Mobile

The follow-up to the very popular OnePlus One smartphone, the OnePlus Two, is expected to launch later this year but so far, OnePlus hasn't given away much. However, the company has finally revealed a few details about its upcoming flagship. Yesterday during a Reddit AMA, two OnePlus workers, David Sanmartin …

In a bid to increase sales of its mobile system-on-chip devices as well as to continue offering unique solutions to the market, Intel Corp. reportedly plans to team up with Google for hybrid 2-in-1 mobile computers running Chrome OS. Intel already has multiple reference designs of 2-in-1 hybrid PCs with …

Samsung is apparently working on a tablet that will feature an iris-scanner, bringing more biometric reading systems to smart devices. The technology is actually being built by the team that originally made Siri, Apple’s digital assistant for iOS. SRI International, the company that initially came up with Siri, is now …

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge were both revealed earlier this month, featuring a new design and plenty of glass taking over from the plastic found on older models. As you would expect, the back of the phone isn’t as accessible to users as it once was, …

When Apple announced the iPhone 5C, it was met with resounding disappointment and weak sales. However, it looks like the company might be preparing to try again with an iPhone 6C, which will launch alongside the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Citing anonymous industry sources, DigiTimes reports that the …

Ah to be a member of parliament. Not only do you get an average, basic salary of £67,060, expenses to cover a second home, staff and other -not always relevant – costs, but as of the May election, when everyone returns to work, they'll be given a free iPad Air …

Some new pictures of what is likely the HTC One M9 Plus have leaked, along with the device's full spec sheet, just a couple of weeks before the expected launch date. The phone is essentially a larger version of the previously announced HTC One M9 flagship. The phone will feature …

One of the big topics surrounding wearables since Apple debuted its smart watch, is cost. With the cheap versions of the hardware costing a few hundred pounds and the most premium almost £9,000, the fruity firm is taking a big gamble that people are happy to put style over substance; but …

Even though it still has to wait some time for industry regulators to give approval to its purchase of the UK's largest mobile network EE, BT has relaunched its own mobile packages for consumers. Unlike other operators however, it won't be offering any contract packages right off the bat, instead …

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced a partnership with Bang & Olufsen. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will equip its personal computers, tablets and accessories with Bang & Olufsen speakers and software-based enhancements. Previously HP worked with Beats Audio, but after the latter was acquired by Apple, the partnership was …

Industry analysts are currently predicting that Apple will soon become the first company to be valued at $1 trillion, following the launch of the Apple Watch wearable at the end of next month. Apple is currently estimated to be worth around $744 billion, more than double the size of the …

Over the last decade ASUS have built up a reputation in creating quality graphics cards and motherboards, however they have yet to make a massive splash in the mobile phone sector. In for review today is the ASUS ZenFone 6 mobile phone. Priced at just £249.99 for a 6-inch phone, …

Apple is no longer supporting installs of Windows 7 on Mac OS X machines via the Boot Camp dual-booting tool. The change-over actually quietly happened earlier this month and was noted in an updated Apple support page, although it largely went unnoticed until fairly recently. Apple updated its boot-camp page …

Samsung's latest duo of flagships launch soon, the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge. Both devices will be sporting a new version of Touch Wiz, which has significantly cut back on the amount of bloatware. However, Samsung might finally allow users to delete any of its stock apps should they …

A high-ranking executive of TSMC said this week that in the coming years various ultra-mobile, small electronics and smart accessories will become so pervasive that such devices will not only become a major driver for the semiconductor industry, but will turn out to be a huge part of this industry. …

The chatter about Apple’s TV-set has been around for years, but the company still has not reveal any plans about such product. This does not mean that Apple has completely abandoned the project. Apparently, the company is still working on it, albeit, in a very stealth mode. “Based on talking to people …

Lenovo's CEO may have inadvertently shown off the successor to Motorola's smartwatch, the Moto 360. Yang Yuanqing posted in image to social network, Weibo, showing off a briefcase of Motorola smartwatches, although the units differed from the Moto 360 we all currently know. The aim was to show off the …

Apple is apparently cracking down on the use of anti-virus apps on iOS and has started removing them from the App Store. According to Apple, these apps are ‘misleading’ as it doesn’t want customers to think that iOS devices are at great risk of viruses or malware. This report follows …

Nvidia Corp. and Samsung Electronics have quietly signed an agreement under which the latter will produce computer chips for the former. At present, it is unknown whether Samsung will manufacture graphics processors or application processors for the chip designer, but it is obvious that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is no …

Samsung Electronics has introduced a new NAND flash device that could enable low-cost smartphones and tablets with up to 128GB of storage space. The new eMMC memory chip is based on triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash technology and is cheaper to make than multi-level cell (MLC) solutions of similar capacity. …

Apparently Apple is planning to have its potential customers sign up for 15 minute appointments if they are thinking about grabbing an Apple Watch at launch next month, starting from the 10th of April. According to sources speaking with 9to5Mac, Apple will have its retail stores set up ‘try on …

Google is starting to crack down on dodgy apps in the Play Store by manually reviewing applications submitted by developers. From now on, when a developer submits an app, it will have to be checked out by somebody before it gets put on the Play Store. This is the way …

Intel Corp., Google and TAG Heuer on Thursday announced a partnership to launch a Swiss smartwatch that will use an Intel system-on-chip and will run Google’s Android Wear operating system. The watch will combine Intel’s expertise in hardware, Google’s software platform and TAG Heuer’s expertise in luxury watchmaking, fine materials …

Facebook is planning to launch a new feature for its Messenger app that will let you send money directly to other people. The feature is due to roll out in the US over the coming months but may not hit other countries for quite some time. The feature will be …

HTC has announced a pretty sweet replacement program for its latest flagship device, the HTC One M9. The warranty is dubbed the ‘Uh Oh' program and it protects your phone against accidental damage for free. Drop your phone in the toilet? That's fine, you'll get a new one. As long …

Apple is apparently working on its own video streaming service in order to rival the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant, according to new reports. Apple is in talks with a range of broadcasters in order to secure licensing rights for its own catalog. The Wall Street Journal says …

Although Apple Watch is considered to be one of the most anticipated device of 2015, it may be tough to sell, according to a survey in the U.S. conducted by Reuters news-agency. It is not exactly surprising that people are skeptical about Apple’s timepiece because they have not seen one …

Although Apple’s new MacBook looks extremely promising thanks to its ultra-thin design and high quality display, its sales will not be high, according to a media report. The demand for PCs remains rather low and there are slowdowns in mass production of retina-class display for the laptop. Apple will not …

It looks like Samsung was right to avoid using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 SoC in its recently announced Galaxy S6 flagship as new benchmarks of the HTC One M9 are showing that the Snapdragon 810 chip is in-fact overheating under load. Dutch site, Tweakers, managed to get their hands on a HTC One …

In a bid to improve performance and reliability of solid-state drives inside its notebooks, Apple will use SSDs made by Samsung and powered by 3D V-NAND flash memory. This is a major win for Samsung as it gets a major PC maker as a client. The latest MacBook notebooks will …