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Huawei is inviting the press to share its "latest innovations and exciting advances" on November 3 (a month from now). The press conference will be held in Munich, Germany in the afternoon and while Huawei didn't spell it out, it's totally for the...

When it rains, it pours. Samsung and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued a statement about top-loading washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016 and sold in the US. "In rare cases, affected units may...

A couple of days ago Samsung announced that only 60% of Galaxy Note7 buyers in Korea have returned their faulty units. Today, the company said that it expects that number to rise to 80% by October 1. Samsung is gearing up to resume sales in the...

Qualcomm has announced two new Snapdragon models, the 600E and 410E, where the E stands for Embedded. These two models have been designed specifically for embedded computing and Internet of Things applications. This includes devices such as set-top...

The Sony Xperia XZ flagship smartphone has been officially unveiled for India. The device will go on sale in the country starting October 10, with pre-bookings opening October 1. It will be available through both online (Amazon) and offline...

The ZTE Zmax 2 from last year has received a price cut in the US, where Best Buy is currently selling the device for $49.99, down from its usual price of $99.99. That's a solid 50% discount on a handset that sports a 5.5-inch display, features an 8...

Following the Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus launch, Xiaomi is gearing up to unveil the Mi Note 2 and Mi Note 2 Pro in October. According to analyst Pan Jiutang, the company will introduce the two phones at the end of next month. On top of that, Jiutang says...

Google's smart messaging app Allo, which started rolling out last week, has surpassed the 5 million downloads milestone on the company's Play Store. The app hit the 1 million downloads mark four days ago, and was the top free Android app in the US...

Word of a possible partnership between Samsung and MediaTek has been popping up periodically for some time now. There is still no official confirmation, but all clues seem to point squarely to one conclusion - the Korean giant is planning to start...

It's not just the iOS client, Microsoft has updated Skype's Android app as well. The update bumps the app to version 7.17 and brings along several changes, including those related to reliability on select Samsung devices. With the update, the app...

Last month, OnePlus announced that the Soft Gold variant of its OnePlus 3 smartphone will land in India sometime in the first week of October. In line with that, the company has now revealed that the model will go on sale in the country on October...

While there have already been reports about replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 units overheating in South Korea, a new Wall Street Journal report now says that similar complaints have been received by the company in the US as well. In many cases,...

If you are in Canada, and are planning to purchase the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, you'll be glad to know that the Redmond, Washington-based company has slashed the price of the device. It's now available for CAD 1,599, down from its regular...

Starting on October 19, T-Mobile will be extending its unlimited high-speed data abroad when traveling overseas. T-Mobile started doing this in Brazil this summer, where the city of Rio flocked hundreds of thousands of people to watch the Olympic...

Meizu has announced a new variant of its MX6 smartphone that only differs in the amount of RAM it packs. While the device was originally launched with 4GB RAM, the new version comes with 3GB RAM. Rest of the specs remain same: Helio X20...

BlackBerry has been getting a lot of attention today with the somewhat old news (but now official) that BlackBerry will no longer develop or design smartphones to run on its BlackBerry-skinned version of Android. The short story is that the Canadian...

Lately, the RAM situation on Android has heard some mixed comments. Although some phones have higher amounts of RAM like 4GB to 6GB, these current-gen smartphones (Samsung's in particular) still manage to lag under heavy multitasking scenarios,...

Following its announcement last week, the LeEco Le Pro 3 officially went on sale today in China. It was a flash sale, and more than 3.5 million people had registered for it. It should then come as no surprise that the entire first batch of phones...

According to MacRumors, recent rumors suggest that Apple is in the works of preparing the MacBook lineup for an imminent refresh across the board. The MacBook Pro, of course, headlining a possible announcement for a late-October release of a...

Today a new version of Skype has been made available for iOS through the iTunes App Store. Skype 6.25 for Apple's mobile operating system brings with it support for some new features and APIs found in iOS 10. First off, there's Siri. If your...