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Facebook Mentions, the special app designed just for celebrities, is now available for download from the Play Store. The app was launched back in 2014, but has only been available to iOS users until now. As already mentioned above, 'Mentions'...

Just last week, BlackBerry expanded Priv's availability to three new European markets, including Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. And now, the Canadian company has added another country to the list: France. Yes, the Android-powered handset...

If you're a Huawei fan and are planning to purchase a smartphone as well as a smartwatch, here is some good news: Google is offering new Nexus 6P buyers a $50 discount on the Huawei Watch. This is not the first time such a deal is being offered -...

Last month, when a Snapdragon 820-powered Windows Phone device - dubbed HP Falcon - was spotted on GFXBench, we first treated the news with skepticism as there had been no news (or even rumors) whatsoever on that front, but subsequent reports...

Apple has released its latest iOS adoption numbers, revealing that the version 9 of its mobile operating system now powers 75% of compatible devices. This means that three out of every four mobile devices from the company are currently running iOS...

The Nexus 6 was by no means a sluggish or crappy phone. Motorola did an excellent job of embodying the Nexus language into a hardware package to compete with other flagship smartphones. Today, the Nexus 6 is on sale in Amazon US for $249. The...

Ten years ago, Skype launched free video calling, and the now Microsoft owned company is in a celebratory mood. It goes on to stress that it's been no less than six years since it took video calls to mobile phones, and now it's ready for the next...

Following its release in South Korea, Europe, and for units having been sold by Sprint in the US, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the LG G4 has now reached US Cellular. Specifically, G4 devices bought from this carrier. The update is...

LG slipped us a cryptic invitation – "Play begins, Barcelona February 21." What is it? We don't know officially, but we'll give it a few guesses. Obviously, we'd most want a new smartphone – a music oriented one, given the music box in the...

If you've been wanting to grab an LG Nexus 5X but so far haven't had the chance, this will surely make you happy. Google has announced that starting today, this smartphone becomes cheaper. Mind you, this doesn't seem to be a limited-time promo,...

Here's some bad, if expected, news for owners of the HTC Windows Phone 8X from 2012. The handset will not be updated to Windows 10 Mobile, the latest version of Microsoft's OS. This has been officially confirmed by HTC's UK arm, so at this point you...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has just announced the dates for the company's most important event of the year. In 2016, the Google I/O developer conference will take place from May 18 to May 20 in Mountain View, California, at the Shoreline...

Google has been caught experimenting with options for its Android search bar. For some users, new stuff shows up when they tap on the search bar - be that in the search widget on a home screen, using the one in Google Now, or simply when performing...

Meet Robo-Hon, the smartphone robo-companion CES is all about anything related to technology. Everything about consumer electronics and things that people want to buy. This next product is surely a perfect example of that. In October, last...

Just yesterday HTC officially announced the date on which it will finally start taking pre-orders for the Vive, its first ever VR headset. That will be February 29. However, the company has so far remained silent on the matter of the Vive's...

Gionee is currently busy working on a new upper-midrange device, it would seem. The information comes from a benchmark database, where a still unannounced Gionee smartphone has been caught. Someone put a Gionee W909 prototype through the paces of...

The Galaxy S7 (in whatever flavors it materializes) is getting its fair share of leaks, customary of Samsung flagships this time of the year. Once a critical mass of those accumulates, it's render-time, and we already saw artist Jermaine Smit go at...

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update is already in development for the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and S6 edge+. The update is already reaching to beta testers out there and we can shed some new information on the upcoming firmware. Apparently Samsung will...

Most people wouldn’t think to customize their phone further than choosing a wallpaper and a ringtone, but then there are some tinkerer's that go over the top just for fun. Take Core Down, aka Marc, from the WindowsArea forums – his Lumia 520 has a...

When last we heard of ZTE's future plans, the Chinese OEM (well, actually its Nubia sub-brand) was working on a successor to the high-end Nubia Z9, dubbed the Nubia Z11. The handset was said to build upon the success of its predecessor with an even...