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It looks like Samsung’s conspicuous absence from the tablet market is about to come to an end, as the company has unveiled the new Galaxy Tab A, which marks the company’s return to the tablet market after months without releasing a new device. Boasting some moderate specs, the Galaxy Tab

One of the great things about the Internet is that people who aren’t able to attend the big announcement events that technology companies love to have can generally live-stream the event from their computer or mobile device. While not all companies do this, Xiaomi is one of the ones that does,

The smartphone’s camera is looking to be LG’s biggest selling point with the LG G4, as the company has been going on and on about it these past few weeks. While LG has already teased the device’s 16MP, f/1.8 aperture rear camera module, the company decided to bring in professional

Dota 2 and League of Legends have been the undisputed leaders of the MOBA market for years, but Blizzard that’s only because Blizzard hasn’t stepped in to slice off a piece of the market yet. While its own game, Heroes of the Storm, has been in closed beta for a few months, no word of an

Have you ever wondered what happens to that old iPhone you just replaced or that old computer monitor you just threw out? Well, they get tossed into e-waste dumping grounds in some developing nation somewhere, all 41.8 million metric tons of them. You read that right, 41.8 million metric tons, or ov

A recent leak has given us a good look at the kinds of rules that carriers operating in the European Union will have to deal with. One of the most interesting things about these new rules is that they’ll take into account messaging services such as Skype and WhatsApp. Carriers in Europe have b

So there’s good new and bad news for OnePlus One fans. The good news is that OnePlus has decided to drop the smartphones much-hated invite system for good. The bad news is that the OnePlus 2 will have the same system at launch. To be fair, the company does have some razor-thin margins in order

Although the government has been conducting an impressive campaign to make the air in China more breathable, the nation’s air quality is still far from ideal. You know things are bad when air purifiers are actually a competitive market, and you know things are REALLY bad when outdoor air filte

Rumors that OnePlus is planning to release two smartphones this year have been circulating for some time, but now we actually have something solid to go on. An image of what’s claimed to be the lower-end of the two models has been leaked online, shortly ahead of the announcement event that the

Nobody is safe from the Uberization of the economy, not even doctors. A new startup from Los Angeles wants to bring back the good old days of doctors making house calls and remove the need to go to a centralization location in order to receive treatment. Known as Heal, this startup promises to send

I never thought the day would come when I was actually looking forward to a Fantastic Four movie. However, the Silver Surfer days are behind us, and we now live in a world where movies based on comic books can actually be good. In fact, the can be exceptionally good, which is what I’m hoping t

It has been half a year since Lenovo acquired Motorola from Google and CEO Yang Yuanqing says that the company is more than happy with the purchase so far. Speaking in Chicago this week as part of his annual tour of Lenovo’s global operations, Yang reported that Motorola’s plan to return

Star Wars: Rogue One will be the first of the standalone Star Wars movies that are released under Disney but we know even less about this film than we do about Episode VII. At least, we used to know less, but thanks to Gareth Edwards we now have a full synopsis. Edwards, who’s directing the fi

As a name like “Republic of Gamers (ROG)” would leave you to believe, ASUS ROG is one of the most popular providers of PC gaming hardware our there. While there are already some pre-built computers out there bearing the ROG name, ASUS has decided to create something a bit different with

Lei Jun, the CEO of Xiaomi, has described his company as an “ecosystem empire,” or at least, that’s what he wants it to become. Despite being the rising star in China and rising to challenge the likes of Apple and Samsung, Xiaomi is still facing heavy competition domestically and needs t

I hope you guys are ready to pull out your dusty old guitar controllers and rock out like its 2008, because Guitar Hero and Rock Band are entering the ring once more. Unfortunately, I lied about pulling out your old controllers because the new Guitar Hero will require you to purchase new equipment s

Most of the 3D-printed objects we see are made of some kind of hard, rigid material that nobody wants to cuddle with. That’s not really a bad thing, but those of us who want to make something softer and more cuddly with a 3D printer have been left hanging. Don’t worry though, Disney has

It’s sad how the very companies that provide us with the movies and television shows that we enjoy so much are also the ones that’re working so hard to restrict our freedom online. Few tools are as essential to this freedom as VPN services, and few tools are as loathed by media companies

A miniature drone may not have been what people were expecting or hoping for when OnePlus was teasing a new product, but the device still sold out pretty quickly. Those of you who weren’t satisfied, however, needn’t worry because the company has another product it’s going to unveil

The final blow to telecom competitiveness in the United States may not be happening after all. It looks like the nation’s anti-trust regulators have finally realized that merging the two largest cable and Internet providers in the country, who also happen to be two of America’s most hate

Few things help protect people’s account better than two-factor authentication, and the easier it is, the more people will use it. While two-factor authentication has been available on Steam for some time, in the form of Steam Guard, users still had to use a code sent to them via email, which

This week has undoubtedly brought mass-swooning to Star Wars fans across the globe as not only has the second teaser trailer for the next film been released, Electronic Arts also gave us our first real look at the long-awaited addition to the Star Wars: Battlefront series. It’s been nearly a d

A 0.11% stake in a company that has a single messaging app may not seem like much, but when that company is Snapchat, an 0.11% stake could net you around $16.5 million. That’s exactly what Scott Forstall, an ex-Apple executive, was given when he joined Snapchat as the startup’s adviser.

First Star Wars and now the new Quentin Tarantino movie, I’m not sure how much of these new teaser trailers I can take. While the trailer for Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight reveals next to nothing about the film, it tells us all we need to know. Tarantino has such a unique style and estab

Considering how extensive last week’s massive LG G4 leak was, many people were left wondering if the South Korean company would have anything more to show us about its upcoming flagship. In response, the company has released an image on Facebook with the caption “You have not seen everything y

We reported yesterday that Etsy was now valued at around $1.78 billion, but now that number looks to be closer to $4 billion. The website acts as an online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods and makes its money with a small listing fee, a small cut of the sales, and a bit of advertising,

We still have eight months before the new Star Wars comes out and Disney intends to make it as painful a wait as possible by teasing us with these awesome trailers. I though the opening shot was one of the most gorgeous, spine-tingling things I’ve ever seen in a movie trailer, then I got to [&

Remember that Tweet the Beat program that Spotify launched last week, the one that essentially asked users to spam Twitter on the company’s behalf? Yeah, people didn’t seem to like that very much, which is why the company has decided to rethink its implementation. Twitter is already spam

Few things are as essential to learning more about space than telescopes, and few things are as expensive. The current telescopes that feed us all of the images we get from far out into space use expensive mirrors to do so. Add on the expense of launching the thing into space and it’s no wonde

Few of us in the West have heard about Baidu, but down in China, there are few who haven’t. The technology giant has the same presence there that companies like Facebook and Google have here, and it wants to use this to cash in on the wearable market. Yesterday, the company launched a website

While not as impressive as Apple breaking world records with the launch of the iPhone 6, Samsung is still breaking personal records with the Galaxy S6. The company’s newest flagship is shaping up to be its most successful smartphone to date, and is already close to selling ten million units. N

While OnePlus has proved that it can make a successful smartphone, the Chinese startup has also proved that it lacks the resources to actually meet the demand for that smartphone. To be fair, the company was less than a year old when the OnePlus One launched and the success of the device was a surpr

As impressive as Netflix’s first quarterly earnings report of the year was, the company’s claims that HBO is in no way a threat may be a a bit too overconfident. While the company has always believed that HBO and Netflix were too different to really compete directly, that’s startin

With an initial public offering of $16/share, Etsy is being valued at around $1.78 billion. The company has become especially popular over the past few years by selling craft supplies and handmade goods through its online store, and now has nearly 30 million items listed. With a $0.20 listing fee an

Less than a fourth of American adults use Twitter, far less than the 71% who use Facebook. While trailing behind Facebook in user numbers doesn’t really mean much, the fact that only 36% of Twitter’s users actually use the service daily is much more meaningful. In order to change this, t

You’ve always been able to trade in old consoles at GameStop, so long as they’re not TOO old. However, if a report from IGN is to be believed, the company is launching a new pilot program in select markets that will allow customers to trade in retro consoles, even ones as old as the orig

A million smartphone sales may not be much to market leaders like Samsung or Xiaomi, but for a small startup releasing its first device, that’s an incredible number. Even though this level of success caught OnePlus by surprise, as well as pretty much everyone else, the Chinese startup is going

If ever there was a reason to purchase a 4K monitor or television, it would be the fact that Netflix is working with the creators of the Planet Earth documentaries to release another massive nature series that’s going to be shot entirely in 4K. Known as Our Planet, the eight-episode series wil

People have been using Periscope, Twitter’s live-streaming app and rival to Meerkat, to stream episodes of Game of Thrones to their viewers. As I’m sure you can imagine, HBO isn’t happy about that at all and has issued numerous takedown notices. On top of that, the company released

The OnePlus Two is easily on of the most anticipated smartphones of the year, but we still know next to nothing about it aside from a few rumors other than that it won’t be released until much later in the year. However, a new report from Bloomberg suggests that the device will come in two ver