Samsung continues to lead the NAND flash market
The South Korean conglomerate controlled over 33 percent of the market in Q4 2015, followed at a distance by Toshiba and SanDisk.
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Huawei plans to sell 400,000 MateBook convertibles this year
Although various analysts placed their initial expectations above the 1 million units mark, Huawei expects to ship only about 400,000 MateBook units this year.
Samsung might shut down Milk Music
After shutting down Milk Video in late 2015, Samsung is expected to pull the plug off its music streaming service as well, but nothing is official yet.
Telus delays a few Android Marshmallow updates
Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Note 5 users on Telus will get Marshmallow on March 13th instead of March 9th, while those using the Galaxy S6 Edge have to wait until March 30th, two weeks later than previously announced.
Microsoft Cortana to get language support and new features
Build 14279 of Windows 10 Insider Preview brings Cortana in three new languages and gives it the ability to save information, also packing an updated logon experience and more.
Amazon removes encryption from its Fire devices and then decides to bring it back
Only one day after removing full disk encryption from Fire OS 5, Amazon reconsidered this decision and revealed they are bringing the feature back in an update "coming this spring."
Microsoft closing several stores in Brazil
Although Brazil outperformed the rest of the world for Microsoft back in 2014, things changed rapidly and the company has decided to shut down "several of its physical stores" in the country.
Barnes & Noble apparently leaving the app store market
While the NOOK Store will no longer offer sales of third-party apps starting March 15th, they have just launched a big promotion that ends on the 14th.
Lenovo ThinkPad T560 (Core i5, SSHD) Ultrabook Review
Faster, higher, stronger? Lenovo's new ThinkPad T560 convinces with a wide viewing angle IPS display and promises more performance and longer battery runtimes thanks to the Skylake platform. However, the other changes of the 15-inch device are very subtle – is it still enough for the victory in its class?
Intel Core i5-6200U, HD Graphics 520, 15.6", 2.3 kgXiaomi Mi 5 orders exceed 16 million
While the company was ready to deliver 4 million units in the first round of sales, they were surprised to end up facing no less than 16 million reservations.
Apple beats Xiaomi in India
The US tech giant has left its Chinese competitor behind, grabbing the 6th spot in India's top 30 cities.
Samsung PM1633a is world's largest SSD
With a capacity of 15.36 TB, this drive aimed at enterprise customers uses the 12 Gb/s SAS interface and offers read and write speeds of up to 1,200 MB/s.
Google Hands Free is now live in San Francisco
This new app that allows its users to make in-store payments without reaching for their phone or wallet has just entered in a public pilot stage in a few select South Bay stores.
Global smartphone sales are up as of Q4 2015
Year-over-year smartphone sales should rise by 7 percent by the end of 2016 thanks to rapid growth in China.
Samsung Pay outgrowing Apple Pay
A recent report shows that Samsung's mobile payment system is gaining users faster than Apple Pay, despite being available in only two markets for now.
Sony CEO sees a stagnating smartphone market
The lack of innovation and increasing number of poor performers in the sector are cited as key downfalls in the smartphone world.
24K Gold Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge already up for pre-order
UK-based Truly Exquisite already has the custom 24K gold Galaxy S7 flagships up for pre-order starting at more than $2,300 USD.
Samsung is now fourth largest smartphone processor maker in the world
With around 50 million Exynos chips shipped last year, Samsung follows Qualcomm, Apple, and MediaTek, who are the world's top three smartphone processor makers.
Microsoft adds camera, pinning, ink jotting to Office 365 on mobile devices
This month's update focuses on mobile platforms, bringing Box integration on iOS and multiple features for Windows-powered handsets.
Samsung Electronics grabs 38 iF Design awards
Next to its washing machines and other appliances, Samsung received awards for products like the Gear S2 smartwatch, Galaxy S6 & Galaxy S6 Edge handsets, and the Galaxy Note5.
Toshiba cancels WearVue smart glasses
This smart accessory was announced six weeks ago and shipments were expected to begin next week.
Scout Android launcher shuts down
Although it was always well received by its users and has plenty of them, this contextual launcher for Android will be soon shutting down.
Microsoft kills Project Astoria
Many were excited by the idea of having Android apps ported to Windows 10 Mobile, but Microsoft has unfortunately decided to kill this initiative.
Microsoft buys Xamarin
This new acquisition aims to help Microsoft improve its developer tools and services, offering deeper integration and seamless mobile app dev experiences.
Huawei and Leica team up to improve smartphone photography
Since the long-rumored P9 did not show up at MWC 2016, this agreement might have the main goal of ensuring that Huawei's next-gen flagship becomes the best choice for mobile photography enthusiasts.
Samsung intros 256 GB UFS 2.0 embedded memory
The world’s first 256 GB UFS 2.0 embedded memory chip for next-gen high-end smartphones has just entered mass production, only one year after its 128 GB predecessor.
BlackBerry buys Encription
Not long after this acquisition, the company formerly known as RIM plans to build a unit around consulting.
Fitbit still leads the wearable market
Although they shipped almost twice the amount of wearables compared to the previous year, Fitbit might lose the crown to Xiaomi, whose shipments grew by nearly 10 times during the same period.
Samsung Galaxy S7 has the best display according to DisplayMate
Less than a year after Galaxy Note 5 received this award, the latest Samsung flagship gets the same rating from DisplayMate - this handset has the best display they have ever tested.
MWC 2016 | Epson unveils Moverio BT-300 smart glasses
The world's lightest OLED binocular see-through smart glasses arrive almost five years after the introduction of the Moverio range, powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor and sporting a HD Silicon OLED display.
MWC 2016 | HP unveils Elite X3 business smartphone
Under the new "One for all" motto, HP will be launching a 6-inch Windows Mobile 10 smartphone with docks and attachments to become a full-fledged notebook via Windows Continuum.
MWC 2016 | Oppo Super VOOC Flash Charge promises a full charge in 15 minutes
This technology that is still under development promises to deliver a full smartphone battery charge in no more than 15 minutes.
MWC 2016 | Panasonic unveils Toughpad FZ-F1/N1 rugged smartphone
The FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 are the same device, but one runs Windows while the other runs Android, both offering the notorious ruggedness of the Toughpad family.
ARM announces 32-bit Cortex-A32 embedded processor
The new core is the direct successor of the Cortex-A7 and can be used in single- to quad-core configurations.
MWC 2016 | Microsoft Surface Pro 4 wins "Best Mobile Tablet" award
Microsoft's tablet is widely regarded as one of the best slates of 2015, and now it has just won an award by the Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona.
MWC 2016 | Fujitsu Stylistic Q736 tablet for business coming next month
Sporting palm vein sensor, next-gen contactless and classic SmartCards, the Q736 is Fujitsu's most secure 2-in-1 tablet to date.
MWC 2016 | MediaTek unveils the Helio P20 SoC
This new 16 nm ultra-power saving chip is the world's first SoC to support LPDDR4X memory, being 25 percent more efficient than the Helio P10 as well.
MWC 2016 | Imagination unveils PowerVR Series8XE GPUs
These new mobile GPUs aim the low-end sector market, providing more than 50 percent better performance than competing solutions and adding support for OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan.
AMD FirePro W4100
512 GCN cores @ 630MHz, 128 Bit GDDR5 @ 4000MHz
Specifications and benchmarks of the AMD FirePro W4100 graphics card for workstation PCs.MWC 2016 | Lenovo unveils three new Android tablets
The new Tab3 tablets will hit the market starting in June and target home users (Tab3 7 and Tab3 8) and business customers (Tab3 10 Business).
Nvidia reporting higher sales and lower profits for FY2016
The grass is getting greener for Nvidia with GPU revenue up 9 percent to $4.187 billion as of FY2016 compared to $3.839 billion in FY2015.
Notebook shipments down 6.3 percent worldwide
TrendForce is forecasting a shrinking notebook market from 175.5 million units in 2014 to 159.2 million by the end of this year.
Samsung announces the Exynos 7 Octa 7870 processor
This new octa-core 14 nm FinFET mobile processor that has been designed for the mid-range area of the market will enter mass production by the end of this year's first quarter.
Toshiba updates Tecra A50-C series with Skylake options
The Tecra A50-C series launched late last December with Broadwell and is now finally available with ULV Skylake CPUs.
Xiaomi, Huawei, and Apple are now the top smartphone brands in China
Oppo and Vivo have displaced Lenovo and Coolpad in the region. Overall smartphone shipments as of 2015 are up 2.5 percent from 2014.
Qualcomm announces three new Snapdragon chips
The Snapdragon 625 is the first 14 nm FinFET chip in its class, while the 425 and 435 join the entry-level area of the market, aiming to replace the 410 and 412.
Samsung Gear S2 Classic now available in Platinum and Rose Gold
The two new members of the Gear S2 family now retail for $449.99 USD via multiple retailers, including BestBuy, Amazon, and Macy's.
HP readying laptops with AMD's FreeSync technology
The announcement seems to indicate that AMD wants to significantly strengthen its mobile market presence.
Toshiba is now 479.4 billion Yen in the red according to latest FY2015 report
After being caught in an accounting scandal earlier last year, the Japanese manufacturer is down 5.43 billion Euros as it continues to face restructuring struggles from within the company.
HTC posts record losses as of Q4 2015
Sales down by almost half during the last quarter resulting in losses of about 91.82 million Euros.
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