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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...

The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) was unveiled towards the end of last month, and pre-orders for it went live in the company's home country of South Korea on October 1. Now, the phone has been made available for purchase in the Asian country. The...

The extra opt-in security feature has successfully passed trials and is now live for all 1 billion users of the service. A few months ago Facebook started testing its very own end-to-end encryption in Messenger and starting today the feature is...

We already know that Samsung is working on 2017 editions of its Galaxy J series smartphones - the Galaxy J3 (2017) was spotted on TENAA earlier this year. Now, a new Samsung smartphone carrying a model number of SM-J727V has appeared on Zauba, and...

Microsoft is currently offering a solid discount on the Alienware 15 PC VR-Capable Bundle. The company is selling the bundle for $2,499, a discount of nearly $1000. The bundle includes an Alienware 15 Signature Edition laptop, an Alienware...

After confirming Android 7.0 for a few of its devices last month, Motorola has now posted the full list of its smartphones that the company says will get the Nougat update. The list includes the 4th Gen Moto G, G Plus and G Play, as well as...