Of course, Candy Crush’s ridiculous strength could also be King’s greatest weakness.

We’ve seen this before.

The new version of Samsung’s Gear smartwatch will run on Tizen, not Google’s Android operating system, the latest attempt by the South Korean electronics giant to develop more of its own software and services, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Samsung will unveil the updated Gear watch, and a new HTML5 version of the Tizen operating system, at an event at the Mobile World Congress later this month in Barcelona, Spain, the people said.

If true, this is the first of Samsung’s devices to use the new operating system, but it won’t be the last. Google should be very worried.

Sweet Jesus, where does CNBC coming up with these assholes. For a good analysis of what this moron said, go check out what John Moltz has to say.

BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen fired a salvo at T-Mobile US Inc on Tuesday, calling ill-conceived a promotion run by the company that encourages customers using BlackBerry smartphones to upgrade to iPhones.

I’d be pissed off if I ran a company that made shitty products. Chen should worry about fixing that first.

Some nice examples illustrating the points.

This is a really good look at advertising and how the old school buyers are trying to deal with Amazon and Apple. Buyers are used to getting information, but neither company will share customer habits or other data with them. Welcome to the 21st Century. Guess who is sharing customer information more freely? Google.

Jim and Dan talk about the Pirates of Silicon Valley, Apple, Microsoft, the heart of innovation, Guns n Roses, and more.

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This looks good, especially having apps available for both platforms.

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will have a fingerprint sensor in the home button, just like the iPhone. Who didn’t see that coming?

Ryan Neudorf really seems to like it.

P.S. Kickass paint job on the travel trailer.

Not a good defense in my opinion.

[Via Neowin]

Donovan Hutchinson shows you how to use transforms to create a 3D object and animate it with nothing but CSS.

It’s like there’s nothing that can’t be done with CSS these days.

Just beyond description.

Saved is the tool that makes budgeting and tracking your expenses delightfully simple. Saved helps you visualize your budget and savings every single day of the year to track how much you’ll be able to spend on your loved ones, holidays, and vacations.

It’s free to download.

Fucking crazy Canadians.

I agree completely with Gruber. If you make a decision for your company, own it and explain it clearly for your customers. Don’t bullshit.

Congrats to Shawn.

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Ben Thompson nailed this one.

The analyst’s comments about docking stations etc. are asinine and Rene Ritchie agrees. The future of computing is going to be about us, and not as much about the device we carry. The device to make this all work could be as small as a pin, but more powerful than anything on the market today.

Evil.

You have to love smart people.

iMore has a lot of great how-tos on its site. I didn’t expect this one, but Allyson Kazmucha wrote up a piece if you want some help.

This is such a great story on what can happen if your phone number shows up on the news just after Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone.

There are some amazing photos here.

[Via Coudal]