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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Update: A quick look at LG V20's listing on B&H's website now reveals that the pre-order date has been changed to October 17. Original story below: The LG V20 will finally become available this week, but only in South Korea. The company said...

Earlier today we brought you news that the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update for the OnePlus X was almost ready for primetime, and it would land next week. Well, the Chinese company has decided to best that promise (if not by much) and has released...

The writing's been on the wall for this one for quite a while now. Today BlackBerry has finally made it official though - it won't develop any more phones by itself from this point on. That said, we'll still see the BlackBerry brand on mobile...

Remember the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (2016) that showed up on benchmarking websites GFXBench and Geekbench last month? Well, the device has passed through the US FCC, revealing that there will be a dual SIM variant of the phone as...

Today Amazon has announced its second-generation Fire TV Stick. This streaming dongle comes with improved innards compared to its predecessor, as well as a smaller initial price. The new Fire TV Stick boasts a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7...

Yesterday, Xiaomi stirred up quite a bit of excitement with the announcement of the Mi 5s and Mi 5s Plus pair. The Chinese giant appears to have taken a cue or two from Apple in terms of marketing as well, as it has opted to start sales ASAP. Both...

Huawei is reportedly looking to ditch Android Wear OS in favor of Tizen for its next smartwatches. The company wants to explore some alternatives as Google is cited to be "not very collaborative" for its Wear OS. Apparently, Huawei is eyeing...

After unlocked Galaxy S7 and S7 edge units in Europe and T-Mobile variants of the handsets in the US, another Samsung phone has started receiving the Android security update for September. One of our readers has tipped us that the update has...