

“The 2015 CES will feature 20 category-specific marketplaces highlighting innovation across diverse product areas,” CES wrote in a statement. “Special consideration will be given to Macworld exhibitors looking for exhibit space at the 2015 International CES.” CES and Macworld/iWorld occupied different places in the tradeshow world. Macworld/iWorld was a consumer trade show attended by members…

Firstly, I assume “hiatus” means that Macworld/iWorld is gone. That said, I'm hoping it might be reborn with another name or in another location. It's telling, after all, that IDG World Expo used the word “hiatus” in the first place. Hiatus is a far cry from “cancelled” or “shutting down,” or “closing.” That's spilt milk…

We received this statement from Paul Kent: We are announcing today that Macworld/iWorld is going on hiatus, and will not be taking place as planned in 2015. Our MacIT event, the world's premiere event for deploying Apple in the enterprise, will continue next year with details to be announced in the coming weeks. Since 1985,…

Surprise! In a statement given to The Wall Street Journal, Apple said, “We are focused on preserving jobs in Arizona following GTAT’s surprising decision and we will continue to work with state and local officials as we consider our next steps.” Details concerning GTAT's bankruptcy and larger business situation are few and far between. The…

Laurene Powell Jobs Source: NewSchools Venture Fund Forbes publishes an annual list of the rich, both in the U.S. and globally. Monday's list was for Americans. Microsoft founder Bill Gates once again topped the list at $81.2 billion, well ahead of the Wizard of Omaha, Warren Buffet, who came in at $67.8 billion. Larry Ellison…