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A new report came today from ROM Developer @LlabTooFeR with screenshots of a new version of the Nexus Launcher which first came on developer preview builds of Nexus devices. As it turns out, the launcher is being renamed to “Pixel Launcher” which...

BLU has announced a new smartphone today. It's called Vivo 5R and the company says it's a "refreshed" version of the Vivo 5 launched in February. We assume the word "successor" isn't in BLU's dictionary, but that's exactly what the Vivo 5R is to the...

Samsung's A-series of smartphones is almost at the point of making its 2017 models official, but there's one odd outlier - the A8. The Galaxy A8 (2016) still hasn't been announced, even if all the other members of the A line have already received...

For a while now HTC has been pestering us with a number of short video teasers for its upcoming Desire 10 line of mid-rangers. And if you thought all that was in the past, well, think again. Today the company has outed its latest teaser for the...

Remember that incredibly specific rumor from July that talked about the iPhone 7's battery being around 14% bigger than the one in the iPhone 6s? Well, it turns out it was right on the money. The iPhone 7's battery is 1,960 mAh, exactly as rumored....

We've seen the iPhone 7 Plus in Geekbench a few days ago, and today its smaller sibling, the iPhone 7, has been put through the paces of the AnTuTu benchmark. It managed to score a record-breaking 178,397 points. For reference, that's around a third...

A promo image of the upcoming Huawei Mate 9 has leaked confirming a Kirin 960 chipset and dual 20MP cameras. So far we've seen Huawei Mate 9 renders alongside leaked specs, which are in line with the latest rumors surrounding the phone. The...

The modern internet user has a continuously diminishing attention span and Twitter’s 140 character limit attributed to the micro blogging platform's major success. Twitter-owned Vine’s success was attributed by a similar fashion. Creators were able...

Samsung is officially selling its printer business to HP for $1.05 billion. The South Korean giant aims "to concentrate on its core business areas," while HP sees it as a way "to disrupt and reinvent the $55 billion copier industry, a segment that...

The Xiaomi Mi 5S has passed the Chinese 3C regulatory body, leaving the phone to pass TENAA certification before going official. So far, we've heard rumors about the phone's 5.15" QHD display and its pressure sensitive features. Happily,...

It's one thing to see an iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus camera sample at Apple's event, it's completely another to see real-life camera samples. Thanks to Sports Illustrated magazine, we get to see some iPhone 7 Plus camera samples from the...

Microsoft has pushed out a new update to the Skype for Linux Alpha app that was released back in July this year. The update bumps the app to version 1.7, and brings along a couple of fixes, including one related to unread...

The upcoming Google Pixel phone, codenamed ‘Sailfish’ has leaked once again, this time in 3D renders and a 360-degree video, both courtesy OnLeaks and Android Authority. According to the source, the phone measures 143.8 mm x 69.5 mm x 7.3...

As if the exploding Galaxy Note7 fiasco was not enough, Samsung is facing another embarrassing situation: a Galaxy S7 edge unit caught fire in the owner's pocket, "causing him second and third degree burns." The incident happened when owner...

Update: The guys over at AndroidCentral reached out to Samsung, and were told that "this is not something the company has stated, and that all official guidance will be published on its website." Clearly, Samsung isn't outrightly denying a remote...

It’s mostly just games this week. Enjoy. Hash Hash is a news app that collates tweets from the popular topics and presents them in a beautiful interface. You will see all the current hot topics on the main page and clicking a topic...

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus caused a lot of excitement and sparked numerous discussions this week. Traditionally, Apple's smartphone is a controversial topic, as some people are more than happy with the iPhone's new features, while others are not...

The iPhone launch captured the bulk of the media attention this week - like it could have been otherwise. The pair of smartphones surprised no one due to the abundance of leaks, and yet everyone was curious to read the official bits. So, no...

Last week we asked you to vote about the best devices at the IFA expo. Sure, the show wasn't filled with new flagships but it had plenty of interesting announcements nonetheless. Huawei enjoyed most of the fan vote and it is the winner with...

Just what we needed - the unveiling of the new iPhone 7 stirred things up quite a bit in our Top 10 trending phones chart. That's another way of saying it shot to number 1 from its pre-release 7th spot last week. But it's not alone either - big bro...