Lenovo experiences record loss of $714 million as of Q2 FY2015/16
This is the largest quarterly loss for the Chinese company with much of the blame towards restructuring, takeovers, and slowing smartphone sales.
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Fossil plans to acquire Misfit
Less than a month after unveiling its first smartwatch, Fossil Group announces its intention to take over the fitness tracker startup in a deal worth $260 million.
Apple to reduce shipments of iPhone 6S for Q4 2015
The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are selling well, but not quite as well as Apple may have predicted.
HP introduces new ZBook mobile workstations
For the 3rd generation, HP gives its ZBook mobile workstations a completely new look and incorporates up-to-date components. Intel Xeon processors, up to 64 GB ECC RAM, the latest Nvidia Quadro graphics solutions, and DreamColor displays encourage power-users to make an upgrade.
Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 now official
The company's second 14 nm chip has been announced earlier than expected, but mass production is expected to begin "in late 2015."
Samsung Exynos 8890 enters mass production
This chip will be used for some Galaxy S7 units, expected to hit the market next to Qualcomm Snapdragon 820-powered ones.
Gold iPad Pro now up for pre-order from Goldgenie
The luxury custom Apple slate comes in gold, platinum, and rose gold, for a price of around $2,800 USD.
ARM announces ultra-efficient Cortex-A35 core
This new chip uses the ARMv8-A architecture and is the world’s most efficient 64-bit mobile processor.
QNAP releases TS-251+ and TS-451+ quad-core NAS
These two new storage solutions use quad-core Intel Celeron processors and offer support for virtualization, encryption, transcoding and HDMI output.
Panasonic Toughbook 20 coming in February
This upcoming rugged convertible tablet with detachable keyboard will be loaded with Windows 10 and will be powered by an Intel Core M Skylake processor.
TAG Heuer Connected watch now official
This luxury Android Wear-powered smartwatch can be purchased for $1,500 USD and uses three exclusive digital watch faces inspired by the design of the Carrera family of timepieces.
Microsoft to purchase Secure Islands
The Israeli cybersecurity company will soon become part of Microsoft after signing a deal estimated to be worth up to $150 million.
Xiaomi has sold one million handsets in Q3 in India
While Huawei and Xiaomi fight for the crow in China, the later enjoys an impressive growth on the Indian market.
Google acquires Fly Labs
The goal of this corporate acquisition is to improve the video editing capabilities of Google Photos.
Nvidia reports increased sales for latest quarter
YoY results are down for Tegra processors and professional Quadro and Tesla GPUs.
Toshiba announces Satellite Pro A50-C and Pro R50-C business notebooks
The new notebooks are aimed at the entry-level SMB segment with Broadwell and discrete GPU options.
Qualcomm expecting lower profits for FY2015
Investors are not pleased with the significant drop in sales and sharp decline in profits.
Microsoft acquires Mobile Data Labs
The latest acquisition of the Redmond giant is well known for the popular MileIQ app, which has over 1 million users and has been the leader of the finance app category in iTunes for almost two years.
Lenovo ThinkPad E550 (Core i7, Radeon R7 M265) Notebook Review
Expensive performance boost. For their top-of-the-line model in the E550-series, Lenovo not only integrated a speedy Core i7 CPU, but also a dedicated Radeon GPU. The resulting notebook costs almost 1000 Euro (~$1100). Is that too much money for an entry-level ThinkPad?
Intel Core i7-5500U, AMD Radeon R7 M265, 15.6", 2.4 kgGlobal tablet shipments to shrink by 15 percent
Analysts from TrendForce expecting high growth from Microsfot, Amazon, and Apple for Q4 2015.
Moto Shop experiential store to open this Saturday in Chicago
This new store is "the first-ever Motorola experiential boutique in the heart of downtown Chicago" and has an impressive amount of Moto Maker customization options on display.
Console gaming becoming a springboard for professional PC gaming
Dota 2 and League of Legends are revered by gaming fans, but streaming and Let's Plays are also gaining in popularity.
Customers prefer detachables over tablets says IDC
Global tablet shipments have declined for Q3 2015 by 12.6 percent.
The OnePlux X is the latest "experiment" from OnePlus
The OnePlus X is essentially carrying 2014 hardware in a late 2015 landscape.
HTC continues its decline through Q3 2015
Analysts are questioning how long HTC can survive after revealing the company's weak quarterly performance.
Lenovo surpasses Xiaomi in global smartphone shipments
New figures from IDC and Juniper Research show worldwide growth in smartphone shipments for Q3 2015 with the top 5 manufacturers in another game of musical chairs.
Xiaomi to launch a pair of Linux notebooks next year
Inside sources confirmed that the Chinese company ordered no less than 750,000 Linux-powered portables for early 2016, but nothing is official yet.
LG reporting lower sales and profit slump for Q3 2015
After Samsung posted its impressive financial results for the latest quarter, LG is at the opposite end of the corner with less earnings YoY.
Android and Chrome OS could merge by 2017
Although a recent report says Google will bring the two systems together in less than two years, things might not move that fast after all.
Samsung reports higher profits for Q3 2015
Samsung is again on the rise for Q3 2015. Sales and profits for semiconductors, displays, and smartphones are seeing gains.
More than 120 million devices now running Windows 10
Three months since launch, and Windows 10 has been installed on more than 120 million devices already.
Netherlands-exclusive Gear S2 BALR. edition coming soon
The standard Gear S2 will hit the Dutch market tomorrow and the exclusive BALR. edition will come later.
Microsoft Arrow Launcher is now out of beta
This app became publicly available back in June as a beta and now its first public release can be freely downloaded via Google Play Store.
Huawei shows strong growth for Q3 2015
Huawei has announced that it had sold 27.4 million devices for the quarter ending September 30, 2015.
Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Y1 Performance 20-inch tablet coming this December
The tablet is designed for 3D and CAD engineers and offers a 4K UHD 3840 x 2560 resolution display.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 - Rumors, Facts and Dates
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 will be available on October 12th starting at 1000 Euros (~$1137). We offer the first international review results as well as official technical specifications compared to the earlier rumors.
Analysts not impressed with the HTC One A9
First impressions from market analysts are lukewarm in terms of sales and outcome.
Intel acquires Saffron
By taking over Saffron's cognitive computing platform, Intel aims to improve its performance in the IoT, big data and security areas.
Microsoft opens new flagship store in New York City
This new retail outlet features a five-story glass storefront and is located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, in the heart of Manhattan.
Sony to open new Xperia manufacturing plant in Thailand
The factory will open by the end of fiscal 2016 and is expected to produce millions of Xperia devices per year.
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 10 2nd Generation Tablet Review
Hot flushes. The ThinkPad 10 2nd Gen is Lenovo’s second attempt to establish a mainstream business tablet. Besides the convenient features of the old model, once again, there are big issues in terms of performance.
Intel Atom x7-Z8700, HD Graphics (Cherry Trail), 10.1", 595 gAmazon, Google, and Microsoft seeing great financial results for Q3 2015
The balance sheets of the three big corporations show ecstatic investors and rising shares for Microsoft.
Western Digital acquires SanDisk
This deal has a value around $19 billion and offers Western Digital a significant share of the flash memory market.
Lenovo B70-80 80MR0006GE Notebook Review
More than mediocre? The less expensive devices from Lenovo in particular often got a very mediocre rating in the recent past; the author was obviously disappointed by the B50-80. So does the "bigger sibling" B70-80 perform better? The situation seems to be better with a powerful i5 CPU and dedicated Nvidia GPU.
Intel Core i5-5200U, NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 17.3", 2.8 kgPC shipments in EMEA down 23 percent for Q3 2015
Latest data from IDC shows just 18.4 million PCs were sold last quarter in the regions.
AMD loses nearly $200 million for Q3 2015
AMD experiencing a decline in sales by almost 26 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
TrendForce updates list for top 5 smartphone manufacturers as of Q3 2015
The analytics firm is reporting a significant global sales growth of 9.1 percent for a total of 332 million mobile devices.
Intel experiencing lower sales and profits for Q3 2015
Lower revenue can be traced back to lower sales for PCs, tablets, and notebooks.
GranitePhone by SIKUR now available for purchase
Advertised as "the first smartphone entirely focused on user privacy," this handset can be acquired for $849 USD.
OnePlus partnering with Foxconn to begin smartphone production in India
OnePlus did not unveil the rumored OnePlus X and instead announced a cooperation with Foxconn with OnePlus CEO of India Vikas Agarwal.
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