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Google is ready to add an eighth platform with over 1 billion users to its portfolio. The cloud service Drive is joining the elite team of Gmail, Chrome, Maps, YouTube, Android, and Play Store. The company announced at the Google Cloud Next...

The US government gave ZTE green light to restart its business on US soil and also use US-made technologies but only if the Chinese vendor checks off a long list of obligations. The most impactful one is the required split and re-branding of...

Xiaomi will start selling its Mi 8 Explorer on July 30 at 19:30 local Chinese time for CNY 3,699 or €460 converted. Xiaomi doesn't say how many units it has in stock for the flash sale but our guess is not a lot. Previously it was rumored that...

Samsung Display has just announced it has developed an “Unbreakable” flexible OLED panel. The component is developed for smartphones and has been certified by UL - Underwriters Laboratories that works for the Occupational Safety and Health...

Samsung was having a rough start when it began pushing Oreo to Galaxy devices. Eventually, the Korean company went ahead, updated its flagships to Android 8.1 and now it is migrating the more affordable phones to the new OS version. According to...

Apple and Qualcomm have been in a long-term legal dispute, suing each other back and forth. Here's a timeline of some of the events that took place since 2017. In January 2017, Apple sues Qualcomm for $1 billion over excessive royalties. ...

Another variant of the BlackBerry KEY2 has recently been spotted going through the FCC for certification. The model in question looks very similar to the BlackBerry KEY2. In fact, it certainly is the BlackBerry look-alike that @evleaks showed us on...

First reported by Android Authority, Google’s Wear OS app has been updated on the Play Store to make launching Google Pay faster than before. It used to take upwards of 8 to 10 seconds to launch the NFC Payment app so any shortening of that time is...

Google just released the last Android P Developer Preview 5 (Beta 4) for Pixel devices for folks to take the opportunity to take a test drive of the latest OS before the public release. This is the final Beta update so Google is very close to...

Along with the regular Find X, Oppo announced another version dubbed Lamborghini Edition, which features Super VOOC charging for the first time in a production smartphone. Later we heard of another Super Flash Edition that will bring the rapid...

Analysts are reading clues from Apple’s supply line to forecast the future of the next generation iPhones. The latest prediction is that the model with a 6.1” LCD – the budget iPhone with an expected price of $700 – will arrive late to the...

Here we go again - Canalys says Xiaomi shipped more phones in India during Q2, Counterpoint Research gives the win to Samsung. CR attributes Samsung’s success to the J-series phones – the Galaxy J2 and J8 alone account for 2 million sales (the J4...

Xiaomi Mi A2 was announced yesterday at an event in Spain and generated a lot of hype due to its affordability and pure Android experience. Some sad news, however, overshadowed the much-anticipated release for plenty of potential customers -...

The Samsung Galaxy Note8 officially costs $750 in the US, but deals have pushed this price as low as $620. That’s still a bit high, though, an eBay seller with the cheeky name of “never-msrp” is selling new units at $533. These are unlocked dual...

HTC is reportedly working on a phone dubbed “Imagine Life” - aka HTC U12 Life (U12’s code name was Imagine). We saw the same move last year with the U11 Life, a mid-range phone that borrowed some elements from the U11 flagship, but the name was more...

Google Chrome team has just released new versions of the browser for Desktop and for Android. The PC variant brings “Not Secure” for all HTTP pages, while the mobile version comes with a fix against the Spectre vulnerability. The smartphone browser...

After a disappointing first quarter this year, the Chinese market starts to make a slow recovery. Q1 in 2018 marked a 21% decrease in sales YoY while Q2 shows only 8% decline. But while the whole market isn't doing all that well, Huawei is making...

The Moto C2 and Moto C2 Plus have been certified by ANATEL, the Brazilian wireless authority. Motorola has a strong presence in Brazil as it has a local factory and is not subject to the steep import duties. Moto C2 gets certified by...

Gameloft has released Asphalt 9: Legends a full day ahead of its release date of July 26. The game is now live on both App Store and Play Store, and can be downloaded for free on compatible devices. Whether it's a mistake or not, we don't know, but...

The Honor Play was unveiled last month in China with a great value proposition thanks being the cheapest Kirin 970 device. Now, the company is about to bring the device to India as well. The handset will sell exclusively on Amazon.in while the...