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Snapchat has announced that it was partnering with Giphy to provide clippable GIFs to adorn the Snaps that users send to friends or post to public Stories. This happened not too long after Snapchat came under heavy criticism for its new confusing...

These days, the smartphone is an important tool. It keeps us connected to our friends and family, our passions, our memories, and for some it lets us connect to our means of making a living. These things have become extensions of ourselves to the...

Tax season is in full effect here in the United States where millions of Americans are getting their tax returns. Many folks take advantage of this extra money to stimulate the economy by upgrading their smartphones. T-Mobile will start running a...

Motorola's G6 family started leaking in January, and hasn't stopped since. The company might unveil the G6, G6 Plus, and G6 Play at MWC this weekend, in fact. Until that happens, though, let's feast our eyes upon another leaked image of the G6...

Andy Rubin's Essential Phone has definitely had a bumpy ride so far, with less than 100,000 units sold last year. But the startup is still supporting its first smartphone, even though it decided against releasing a 'stable' Android 8.0 Oreo update...

Two weeks ago Google announced that Nest is joining its hardware team, the one responsible for products such as Chromecast, Google Home, and the Pixel smartphones. This made us look forward to more integration between Google and Nest products, and...

BLU has announced and released a new smartphone today, the Vivo X. It comes with a 6-inch 1,440x720 18:9 touchscreen (that can achieve 520 nits of brightness), covered in Gorilla Glass 3. It has an 80% screen-to-body ratio. The phone has four...

Today Google has launched a new program called Android Enterprise Recommended. It's a way for businesses to easily choose Android devices to deploy for their employees. To be Android Enterprise Recommended, a handset has to adhere to a strict set of...

It's been a while since Samsung launched a high-end tablet, but the wait could be almost over. A couple of days ago an upcoming slate from the Korean company was spotted in a benchmark and based on its model number it's assumed to be the Galaxy Tab...

A week ago Qualcomm leaders met with Broadcom to discuss the $121 billion acquisition offer. While the results of the meeting were not announced publicly, Broadcom has a new offer - $117 billion. Wait, what? In early February Broadcom upped its...

Qualcomm unleashed a pack of announcements that paint a fast, wireless picture of the future of digital tech. Wi-Fi 802.11ax It introduced the first integrated 802.11ax solution for smartphones and computers. An advancement over Wi-Fi ac, it...

The OnePlus 5T Lava Red edition hit Europe and the US in the beginning of February. Now the phone, endorsed by model and actress Emily Ratajkowski, will be given away to five lucky couples in North America during a raffle that is ending tomorrow,...

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will be unveiled this Sunday and they may be on store shelves less than a month later. Korean publication The Investor cites sources who claim that pre-orders for Korea’s major carriers will start on February 28...

Facebook introduced 3D posts earlier, but today the social network is rolling out gITF 2.0 compliance to support high-quality 3D content. The biggest beneficent are owners of Xperia smartphones with Android Oreo and 3D Creator app, who get easy...

Apple's AirPlay 2 went MIA in the latest developer beta releases. For those of you who've been following our recent first look at AirPlay 2 in the iOS and tvOS 11.3 betas, you may have to wait a little longer. In the latest developer iOS and tvOS...

Tired of cases and 3D renders of the Galaxy S9? Well, the floodgates have opened now and hands-on photos of the actual device were inevitable. The photos show the front of the upcoming flagship as the phone boots up as well as the back with the...

A second flagship Sony Xperia with a Snapdragon 845 has visited Geekbench. The model number is different, but the specs are the same – the chipset, the Android 8.0 Oreo, the 4GB of RAM. These are either different variants of the same model –...

In the first days of the new year, AT&T announced that 12 markets in the US will receive true mobile 5G in 2018. Today the carrier said that Dallas, Atlanta, and Waco, Texas will be the first three cities to experience true 5G. 9 more cities are...

We last heard of the Meizu X2 way back in the summer of 2017 but forgot about it due to the eventual radio silence. Now, however, it has resurfaced. Meizu VP Li Nan has confirmed that the smartphone is real and is coming. He added a few details -...

The semiconductor business is getting into a new phase of takeovers. While Qualcomm was ready to purchase NXP for $47 billion ($37 billion value + $10 billion existing debt), it was surprised with a bid from Broadcom that reached $121...