Category: Headlines
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Specs, price, release date
The next addition to the Galaxy Note line-up will be released on 2nd August 2016. It is almost confirmed that the Note 5 successor will be named Note 7 instead of Note 6 to maintain consistency with the company’s S-series of smartphones. The press invites for the launch event have already been distributed and the official…
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Google’s mobile investment is paying it off
In 2015, Google did a big restructuring with the formation of a parent company with the name Alphabet. According to latest financial reports, Google had fetched a profit of $21.3 billion from search and advertising business, which is an increase of 21 percent from the same quarter in 2015. Google Mobile: The Big Push The…
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Apple Q3 2016 earnings beat estimate but iPhone sales continue to slide
Apple earned revenue of $42.4 billion and a net income of $7.8 billion for the earnings report ended the third quarter of the fiscal year. These figures are equivalent to $1.42 per diluted share. However, Apple Q3 2016 earnings is $49.6 billion, and the total net income is $10.7 billion for the same quarter of…
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Sony sells its pioneer battery division, records 10.8 percent revenue drop
Sony has sold the historic battery division to Murata for an undisclosed amount. Even though the plan was announced on Tuesday, the two companies will not sign a binding agreement until October. Sony is expecting to finalize the whole deal by March 2017. In a bid to earn profits, the company is selling off various business…
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Samsung Gear S3 release date tipped as early September at IFA 2016
Samsung is expected to launch the Gear S2 successor at the IFA this year. The brand new Gear S3 is will reportedly be launched between 2nd September to 7th September at this year’s IFA. The next generation smartwatch from Samsung is rumored to sport a rotary bezel similar to its predecessor. This indicates that the…
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Microsoft job cut of 4700 employees means exit from smartphone business?
Microsoft has announced more job cuts are on the anvil as the company struggles to come to terms with its loss-making, market share losing mobile hardware division. And as a direct fallout of that, 2,850 will be served pink slips by the middle of 2017, which comes on the back of a similar announcement made early…
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Google Nexus 2016 release date: Leaked images reveal aluminum unibody design
Google is expected to unveil two brand new Nexus smartphones soon. HTC will manufacture both of the upcoming devices named as HTC S1 (Sailfish) and HTC M1 (Marlin). A rendered photograph of the latter has surfaced online showing us how this year’s Nexus will look like. The image is claimed to be made using extensive…
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KickassTorrents (KAT) still down, Here are safe alternatives you can try
KickassTorrents (KAT) is still down and will never be up again following the seizure of all web properties by the United States government agencies. However, several KAT clones and mirrors have emerged on the web dubbed to be an alternative to KickassTorrents. The clone websites have surfaced after the all the web installations of KickassTorrents…
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Apple MacBook Pro/Air 2016 release date hints USB Type-C port
Mac Otakara had reported last month that Apple is planning to announce the new MacBook Air models that feature USB-C ports based on the Thunderbolt 3 by the end of June, and start shipping the notebooks to the retailers in August. This rumor is yet to materialize. However, a new report by DigiTimes suggests that…
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Chinese tech company LeEco acquires US TV brand Vizio for $2 billion
LeEco Group from China has officially announced that it is about to acquire Vizio Inc. The former will pay $2 billion in cash to buy the latter. LeEco is one of the largest technology and entertainment company in China, and Vizio is a manufacturer of consumer electronic based in the USA. This deal will give LeEco…