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Although many consumers have acquired a taste for big smartphones and phablets over the last few years, a significant chunk of Americans still prefer smaller handsets. According to a recent survey, which conveniently coincides with rumors that Apple intends to release a 4-inch smartphone next year,

Researchers from the International Data Corporation have released a rather surprising forecast for the future of the smartphone industry, one which predicts that global smartphone shipments will see single-digit growth this year for the first time. The forecast claims that smartphone shipment will g

Whenever Amazon needs to transport goods between its numerous fulfillment and sorting centers, it relies on a number of trucking partners across the country, and while that’s not going to change any time soon, the company has taken the first steps towards becoming self-sufficient in this regar

I’m not sure whether it’s because of determination or denial, but it looks like Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has no intention of selling the company. Yahoo has had a rough time these past few years, as I’m sure you all know, and rumors that the former Internet giant was considering sell

I think most people would agree that $9.99/month is a small price to pay to be able to listen to whichever songs you want, whenever you want, as much as you want, but the artists that create these songs and the publishers that release them would beg to differ. Many of them feel like Spotify, [&helli

I think it’s safe to say that broadband providers weren’t very pleased when the FCC announced its net neutrality rules, and when I say that, I mean they’ve been doing anything and everything in their power to try and get the rules changed or removed entirely. Yesterday, the FCC had

Liquidmophium is a type of liquid metal that looks and sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, with Terminator 2 being the first movie that comes to mind, but it’s actually real, and Turing Robotic Industries is making a smartphone out of it. You may have even heard about the Turing Phone r

The ride-sharing market is divided into two parts: Uber and those other guys. With billions in funding coming in every few months, and a valuation that could be as high as $65 billion, Uber is the undisputed leader at the moment, and its sheer dominance in the market has caused “those other gu

OnePlus has made it painfully clear that all of its new smartphone will use its universally loathed invite system for the foreseeable future, but it’s never permanent. A few months after the OnePlus One was launched, the company removed the invite system entirely, and starting tomorrow, the co

Back in 2007, before Netflix was the streaming powerhouse that it is today, the company was working on its own set-top box that would be competing with the likes of the Apple TV and the Roku. The company spent a lot of time and money on the device’s development, and was actually so close to re

It’s a testament to how massive Uber is at the moment that pulling in an additional $2.1 billion in funding is barely even noteworthy, considering how it’s just one more addition to an ever-growing list of multi-billion dollar funding rounds for the company. Uber is already the world&#82

Those of you still using the older web-based version of Yahoo Messenger will be sad to hear that Yahoo will be ending support for the service in a few months, but the good news is that a new, revamped version of the service has launched, and it actually looks pretty enticing. Naturally, the new Yaho

Laptop-tablet hybrids are a dime a dozen these days, bu what about a laptop-smartphone hybrid? When you phrase it like that, it seems pretty silly, but this recently-discovered Samsung patent for the Galaxy Note 6 is actually really interesting. Rather than combining a laptop and a smartphone into o

Cybersecurity is easily one of the biggest sources of tension between China and the United States, and it’s one that the two nations have slowly started to address. A few weeks ago, the two nations reached their first-ever high-level cybersecurity agreement, albeit one of little substance, in

The augmented reality market is still in infancy, practically still in the womb, but the competition is already starting to heat up. Microsoft is the only major player at the moment, thanks to its HoloLens headset, which isn’t even available yet, but as usual, Amazon is looking to give the com

It’s safe to say that Tidal has had a rough year, and I’m not sure whether the fact that the company has cycled through three CEOs in the past six months is the cause of that, or the product of it. Either way, Tidal is hoping that things will be different next year, as industry veteran J

The tablet market has been shrinking for a while now, but a recent shift in the industry may breathe new life into the tablet market. Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released high-end tablets in recent months that feature abnormally large screens and PC-like capabilities, which has actually drawn

Initially, many people were confident that former Google executive Marissa Mayer would be able to turn things around for Yahoo as its CEO and President, but after three years of little progress, people are starting to lose hope, including the company’s board of directors. Apparently, the board

The disastrous failure that is the Wii U has forced Nintendo to advance to the next-generation of consoles much earlier than expected. We’ve been hearing a lot about the company’s next console, known as the Nintendo NX, but Nintendo has yet to reveal anything official, aside from confirm

The Galaxy S6 was built from the ground up as a completely new smartphone, which makes it more like the beginning of a new line of flagships rather than a continuation of the Galaxy S line, but don’t expect the Galaxy S7 to do the same. Some reports out of South Korea suggest that the [&hellip

It’s odd to see a smartphone manufacturer expanding into the laptop market, as it’s usually the reverse that happens, but that’s what Xiaomi appears to be doing. Considering how the company has been adding a variety of consumer electronics to its list of products, including air pur

Although a handful of restrictions have been put in place over the years to reduce online vandalism, people are still more or less free to create and modify Wikipedia pages however they please. While this openness is one of Wikipedia’s defining characteristics and greatest strengths, it also o

American and Chinese companies have been immensely interested in drone-based deliveries these past couple of years, which makes sense considering how those two countries have the largest e-commerce markets in the world, but it looks like the Chinese companies have just been dealt a major blow. While

Netflix has been on an absolute roll these past few years, and though only time will tell if it can continue to dominate the way it has been, it’s definitely looking like the company is helping bring about the destruction of traditional television. A survey from Clearleap suggests that streami

Samsung’s days as the king of the smartphone market are numbered if it can’t reverse its shrinking sales. It’s obvious that the strategies that helped earn that position are no longer working, and the company’s leadership has either not adapted to the changing market, or chan

The more developed a nation becomes, the more meat its citizens consume, and while Chinese families may not consume as much meat as their Western counterparts, their meat consumption is definitely on the rise. China’s economy has been growing at a ridiculous pace, and so has its middle class.

The fact that the Sun is a blazing hot ball of fire makes it rather difficult to gather data on it, and there’s still so much that scientists want to learn about the star that they simply can’t do because of these difficulties. Several decades ago, NASA sent a brave little probe on a sui

It’s embarrassing how much food we throw out every day, and even though some of us may feel guilty when we think about it, that’s still not enough to motivate us to change our habits, but there may be a simple solution. An Israeli startup by the name of HomeBiogas has developed a system

In response to the demands from Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority that it grant the government access to backdoors in its encrypted services, BlackBerry has decided to exit the Pakistani market. The company announced as much on its official blog this morning, stating that the government&

Though nothing has been officially announced, numerous leaks and rumors over the past month or so have indicated that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy S7 much earlier than expected, and some recently leaked AnTuTu benchmarks indicate that the device will be released very soon. The benchmarks are

Proving that its delivery drone idea was more than just a promotional stunt, Amazon has released a video in which it actually demonstrates one of its drones. Jeremy Clarkson, the former face of Top Gear, described the many ways that a drone-based delivery service would benefit consumers, and highlig

Everyone knows that virtual reality is the future of entertainment, but we still have a few years before the technology really starts to pick up, so what will the virtual reality market be like in the meantime? Well, according to Superdata, which specializes in analyzing the gaming industry, there w

The largest PC manufacturer in the world has joined forces with one of the biggest names in the PC gaming industry to create a new series of gaming hardware. Lenovo and Razer announced the partnership last week, which has given birth to the new Razer Edition series of gaming devices. All of the devi

Those of you who purchased standalone USB-C adapters and cables from OnePlus may want to get a refund, because they can potentially damage third-party charging hardware. While claiming that the blame rests with the companies that made the cheap charging hardware, OnePlus announced in a recent blog p

While the Japanese are busy building robots that assist the elderly, and the Swedes are busy building robots that help tourists at airports, the Chinese have developed a trio of death-dealing attack robots to combat “global terror” with rifles and grenade launchers. The three robots are

One of the most interesting, if little-used, features of the Xbox One is the ability to stream games from your console to your computer, and it looks like Sony wants to add a similar feature to the PlayStation 4. However, whereas the Xbox One streaming feature only works with Windows 10 computers, S

All airports are difficult to navigate, but the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam takes things to the next level. The airport is practically a labyrinth, and is so difficult to navigate that Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM), a Dutch airline that’s based in Schiphol, has teamed up with res

Gabe Newell is known to most as the co-founder and de facto leader of Valve, but did you know he also invests in cookery startups? Eater recently interviewed Newell over the phone, where he told a story about how a Seattle-based startup by the name of ChefSteps asked him if they could come to his ho

Reaching your funding goal on Kickstarter is only half the battle, the other half is actually providing backers with the product or service that they’re funding. Unfortunately, despite raising $3.5 million and becoming Europe’s most-funded Kickstarter project, Zano was not only unable to

While we were waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the Xiaomi Mi5 to get an official announcement, Huawei has released yet another enticing flagship that will further solidify its position as China’s top smartphone manufacturer. Known as the Huawei Mate 8, this 6-inch behemoth comes with Huaw