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Apr 10, 2017
Huawei MateBook convertible tablet successor surfaced on FCC

Huawei WX9 tablet hits FCC

Not long after a benchmark leak that revealed what appeared to be a Huawei MateBook Pascal model, one that has a similar codename has been spotted at FCC. Its specs are expected to include a Kaby Lake processor and 8 GB RAM.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 21:55
Lenovo is the best overall laptop brand, according to Laptop Mag. (Image Source: Lenovo)

Lenovo dethrones Apple in Laptop Mag's "Best & Worst Laptop Brands" list for 2017

Lenovo has claimed the top spot from Apple in Laptop Mag's annual brand ranking. The Cupertino giant fell to 5th place due to controversial design changes in its Macbook and Macbook Pro lines.
Sam Medley, 10 Apr 2017 21:47
Sony's new tablet reads and writes just like real paper. (Source: Sony Japan)

Sony announces a new, business-focused digital paper tablet

Sony's new tablet features improved specs compared to its predecessor and aims for business costumers. The electronic ink device only works with PDF files and is not meant as general-purpose tablet.
John Garcia, 10 Apr 2017 19:26
ZTE Quartz smartwatch with Android Wear 2.0

ZTE Quartz now official

This new smartwatch runs Android Wear 2.0 out of the box and comes with 3G/HSPA connectivity, 768 MB RAM, 4 GB internal storage, built-in GPS, all for a price of just $192 USD.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 19:05
The LG Watch Urbane is among several smartwatches receiving Android Wear 2.0. (Source: LG)

A handful of smartwatches will be updated to Android Wear 2.0 soon

Android Wear 2.0 comes to four more smartwatches—three from LG and one sporting the New Balance brand.
John Garcia, 10 Apr 2017 18:23
New feature, same minimalist approach: the updated Google Duo. (Source: Google Play)

Google Duo's audio-calling feature now available worldwide

Google Duo now allows voice calling from anywhere in the world. The feature should appeal to users who are interested in the app but are subject to carrier-imposed data restrictions.
John Garcia, 10 Apr 2017 18:15
The Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro. (Source: Samsung)

Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro launches tomorrow in India

Samsung's new mid-range smartphone comes to India with specs befitting its price tag. The Asian subcontinent is the first region outside China to receive the device.
John Garcia, 10 Apr 2017 18:08
LG G5 Android flagship gets full LineageOS 14.1 support

LineageOS now supports 15 more devices

The latest LineageOS update brings a new Gallery app, Quick Settings tiles, as well as support for more than a dozen devices, including the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 tablet, T-Mobile's LG V20, various Galaxy Note II variants, and more.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 17:30
NTT DoCoMo store in Japan, tablet sales dropped in Japan in 2016 for the first time

Tablet shipments finally drop in Japan

After more than a year of going against the global trend, the Japanese tablet market has finally dropped for the first time in 2016. Apple controls over 40 percent of the local market, followed by Huawei and NEC/Lenovo.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 16:20
Samsung Display is currently the go-to OLED manufacturer with a 99 percent market share as of August 2016. (Source: Mashable)

Google wants the next Pixel to use flexible OLED panels

South Korean sources say that Google is prepared to invest $880 million to LG Display for the express purpose of ramp up production of flexible OLED panels for the US company to put in its next Pixel phone.
Isaac Brown, 10 Apr 2017 15:18
The company is operating 3,000 pre-sales trial zones for the phones ahead of official sales. (Source: ZDNet)

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ break pre-order records

The Samsung Galaxy S8 became available for pre-order in South Korea over the weekend and was warmly welcomed by Korean consumers with a record-shattering number of pre-orders.
Isaac Brown, 10 Apr 2017 15:15
Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Asiana Airlines Edition handsets coming a single batch of just 2,000 units

Samsung Galaxy S8 Asiana Airlines Edition coming this month

South Korea's second-largest commercial airline teamed up with Samsung to offer a special edition of both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ to its customers. These exclusive handsets can only be purchased using mileage points.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 15:05
Samsung Bixby app logo, coming to Germany later this year

Bixby to reach Germany by the end of the year

Although Samsung's answer to Apple Siri and Google Assistant only made its debut with support for English and Korean, the South Korean giant has just confirmed that Bixby is scheduled to become available in Germany by the end of 2017.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 12:55
Kobo acquires Shelfie ebook bundling platform

Kobo acquires Shelfie

Shelfie has been around for a few years already, offering its customers the chance to purchase low-cost titles they already own in hardcover/paperback editions. After announcing its demise back in January, the Shelfie ecosystem gets back thanks to Kobo.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 10:05
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Android tablets finally get Android 7.0 Nougat

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and 9.7 receive Android 7.0

Both variants of this slim Android tablet receive the Nougat update in Europe, so the US should follow in the coming weeks as well. In addition to the usual Nougat changes, the new firmware also comes with Game Launcher.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 09:05
Vivo V5 Plus Limited Edition Android handset with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and dual front camera setup

Vivo V5 Plus Limited Edition launches in India

This cricket-themed handset comes to mark the tenth IPL edition and has the same technical specs as the regular Vivo V5 Plus, being powered by the Snapdragon 625 processor and rocking a dual camera setup for selfies.
Codrut Nistor, 10 Apr 2017 08:25
Stoney Ridge is AMD's seventh generation entry-level 15W chipset. (Source: AMD)

AMD may be expanding into the Chromebook market

An AMD board known as "Kahlee" has shown up in ChromeOS's Coreboot code. The device will be based on 2016's Stoney Ridge rather than AMD's new Ryzen architecture. The existence of an AMD powered Chromebook together with the release of Ryzen 7 and 5-series chips suggests that AMD is making an all-out effort to reestablish itself in the market.
Douglas Black, 10 Apr 2017 05:34
Apr 9, 2017
Apple ahead of both Samsung and Huawei in smartphone race

Apple ahead of both Samsung and Huawei in smartphone race

Samsung is still king when it comes to combined worldwide shipments of smartphones and feature phones, but the South Korean manufacturer is now lagging behind Apple by a mere 0.1 percent in pure smartphone shipments.
Allen Ngo, 09 Apr 2017 07:36
Monstrous Acer Predator 21 X notebook now available in Taiwan for $9000 USD

Monstrous Acer Predator 21 X notebook now available for $9000 USD

The curved 21-inch laptop has launched in Taiwan with GTX 1080 SLI graphics, a backlit mechanical keyboard, and Tobii eye-tracking cameras.
Allen Ngo, 09 Apr 2017 04:56
Apr 8, 2017
LG preliminary Q1 2017 financials are looking up

LG preliminary Q1 2017 financials are looking up

Operating profits and revenue are up significantly from the year before, but it remains to be seen if the upcoming G6 flagship can turn the ailing LG smartphone business back to black.
Allen Ngo, 08 Apr 2017 07:05
Chuwi announces Lapbook 12.3 with Apollo Lake

Chuwi announces Lapbook 12.3 with Apollo Lake

The Lapbook 12.3 is coming this month with its oddball native 2736 x 1824 resolution display and Celeron N3450 SoC.
Allen Ngo, 08 Apr 2017 06:28
Consumers are spending more money on PCs and smartphones according to new study

Consumers are spending more money on PCs and smartphones according to new study

Consumers and businesses would rather spend more on quality portables than on cheaper and often inferior alternatives.
Allen Ngo, 08 Apr 2017 05:29
Apr 7, 2017
Western Digital My Passport SSD portable drive now available in 1 TB, 512 GB and 256 GB capacities

Western Digital intros its first portable SSD

The portable drive known as My Passport SSD offers transfer speeds up to 515 MB per second, being compatible with USB 3.1 Type-C and also able to withstand falls up to 6.5 feet.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 23:35
Game console emulators like Nesbox will no longer be available on the Windows Store. (Source: Nesbox)

The Windows Store has officially banned emulators

Microsoft's latest policy change for the official Windows Store bans emulators outright. However, the software can still be found and downloaded online.
Sam Medley, 07 Apr 2017 22:19
The personal data of 100,000 taxpayers has been compromised through an exploit of the FAFSA program. (Source: IRS)

Hackers compromise U.S. taxpayer data through university financial aid system

Using an exploit in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and tools used to retrieve tax data, hackers were able to breach part of the IRS database and steal personal data for 100,000 U.S. taxpayers.
Sam Medley, 07 Apr 2017 21:29
The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, coming soon with twice the storage. (Source: Samsung)

New Samsung Galaxy S8+ model features bigger storage, higher price

Samsung is releasing a new Galaxy S8+ model with 128 GB of internal storage and 6 GB of RAM. The handset will be available as part of a bundle which includes a Samsung DeX dock.
John Garcia, 07 Apr 2017 18:53
The Surface Pro 5 may not be much different from its predecessor. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 might be less of an upgrade than expected

A recent rumor suggests that the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 will feature an upgraded processor but no other significant changes.
John Garcia, 07 Apr 2017 18:47
Scorpio will offer 50 percent more memory than the PS4 Pro, going up to 12 GB of GDDR5 RAM. (Source: The Verge)

Microsoft announces Xbox Scorpio specs

Project Scorpio, the name Microsoft uses to call their successor the Xbox One, was called “the most powerful console ever,” and today the company showed that this isn't just marketing language. According to Digital Foundry, the current Xbox and Playstation have been left in the dust by the new hardware.
Isaac Brown, 07 Apr 2017 16:57
Samsung Galaxy S8 camera shot, Samsung leaves the digital camera business

Samsung leaving the digital camera market

Although Samsung had a strong presence in the digital camera market until a few years ago, the decline of this sector and the increasing popularity of mobile photography made the company to drop this area for good.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 16:35
Polar M430 GPS running watch now official

Polar M430 GPS running watch now official

The successor of the popular Polar M400 comes with wrist-based heart rate monitoring, 24/7 activity tracking, as well as an integrated GPS module. Priced at $229 USD, it promises up to 20 days of autonomy with activity tracking enabled and up to 30 hours while using low-power GPS.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 15:45
ZTE Nubia Z17 mini Android smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon 652/653 processors and dual camera setup

ZTE Nubia Z17 mini launches in China next week

This 5.2-inch handset will come in two variants that feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 and 4 GB RAM or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 and 6 GB RAM, both packing a 13 MP dual-camera setup on the back.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 14:30
Huawei Y5 2017 Android smartphone with MediaTek MT6737T processor, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage

Huawei silently intros Y5 2017 entry-level smartphone

This new affordable 5-inch handset packs a quad-core MediaTek processor, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage, and runs Android Marshmallow with Huawei's EMUI 4.1 on top. Pricing and availability should be announced shortly.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 13:05
QNAP TVS-1282T3 Thunderbolt 3 NAS now available with 7th gen Intel Core processors

QNAP launches TVS-1282T3 Thunderbolt 3 NAS

This new NAS comes with 7th generation Intel Core processors, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, three HDMI outputs, six LAN ports, also supporting up to 64 GB RAM and 12 storage drives.
Codrut Nistor, 07 Apr 2017 12:35
The PX7 Pro SE is a notebook capable of server workloads. (Source: Eurocom)

Eurocom unveils lightweight PX7 Pro SE Mobile Server

The notebook is designed for heavy server loads and packs an Intel Xeon E3-1505M, up to 64 GB of ECC memory, and up to 16 GB of RAID 0/1/5 storage.
Sam Medley, 07 Apr 2017 00:58
Even this digital face is less than happy about the sudden demise of the Yoga Book Chromebook. (Source: Lenovo)

Lenovo has shut the lid on its Chrome OS-powered Yoga Book

After unleashing its marvelously-designed Yoga Book in both Windows and Android flavors, Lenovo had a third trick up its sleeve: a Chromebook. Unfortunately, that seems to no longer be the case—the Yoga Book Chromebook is dead.
John Garcia, 07 Apr 2017 00:57
Apr 6, 2017
Ubuntu will use the GNOME desktop environment for future versions. (Source: Canonical)

Ubuntu kills Unity desktop, shifts focus to GNOME

Canonical is stopping all development on the Unity desktop and shifting focus to the GNOME desktop.
Sam Medley, 06 Apr 2017 23:00
Fairphone 2 Android smartphone gets Marshmallow update

Fairphone 2 to finally get Android Marshmallow

Although way behind other brands, Fairphone is now ready to launch Marshmallow for its second handset but also unveiled that the company's original handset would also get Android 4.4.4 KitKat at some point in the future.
Codrut Nistor, 06 Apr 2017 21:25
The new TITAN Xp has 12 GB GDDR5X VRAM, 3840 CUDA cores, and 12 TFLOPS of performance. (Source: Nvidia)

Titan Xp now official, will also support Mac OS X

The new GPU is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR5X memory clocked at 11.4 Gbps, 3840 CUDA cores clocked at ~1.6 GHz, and boasts 12 TFLOPs of performance. Nvidia will also begin developing drivers for Mac OS X.
Sam Medley, 06 Apr 2017 20:27
Huawei Honor 8 premium Android smartphone, Honor Beta program hits the US

Huawei Honor Beta program launches in the US

While the Honor 8 Pro goes on pre-order in Europe, Huawei launches the Honor Beta program in the US, promising to offer for testing both hardware and software products scheduled to launch "in one or even two years from now."
Codrut Nistor, 06 Apr 2017 20:15
The Microsoft Surface is 2017's king of customer satisfaction. (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft Surface ranked best overall tablet by J.D. Power

For the first time since its inception, the top spot in J.D. Power's annual Tablet Satisfaction Study has gone to the Microsoft Surface line of devices which narrowly edged out its Apple and Samsung competitors.
John Garcia, 06 Apr 2017 18:59
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Android phablet gets Nougat update on Sprint

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 gets Android Nougat on Sprint

Although the most recent Note phablet still available for the masses received the Nougat update in other parts of the world already, Sprint now becomes the first US carrier to roll out Android 7.0 in the country.
Codrut Nistor, 06 Apr 2017 18:40
Project Scorpio's new GPU will have 12 GB of GDDR5 VRAM on a 384-bit bus. (Source: EuroGamer.net)

4K on the Xbox: Project Scorpio specs revealed

The upcoming Microsoft console features 12 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, an octa-core x86 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, and enough graphical horsepower for 4K 60fps gameplay.
Sam Medley, 06 Apr 2017 18:22
Many users probably believe they can maintain a secure system without regularly sending usage data back to Microsoft. (Source: TechCrunch)

Microsoft publishes details on Windows 10 data collection

Executive vice president of the Windows and Devices Group Terry Myerson wrote on Microsoft's blog about the updates to the Windows 10 privacy policy that will roll out with the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11.
Isaac Brown, 06 Apr 2017 17:59
Highlights include shock and water resistance, a dual 13 MP rear camera, 4 GB of RAM, and a Snapdragon 821 processor. (Source: Gizbot)

LG G6 launches worldwide this week

LG has announced today that they were initiating global shipments for the G6. Retailers and operators to receive their stock soon, with the US market receiving the devices on April 7.
Isaac Brown, 06 Apr 2017 17:56
Honor 6C launching April 24th

Honor 6C launching April 24th for 240 Euros

In addition to the Honor 8 Pro, Huawei will launch the budget Honor 6C as a 5-inch cutdown version of the Honor 6X. Core features include a Snapdragon 435 SoC with 3 GB RAM and a potential 720p AMOLED panel according to sources.
Allen Ngo, 06 Apr 2017 04:19
Apr 5, 2017
The Pebble smartwatch can still work even when disconnected from Pebble's servers. (source: Pebble)

New Pebble update allows smartwatch to keep ticking

The latest update to the Pebble app allows the smartwatches to continue functioning even when not connected to Pebble's servers.
Sam Medley, 05 Apr 2017 23:44
Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 Android tablet with Mediatek MT8176 and 4 GB RAM, 64 GB internal storage

Xiaomi unveils Mi Pad 3 Android tablet

This new 7.9-inch slate only comes with Android on board, featuring the new Mediatek MT8176 chipset, next to 4 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage. The price in China is around $220 USD, but the launch date is not public yet.
Codrut Nistor, 05 Apr 2017 22:25
A new polymer can heal itself in under 24 hours. (Source: Wang Polymer Research Group)

Self-healing touchscreens may be here by 2020

A new polymer developed by researchers at the University of California Riverside can stitch itself back together from a tear or scratch in under 24 hours. The research lead thinks the material could debut on smartphones by 2020.
Sam Medley, 05 Apr 2017 21:53
Apple Music for Android major update released in early April 2017

Apple updates Music for Android

This app for music lovers got out of the beta stage a few months ago, and now it gets a major interface overhaul that makes it look similar to the version available for Apple iOS 10 devices.
Codrut Nistor, 05 Apr 2017 20:50
Twitch now has an online PC game store. (Source: Twitch)

Twitch's online game store now open for business

The new service will allow users to buy the PC game in the stream they're watching. The store will offer 50 titles to start, and Twitch Partners will get 5% of purchases made from their stream.
Sam Medley, 05 Apr 2017 17:54

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