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This very popular, free community-driven distribution of Android is now compatible with nine additional handsets, including the OnePlus One flagship killer, Nexus 6, Moto G 2015, and OnePlus Two.

"iPhone: Made in the USA?" Apple may ask iPhone manufacturers to move production to the United States in the future.

The waterproof Xperia Ear wireless earbuds are finally available in stores. This accessory can recognize voice commands and head movements, also acting as a useful personal assistant.

HTC has recently introduced the Bolt, also known as HTC 10 Evo, a handset loaded with Android Nougat that is closely related to the HTC 10 flagship. Now, it looks like the Nougat update is ready for the HTC 10.

Black Friday ahead: Eurocom launches a Twitter only Black Friday Super Special where fans can vote for the system they would like to be discounted on Black Friday.

Less than six months after its introduction, the OnePlus 3 flagship is taken out of the US and European markets, leaving room for the OnePlus 3T. Unfortunately, its successor is also more expensive.

The new SoC is the first to be built on Samsung's new, smaller 10 nm FinFET process. This chip should bring faster performance and better energy efficiency.

Thanks to this acquisition, Facebook might soon be able to build facial gesture controls for its app. Right now, Facebook’s Oculus division is already working on using emotions and gestures to change avatars via "VR emoji."

Although this update is not official yet, someone found it and unleashed it online on the XDA Developers forums. Since this is an unofficial release, it may come with some bugs and it is not suitable for everyone yet.

Global notebook shipments for 2016 is estimated to decline by 4% compared with the prior year to around 157.9 million units, reports global research firm TrendForce. Laptop shipments will continue to fall next year.

The acquisition aims to improve and standardize Samsung's messaging platform and enhance the messaging experience for its customers.

Apple could get into Augmented Reality extensions for their iPhone as early as 2018, reports suggest. Apparently the Cupertino company has ordered near-eye-displays for early experiments with smart glasses.

The deal is valued at $8 billion ($112 USD per share in cash) and, once it closes, it enables Samsung to have a significant presence in the automotive electronics market, also giving the South Korean giant access to various audio technologies.

The music streaming service by Google now relies on machine learning to create and curate playlists, also adding offline playing capabilities. Google Play Music also gets an overhauled home screen.

Right now, AT&T is the only carrier taking pre-orders for the Blue Coral Galaxy S7 Edge. However, a recent leak reveals that T-Mobile will add the new color option to its portfolio on November 18.

The latest smartphone OS sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows a solid 5.2% percentage point US market share increase for iOS during the third quarter of 2016. Best-selling smartphones in the US: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

Since it is widely believed that the next US government will increase the tariff on technology products, including smartphones, the future looks grim for Samsung. However, protectionist initiatives would hit LG and other companies as well.

While Apple and Samsung collectively control almost one-third of the worldwide smartphone market, competing manufacturers like Huawei, Vivo, and Oppo are still on the rise and inching closer to grabbing a larger share of the pie.

Serif's Affinity Photo, named by Apple as the best app for Macs in 2015, was recently made available as a beta for Windows. Could this move encourage creatives to leave Photoshop behind for a cheaper alternative?

Since its release back in April, this flagship managed to ship 9 million units, mainly in its home market and in Europe. Huawei announced breaking the 6 million P9 units sold back in September.

The tech giant has earned awards in no less than 11 highly competitive categories, including wireless handsets, headphones, video displays, portable media players, and computer peripherals.

While the first community beta is expected to arrive by the end of this month, an OTA update for all OnePlus 3 handsets is also said to launch by the end of the year. However, delays might still occur.

Macbook Pro users hoping to buy additional chargers for their new device will have to provide their own USB Type-C cables.

Although this service is not officially available yet, Samsung Pay is now available in advance of its formal announcement, but only CIBC customers can use it for the time being.

Not long after hearing that development of 14.0 has been dropped and the next CyanogenMod version would be the Android 7.1 Nougat-based 14.1, the first nightly build becomes available for download.

Announced in July, AMD's Radeon Pro WX graphics cards have finally started shipping to retailers. Are the workstation-grade cards an improvement on the previous FirePro line?

According to a rumor out of Chinese Weibo, Lenovo might plan to consolidate all of its phone business under the Moto brand. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing might have confirmed this rumor after a conference in Beijing last week.

HP, Lenovo, and Dell collectively command over 50 percent of the worldwide notebook market with Asus, Apple, and Acer well behind.

Lenovo, the world biggest PC manufacturer, has released its newest quarterly numbers. The smartphone business continues to be a major problem for the company, as Lenovo is loosing millions with it. Only the PC business and the selling of company property (buildings) saved the company from loosing money overall.

When purchased alongside a Samsung Galaxy smartphone with a two-year plan on AT&T, this smartwatch has a price tag of just $49.99 USD. Without the handset, it comes for $17.50 USD per month for 20 months.

Sources familiar with the matter reveal that Samsung plans to run Tizen on a much wider range of devices than now by early 2017, including small appliances such as vacuum cleaners.

Bad news for Microsoft: After the free upgrade-offer is gone, the market share of Windows 10 is no longer increasing. This is revealed by the newest usage-share numbers from Statcounter and NetMarketshare.

Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Amazon are performing above user expectations while HP, Asus, Acer, and LG are below average.

With the announcement of the Surface Studio and Surface Dial, Microsoft has intrigued consumers with an innovative computing experience. However, Dell has recently unveiled an alternative to the Surface Studio they've been developing since 2014.

The long-awaited 6.4-inch Android phablet that brings Google Tango 3D to the masses can be purchased for $499.99 USD. The specs are those previously announced, including a QHD display and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, next to 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage.

Apple, Lenovo, and Samsung tablet sales are down while Huawei and Amazon are up significantly from the previous year.

Initially scheduled to become available for the ill-fated Note 7 phablet, the Blue Coral finish is now ready for the Galaxy S7 Edge handset. The colors already available for this phone include white, silver, black, and two gold flavors (platinum and pink).

While low-cost detachables managed to reach an all-time high, traditional tablets continue to lose market share. In the third quarter, Samsung has sold 6.5 million tablets, a 20 percent drop from the over 8 million units shipped in the same period of 2015.

The unlocked V20 smartphone/phablet is now available in the US via multiple carriers and retailers, including AT&T, T-Mobile, US Celullar, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, and others.

The G51 graphics processing unit is the second one to use the Bifrost architecture and also ARM's most area-efficient and energy-efficient GPU to date. The V61 provides 4K120 video with increased efficiency. Both should be available in products for consumers next year.

Although Android 7.0 Nougat is quite fresh, the team behind CyanogenMod has decided to drop version 14.0 (based on this Android build) and focus on releasing version 14.1 instead, a CyanogenMod release based on Android 7.1.

The SM-W2017 handset, also known as Veyron, has been spotted recently receiving its FCC certification and rumors mentioned it more than just once or twice in the last months, even including a gold variant. Now, images of a rose gold variant surface online as well.

The Virginia-based wireless enterprise startup joins Samsung to enhance its offering by speeding up the secure configuration of third-party apps even when they do not provide specific APIs.

Apple released their earnings report for the fourth quarter of their fiscal year 2016. While some units, particularly Services, saw increases in sales, overall revenue is down about 9% from last year. This continues the trend of declining sales for Apple, although this decline is starting to slow.

High demand and production of Chinese smartphones are driving worldwide shipments at least through the end of 2016.