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If you recall, last month, Google said that the Nexus 6 and LTE Nexus 9 will get Android 7.0 in a few weeks. Inline with that, the Nexus 6 started receiving the update earlier this week. The good news is that now the HTC-manufactured tablet has also...

Pebble has announced the successor to its once popular (for a lack of choice) smartwatch, the Pebble 2. There are two versions of it, the Pebble 2 and the Pebble 2 SE. The Pebble 2 is the more expensive model and includes a heart rate...

ExoLens has announced two new ranges of iPhone accessory lenses to add versatility to the cameras of the iPhone 7, iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPhone 6s/6s Plus. The Pro range comes with 'professional-grade' Zeiss optics, while Prime lenses aim to meet a...

If you are in the UK, and are planning to purchase the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, you'll be glad to know that the Windows 10-powered device is now available for £299.99 via Amazon. A quick look at Microsoft's UK website reveals that the Redmond,...

As you might already know, the US variants of the Sony Xperia XZ and X Compact smartphones do not officially include the fingerprint scanning feature, but that doesn't mean you can't turn it on. Yes, you heard it right, it's possible to enable...

In an important development, Samsung has agreed to acquire Viv Labs, a startup launched by a group of three people who had helped create voice-controlled personal assistant Siri that in turn was acquired by Apple in 2010. The startup came into...

US Cellular has started pushing out the Marshmallow update to Samsung Galaxy Note 4 units on its network. The update, which bumps the Android version to 6.0.1, brings along all the usual Marshmallow goodies including Doze, Google Now on Tap, and...

Shortly after it came to light that a safe Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unit caught fire on a plane in the US, the country's Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has confirmed that it will launch a probe into the incident. "CPSC is moving...

Surface, Surface, Surface everywhere. That's what Microsoft's basically been doing in the past few years in the hardware space, and for the near future you should expect even more of that. So how about a Surface Keyboard and a Surface Mouse? Yes,...

Yesterday Google finally unveiled the Pixel and Pixel XL, its first smartphones. Throughout its event, however, the company never once mentioned whether the two have any sort of dust or water resistance rating. An IP53 certification was rumored last...

At its grand event yesterday Google unveiled its first own-brand Wi-Fi router, imaginatively named Google Wifi. But Google's dabbled in the router space before, having created two OnHub units - one in partnership with TP-Link, the other with...

Microsoft is now giving you the opportunity to purchase a Surface Book for a lot less than before, if you're in the UK. Over there, the company is running a new promotion through its online store. It's valid until October 17 and slashes 15% off the...

By now you'd expect a Samsung Galaxy Note7 from the first batch to easily catch fire - after all, that's why the Korean company recalled all 2.5 million units it sold until September 2. On the other hand, you probably wouldn't expect a replacement...

Amazon has announced that its already excellent Prime membership will now include free ebooks and magazines, on top of the already long list of benefits. Customers will now have access to a rotating collection of over thousand top Kindle...

Samsung is working on a successor to the Galaxy Grand Prime from 2014. The upcoming Grand Prime (2016) has so far been benchmarked and spotted at the FCC as well as in an Indian import tracking database. So clearly it should be arriving...

Google did not exactly release an update log for the Android 7.1 update but Android Police managed to get their hands on it from a source, and it lists all the changes that will be present on Pixel as well as non-Pixel devices. The list of...

As part of the ongoing festive sales across leading e-commerce platforms in India, over 500,000 Xiaomi Redmi phones have been sold in the country in just three days. The announcement came from the Indian arm of the Chinese company on...

New snaps of upcoming Oppo R9S advertising leaflets have surfaced showing the phone's design. The pamphlet also confirms the R9S will feature a 3,010mAh battery, a bump from the 2,850mAh unit that was rumored so far. The handset is also...

The Sony Xperia XZ is now available to purchase at major retailers in the Netherlands, priced predictably at €699. Sony Mobile's online store in the country, on the other hand, refers you to carrier websites, where you can opt for a contract...

When Google announced the Pixel phone yesterday, it boasted an unprecedented DxOMark score of 89 overall. However, DxO Labs' full review wasn't immediately available, so we had no idea how the phone scored in the various disciplines. Well, we do...