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Founded back in 2009, Dutch file-sharing startup WeTransfer has raised $25 million in funding to help expand its services across the rest of Europe as well as the United States. Through the web or a dedicated mobile app, WeTransfer allows users to share large files in a way that’s better and e

Xiaomi’s ridiculous success in China has been discussed in length on this site as well as pretty much every other tech site out there, but the numbers are still impressive to look at. While beating out Apple to take China’s number one spot was a big feat, its the fall of Samsung that has

The music business has evolved more than most over the years going from radios and vinyl records, to radios and cassette tapes, to radios and CDs, to radios and iTunes, to online radios and iTunes. Notice how radios have always been there? That’s because they’ve adapted. The Internet is

What happens when you pack an incredibly intelligent computer into an incredibly useless box? You get a box that’s really smart but doesn’t do anything. That’s one of the limitations of robotics and artificial intelligence, it doesn’t matter how smart a device is because its

Meizu is really starting to make a name for itself. Not only did the Chinese company manage to release some impressive devices last year, it managed to sell tons of them. The company plans to use this momentum to plow through 2015 and its so confident that the company thinks it can sell more than [&

VAIO is back with its first new offerings since the company was dropped by Sony and became independent more than a year ago. Known as the VAIO Z and VAIO Z Canvas, these new devices boast some very impressive specs and aren’t the traditional laptops that the company is known for. Rather, these

As usual, Samsung’s new flagship is one of the year’s most highly-anticipated smartphones and, as such, rumors about the device have been popping up like crazy. The latest such rumors suggests that the Samsung Galaxy S6 will come equipped with a 2,600mAh battery. For those of you who are

The HTC One M9 is one of 2015’s most anticipated flagship smartphones and just a couple of days after discovering that the company would be dropping the parentheses from the name, new leaks have confirmed its name as well as its slogan. While specs have yet to be confirmed, many expect it to c

LG isn’t what you would call a small electronics company, not by any means, but still needs to bow its head every now and again to its much larger South Korean cousin and rival, Samsung. That’s why the company reportedly won’t be releasing its flagship LG G4 smartphone at MWC 2015

Once a doctor discovers that a patient has cancer it begins a long process of scheduling tests and treatments that can be quite annoying for the patient. Scientists at the University of Leeds may have found a solution to this problem that comes in the form of gold nanotubes that would allow doctors

LG has given us a look at what we can expect at MWC 2015 next month: a fashion-centric luxury smartwatch. Known as the Watch Urbane, LG’s upcoming smartwatch comes with an all-metal body, with either a gold or silver finish, as well as a natural leather strap and much of the same hardware that

Dota 2 may not be nearly as popular as its rival, League of Legends, but to be fair, no game is. That shouldn’t take away from the fact that Dota 2 is still insanely popular. In fact, the game is so popular that it has become the first game in Steam’s history to have more […]

It appears as though LG doesn’t require its executives to maintain a level of maturity that other corporations do. Prosecutors in South Korea has indicted one of LG’s top executives for allegedly vandalizing some high-end washing machines that were going to be displayed at a trade show i

Dutch scientists from the University of Twente have apparently discovered a way to see through opaque objects using light. By recording wavelengths from visible light that is able to pass through opaque objects, the scientists claim that they can create a usable image. This could have some major use

Foursquare has updated its service so that users will be able to find recommendations for local places without having to login or create an account for the service. Apparently the company has been looking to do this for a while now but the app’s framework was difficult to change, hence the del

Alibaba and Tencent are probably the last company’s you’d expect to join forces but that’s exactly what the two Chinese web giants are doing with their respective cab-hailing apps, Kuaidi Dache and Didi Dache. The two have been united by a common enemy, one that has become the enem

The NoPhone was released last year as an alternative to an actual smartphone. It gives users the satisfaction of having a hunk of smartphone-shaped plastic in their pocket without having to deal with the useful and oftentimes essential features that we all hate, like calling people. Obviously I&#821

The falling out between Cyanogen and OnePlus is well known by now but the Chinese smartphone maker is still using CyanogenMod until it can wrap up its own Android ROM, which is looking to be pretty soon. As promised, OnePlus gave us more information on the upcoming ROM, known as OxygenOS, yesterday

Those of you who have been waiting for Xiaomi to come to America can celebrate a half victory. Today the Chinese company announced that it will be launching its online store in the US, as well as some other markets this year, but that it won’t be selling any smartphones just yet. Instead, the

Project Ara, for those of you who aren’t familiar, is the modular smartphone that Google is working on that will allow users to swap out their phone’s components whenever they want rather than having to get a new phone. Apparently Google will be bringing Project Ara to MWC 2015 in Barcel

We mentioned in a previous article that 2015 isn’t shaping up to be a good year for Qualcomm. Not only have overheating issues with its latest chip caused it to possibly lose its biggest partner, Samsung, the company was forced to pay nearly $1 billion in anti-trust fines to the Chinese govern

Samsung has teased on its Samsung Tomorrow blog that “the future of cameras is in a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.” The company started off the blog post with a rundown of how far its smartphone camera technology has progressed over the last 15 years and, while it didn’t name the Galax

The United States has always been the single most lucrative market for companies in the entertainment and online media businesses but there are a few emerging markets that are quickly closing the gap. Despite their rapid growth, Mexico and Russia can never hope to exceed America in terms of earning

It’s been four years since WeChat launched and to celebrate, Tencent Tech has released a collection of slides named “WeChat’s Impact: Inaugural Report on WeChat Platform Data” that shows some crazy statistics about the app’s popularity. The data, which was taken from extensive surveys th

Apple has Siri, Google has Google Now, and Microsoft has Cortana, but what does Amazon have? Well, while its still pretty hard to get a hold of, Echo is Amazon’s own personal voice assistant but what separates it from the other offerings is that it isn’t locked inside of a smartphone. Ra

Imgur has managed to beat out pretty much all of the other image sharing services out there for a number of reasons, including short URLs and no lag, and now the website is making things even better by discontinuing its premium Imgur Pro service and making all of the features available to users for

From free two-day shipping to free movies and music, Amazon Prime offers subscribers quite a lot for its $99.99/year fee. It offers so much, in fact, that Amazon should be losing money for every Prime subscriber it has, so why does the company keep pushing the service so aggressively? Unfortunately,

Yesterday we reported that a reddit user had discovered an unsettling tidbit in Samsung’s Smart TV privacy policy that basically said that the device is always listening to what you say and records it all. Digital Trends managed to get a hold of the company to discuss the concerns that people

While mobile gaming has come to rival and even surpass traditional console/PC gaming in recent years it still lacks many of the things that makes traditional gaming so great. Whereas many traditional games try to sell an experience or a story, mobile games stick with simplistic, addicting gameplay t

What started as a alcohol-induced idea for a restaurant and then evolved into a wildly successful chain of Indian fast food joints has since evolved further into a food delivery service. Known as Faaso, this technology driven chain of fast food joints was founded by two engineers with no knowledge o

If any of you own a Samsung Smart TV you might want to take a look at the company’s privacy policy regarding such devices. A redditor discovered a little tidbit in the privacy policy that, while the whole of it can be read in the link below, basically says that the TV is listening to you&#8230

It looks like the era of DDR4 mobile RAM is finally upon us. Although the LG G Flex 2 is expected to be the first phone launched this year to come equipped with DDR4 RAM it certainly won’t be alone. Samsung is also expected to launch some smartphones with DDR4 RAM, including the flagship Galax

There was a time when Fab.com was considered by many to be one of the hottest tech startups in the world thanks to its wildly successful flash sale-based e-commerce service. The startup managed to pull in hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in a ridiculously short amount of time because of ho

The Pirate Bay may have returned but its not even close to the same level as it was before the raid on its servers. The website’s owners have decided to not to “hire” any moderators this time around for reasons unknown which has had the unfortunate side effect of polluting the webs

Uber seems to get in trouble no matter where it goes but in India the company has come under fire for more than just regulatory violations and whatnot. Authorities in the country have questioned Uber’s respect for passenger safety after a woman was raped by an Uber driver while getting a ride.

Remember a few weeks ago when some rumors that Samsung was looking to acquire BlackBerry popped up? Well those rumors were quickly dismissed by both companies but not before BlackBerry’s stock prices went through the roof. This made some regulators in the US and Canada a bit suspicious and now

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has claimed that record labels take in the biggest chunk of the revenue from music streaming services ever since Taylor Swift departed from the service because she thought it didn’t pay the people who made her music enough money. Now there’s a study that backs Ek&#8

For reasons unbeknownst to me, Japan is basically a Mecca for robotics in terms of both creation and adoption. In the most recent example of this, a theme park by the name of Huis Ten Bosch has decided to open a hotel that will be staffed by robots. Known as Henn-na Hotel, the name translates as Str

With how many complaints I see that an app or other software isn’t being updated with new features as often as they should it reminds me how little people actually know about the developing process for these products. While massive companies like Facebook or Google don’t have much of an

The HTC One (M9) has been the subject of many rumors over the past month or so as MWC 2015 approaches. Considering how the last flagship smartphone that the company released was one of the most gorgeous mobile devices ever released many people are expecting the next one to be just as aesthetically p