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One of the first things that Google announced at its big event today is that Android just keeps on growing. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on stage that at the moment, there are more than 1.4 billion active Android devices in the wild. "Active" in...

Enough with the rumors, the LG Nexus 5X is finally official. The phone was just unveiled at Google's Nexus and Android event. The phone is built around a 5.2" IPS LCD display of 1080p resolution, resulting in a pixel density of 424ppi. The screen...

A year after the Nexus 6 Google unveils the next-generation phablet – meet the Nexus 6P. Despite its name it has a 5.7" screen and it's not made by Motorola this time but by Huawei instead. It's the first Nexus to feature a metal unibody, which is...

Google announced the official rollout of Android 6.0 Marshmallow – there aren't any new features but soon a lot more people will get it (so far it was only available as a developer preview). Starting next week, the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 phones plus...

Apple has announced that it will be releasing the final build of OS X El Capitan to compatible Macs tomorrow, September 30. The update will be free and will be available via the Mac App Store. El Capitan is the eleventh release in the OS X...

Google is livestreaming today's Nexus and Android oriented event. The company will unveil two smartphones - LG the Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P - alongside Android 6.0 Marshmallow and a couple of other gadgets. Chances are we'll see the...

Google's September 29 event has the new Nexus duo as its stars and will also see the official launch of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It's been a busy couple of weeks for the company with rumors flying left and right about what it's going to...

HTC has just announced the Butterfly 3 smartphone to succeed last year's flagship in polycarbonate attire, the Butterfly 2. And before you asked - yes, it is essentially the same phone as the J Butterfly which has been official in Japan since...

Coincidentally or not, HTC decided to host an event of its own mere hours before Google unveils the next pair of Nexus phones. That timing in itself sets the stage for some quick-to-be-forgotten announcements and from the looks of things HTC itself...

Better start practicing your "surprised" face for this evening, but first watch this hands-on with a non-working Nexus 5X prototype. Again, this unit doesn’t power on (in fact it's missing its internals), it's still good enough for a quick...

The HTC One A9 was supposed to be unveiled today going head to head with the new Nexus phones. It seems that HTC has rescheduled, but the A9 still made an appearance today, albeit an unofficial one. Several hands-on photos have surfaced of the...

Samsung's latest Gear S2 smartwatch is so unlike any other on the market, that the company felt a series of how-to videos was warranted. Unlike the myriad of Android Wear offerings, which are nigh identical software-wise, the Gear S2 (Classic or...

Popular photographer and developer of Camera+ app on iOS - Lisa Bettany - has been doing iPhone camera comparisons since the 4s. This year, we get to see how the new iPhone 6s compares against its predecessors, that is the iPhone 6, 5s, 5, 4s, 4,...

After long and arduous development, the ambitious Samsung Pay service is now showing a lot of promise. Despite still being in its infancy, the phone-based payment platform is already off to a flying start on the OEM's home Korean market, with over...

The Blackphone 2, which is the successor to last year's Blackphone, is now available for purchase in the US. The device was unveiled back in March at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC). The security-focused handset can now be ordered...

Samsung's YouTube competitor Milk Video, which was launched back in November last year, is shutting down. According to the South Korean company, it will pull the plug on the service in the month of November. "While we remain committed to...

The LG Class smartphone, which was announced last week and is currently only available in the company's home country of South Korea, will be available on AT&T in the US, according to the usually reliable leakster @evleaks. There was, however,...

Google doubled the maximum APK file size limit for Play store apps and games. Going forward, Android developers can publish APKs as large as 100MB - up from 50MB in the past. The change will allow for the submission of considerably richer apps...

The full specs of the upcoming LG Nexus 5X leaked out with less than 24 hours to go until its scheduled announcement. LG’s second Nexus smartphone will debut alongside Huawei Nexus 6P at an event in San Francisco tomorrow. In line with past...

Oppo may be best known for its mid-range and high-end offerings such as the R7, R7 Plus, or Find 7, but the Chinese company is also working on entry-level devices. Case in point: the upcoming Oppo A33, which is going to be pretty low-end. This...