Boy Genius Report is a weblog that specializes in technology and consumer gadgets. Founded in October 2006 by anonymous web personality Boy Genius (also referred to as BG), it is most well known for being a pioneer in breaking news within the mobile gadget sector. According to Technorati

Technorati

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, BGR is ranked among the Top 100 Blogs in the world. On April 27, 2010, Mail.com Media Corp. announced it had acquired BGR.

Founding

In 2006, Boy Genius founded BGR after success as a blogger for Engadget

Engadget

Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. Though on appearance Engadget functions much like a blog and may be defined as such, much of its editorial content takes the form of an online magazine...

 and Engadget Mobile. With numerous breaking news stories about mobile gadgets as well as loyal public support, an independent technology blog was created.

Weblog

BGR is a daily news source for technology, always encompassing cutting edge news and rumors. Unique from other technology weblogs such as Engadget and Gizmodo, BGR does mobile phone giveaways and occasional celebrity appearances. The blog also gives comprehensive and detailed reviews and opinions about various mobile devices.

Currently, BGR has five writers, including Boy Genius.

BGR has been featured in many major news sources such as the Wall Street Journal, ABCNews, Reuters, Huffington Post, CNBC and more. Examples of BGR’s well-known ability to be the first to report news about a gadget include the first pictures of the Android 2.0 in 2009 and the first reported picture of the Amazon Kindle 2 in 2008.

Boy Genius

While running BGR, Boy Genius has remained anonymous about his identity. This ended on April 27, 2010, when Boy Genius revealed himself as Jonathan Geller. The 23-year-old Geller dropped out of Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Conn., and never attended college. Through the creation of BGR, Boy Genius has been ranked number 65 on T3 Magazine

T3 magazine

T3 magazine is a UK-based technology magazine, which specialises in gadgets, gizmos, and other technology.Originally, T3 stood for Tomorrow's Technology Today, but this isn't used anywhere in the magazine or on the website anymore. It's exclusively referred to as T3 or T3.com. The magazine is...

's 100 Most Influential People in Tech. This ranking also includes people such as Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...

 and Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

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TweetGenius

In 2009, the first BGR BlackBerry Twitter application was made in collaboration with software development company Beejive: TweetGenius. Celebrities such as Sean Combs

Sean Combs

Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...

, Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian is an American socialite, television personality, model, actress and businesswoman. She is known for the E! reality series that she shares with her family—Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and its spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York...

 and Shaq are users of TweetGenius.