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Usually with Counterclockwise we look into the far (in tech terms) past, but this time we kept it closer to the present. So the story today is more relevant to current trends than a simple history lesson. Big & small Almost six years ago to...

Love it or hate it, Angry Birds is one of the most successful series of games of all time. Since 2009 when the first game released on iOS, the series has spanned fifteen titles across multiple platforms and become a billion dollar franchise. Six...

The long overdue Microsoft Lumia flagships are coming and, contrary to what some insiders suggested, they won't be named Lumia 950 and 950XL, a NokiaPowerUser trusted source reports. The high-end models will be named Lumia 940 and 940XL instead,...

The Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro was part of an extensive leak of Lenovo smartphones, which appeared all the way back in February, and were tipped to be announced at MWC in March. However, only the Vibe Shot materialized in Barcelona, while the rest remained...

Prominent leakster @evleaks, who just hours ago gave us a glimpse of a couple of official images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, has gotten a hold of the Note 5's specs now. Certain things come as no surprise, but other revelations...

One of the main sources of complaints by the whole spectrum of commenters - from the Samsung fan and user, to the Samsung basher, has been the inclusion of numerous pre-installed apps, bundled with the company's smartphones. A lot of those remain...

Sony has been teasing a product announcement for August 3, two days from now, and the main theme for it seems to be gold. We are, however, quite intrigued by the more orthodox white and black Xperias that posed for a hands-on photoshoot on Russian...

It was about time we got treated to a few official images of Samsung's upcoming high-end phablets - after all the announcement of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ is scheduled for less than two weeks from now on August 13, and how tight of a...

It turns out that the characterful YotaPhone 2 won’t be making its way to North America after all. Despite a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, the Russian manufacturer pulled the plug on the US version of the E Ink display-toting Android...

OnePlus 2 is yet to make its way to consumers' hands, but the folks over at it168.com have grabbed a hold of one, and have given it their customary teardown treatment. Now, it would have been easier, if the captions were in English, but regardless,...

Microsoft officially launched Windows 10 for PCs a couple of days ago, on July 29. There was much fanfare to this release, with many fan gatherings taking place across the world to celebrate the new OS version - like the one in Sydney, Australia,...

Three weeks ago we launched the latest version of our site, bringing a completely new look and a bunch of new features. It was only natural that such a complete overhaul will cause some of our loyal readers trouble finding their way around, so this...

A few days ago word got out that Samsung was planning to reduce the prices for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge going forward. And today a new report from the Netherlands shows us just how substantial those price cuts will be. The Galaxy S6 has so far...

Sony has been dropping hints about a new color on Twitter, gold! True, the Xperia Z3 came in "Copper" but it seems that Sony wants to shift the hue towards a more noble metal. It's been a while since we had an Xperia with a "Gold" color option,...

Samsung has announced partnership with MasterCard to bring the Samsung Pay service to Europe. Samsung Pay is the feature that allows users with high-end Samsung devices, such as the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge to make contact-less payments...

According to the sources at SamMobile, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ will allegedly be priced at €799.99 for the 32GB model, which is approximately $876. Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S6 edge+ alongside the Note 5 this month....

Nvidia has rolled out an update for its Shield gaming-oriented tablet. The new firmware brings the Android version to the latest available 5.1.1 Lollipop. The internal release number is 3.1 and the concise but to the point changelog states that...

It looks like the OnePlus 2 smartphone, which was unveiled just days ago, has generated a lot of interest. A quick look at the its sign-up page reveals that over 1 million people have already requested an invite to purchase the handset. That...

Xiaomi will launch a Windows 10-powered tablet in the ongoing quarter, according to a known Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang. The device will be the successor to the Mi Pad tablet (shown in the image below), which the company unveiled back in May last...

According to a latest report from Financial Times, Uber is planning to invest a whopping $1 billion in India with an aim to up its ridership to as much as 1 million per day. The start-up is currently estimated to provide around 200,000 daily rides...