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Interbrand inadvertently gave us yet another testament to Nintendo’s decline today when it released its 100 Global Brands ranking, an annual list of the most valuable brands in the world. Nintendo’s position on the list has been going down for years, but this year, for the first time in
Meerkat and Periscope are the only non-gaming live streaming apps of note at the moment, but YouNow wants to change that by taking a rather unique approach to live streaming, and it now has $15 million in funding to help achieve that goal. What makes YouNow so unique is that it focuses heavily on so
We all saw it coming, and every rumor we’ve heard this past week has indicated as much, but Twitter made it official today: Jack Dorsey is returning as the company’s permanent CEO. Dorsey has been serving as Twitter’s interim CEO ever since Dick Costolo stepped down from the positi
The year is coming to an end and Xiaomi still hasn’t released the two flagship smartphones that everyone has been so eagerly waiting for: the Mi5 and the Mi Note 2. Xiaomi has been infuriatingly quiet regarding the two devices, but there’s been no shortage of leaks and rumors about them,
More details on this year’s second smartphone from OnePlus have been leaked, and it looks like the company is trying to fix some of the issues that people have with the OnePlus 2, although this comes at the cost of having weaker specs. Known as the OnePlus Mini, an anonymous source has told G-
Testing out a virtual reality headset would be enough to make my day by itself, but doing that AND getting to be a part of one of the world’s first virtual reality marriage proposals would be on whole other level of awesome. That’s what Kelly Tortorice got to experience last week when sh
Considering how Google’s two upcoming Nexus smartphones were developed by separate companies, the Nexus 5X by LG and the Nexus 6P by Huawei, there’s only so much consistency that can be achieved, and it’s only natural for there to be some glaring differences between the two devices
Coloring is already fun and engaging for people of all ages, but Disney Research has developed an app that takes things to the next level by bringing people’s drawings to life. The augmented reality app allows users to capture real-time images from their smartphone’s camera and then map
The speed at which the English language adapts and adds new words is what makes it so great, but also what makes it so annoying, mainly due to the fact that it’s difficult to keep up with how quickly everything changes. The rise of the Internet has only served to make things worse thanks to [&
Families have always been Netflix’s primary target, and the company already has plenty of content to entertain parents and young children, but what about kids in the tween and teen demographics? Netflix’s offerings in those areas could use some work, especially when it comes to original
The last eight years or so have basically been heaven for comic book fans, and things are only getting better. Not only is Marvel releasing comic book movies that are well-made and really enjoyable, even the company’s less popular heroes, or anti-heroes in Daredevils case, are getting screen t
Remember how nervous music streaming services like Spotify were when Apple Music was close to launching, how they were worried that it would completely change the industry like iTunes did? Yeah, that never happened, and it turns out there was nothing to worry about because Apple Music isn’t mu
Now that YouTube is encroaching on Twitch’s territory with YouTube Gaming, it’s the perfect time for Twitch to do the same to YouTube. Twitch CEO Emmit Shear has announced that, starting sometime next year, Twitch broadcasters will be given the ability to upload pre-recorded videos, whic
A rumor that Samsung might equip the Galaxy S7 with a dual-camera setup popped up a few weeks ago, and recent leaks regarding the dual-camera technology for smartphones that the company is working on definitely lent some weight to it. Not only is Samsung definitely working on dual-camera technology,
Digital downloads have become a major part of gaming, especially among PC gamers, where services like Steam have made it to where physical copies of PC games are practically non-existent. You would think that this trend would carry over to consoles as well, but physical discs are still more popular
Xiaomi is taking its sweet time before unveiling the highly-anticipated Mi5, but with the end of the year growing closer, the company won’t be able to wait much longer. In the meantime, there seems to be no shortage of rumors regarding the flagship smartphone, such as the one from earlier this
Earlier today, SolarCity announced that it has successfully developed the world’s “most efficient” solar panel, which it claims can produce between 30% and 40% more power than regular solar panels while also costing noticeably less than them. With the solar power industry growing a
The Huawei-made Nexus 6P is definitely one of the most unique looking Nexus smartphones to date, but not so unique that Huawei isn’t being accused of copying someone else’s design. The accuser in question is ZTE, which is one of Huawei’s fellow Chinese smartphone makers, and while
Samsung shook things up a when it opted to use its own Exynos 7420 processor to power the Galaxy S6 instead of the Snapdragon 810 that powers most of this year’s flagships, but a report out of South Korea claims that the company will be returning to Qualcomm’s chipset with the Galaxy S7.
From the Fertile Crescent that is Silicon Valley, to the vibrant middle powers of London and Tel Aviv, to the emerging unknowns of Lagos and Nairobi, there are startup scenes in hundreds of cities across the globe. One place you’d never expect to find a startup scene, however, is North Korea,
Snapchat already has hundreds of millions of users, now all it needs to do is find a way to make money from them. This is much harder than it sounds, and Snapchat has spent the last year or so experimenting with ways to monetize in search of something that’ll really get the cash flowing, such
Whenever popular media outlets start talking about 4chan, you know something terrible just happened. Although there’s no shortage of disgusting and offensive content on the website, the majority of what’s posted to 4chan is just harmless discussion accompanied by relevant pictures. That
What makes consumer electronics so amazing is that it only takes a few years for technology that was previously only accessible to organizations with tons of money to make its way to something as accessible as a smartphone. A perfect example of this is machine learning, which has been used on a larg
If there are two things that Japan is one of the undisputed masters of, it’s robotics and transportation. That’s why it’s not all that surprising to see that the country will begin testing self-driving taxis outside of Tokyo starting next year. The tests will involve using autonomo
Google-owned Nest unveiled its new protocol for Internet of Things devices earlier today, which goes by the name of Weave, which is a lot like Google’s own Internet of Things protocol in that… it’s also named Weave. That’s right, one of Google’s subsidiaries decided to
People were complaining about the $350 staring price for the Apple Watch being too expensive, but that looks like a bargain compared to what Tag Heuer is working on. The Swiss company has been making watches for well over a century, so I suppose I can forgive them for being so out of touch with [&he
Hewlett-Packard’s plans to split itself into two separate companies has been common knowledge for months, and now the company’s board of directors has given it the approval it needs to go through with the plan. The separation is expected to be completed on November 1st, at which point He
Earlier this morning, LG took the wraps off of the long-rumored LG V10, the company’s first smartphone to feature a dual screen. However, it’s not like the quirky YotaPhone, which has a second e-ink display on the backside of the smartphone. Instead, the LG V10’s second display res
It looks like investors are still very, very interested in online lenders. For proof of this, you need look no further than San Francisco, where a local startup by the name of Social Finance just completed a $1 billion round of funding led by Japan’s SoftBank, which brings its lifetime funding
If you’re wondering what caused that moderate jump in Twitter’s stock price earlier today, it probably has something to do with the fact that the company will be making Jack Dorsey its CEO. The co-founder and former CEO has been serving as Twitter’s interim CEO for a few months now
LeTV isn’t a name that many people outside of China are familiar with, but that might change soon. The company has a new smartphone that’s expected to launch before the end of the year, and from what we can see in these leaked specs, the device will be setting the bar pretty high for nex
You know what would be nice? Being able to buy a OnePlus 2 without having to jump through hoops to get an invite quickly or wait a long time to receive one normally. You know what OnePlus is doing instead of making this happen? Releasing yet another smartphone. Co-founder Carl Pei has confirmed that
Instagram limited itself to using square pictures, Snapchat limited itself to sending disappearing messages, and Twitter limited itself to supporting 140-character or less posts. These limitations are the quirks that made these social networks what they are today, but now that the three of them have
We’ve been hearing about Comcast’s new video streaming service for a few weeks, but the company surprised us today with an unexpected beta release of the service, known as Watchable. The app is ad-supported and free, which is good because even with video programming from the likes of Buz
Samsung expansion into the world of media has been… less than successful. Milk Video is one of the company’s attempts to create a premium entertainment service, one which made it easy for users to find and share videos that are popular online, but that attempt has been met with failure.
Most countries have numerous regulations that prevent companies from falsely advertising their products, but those companies also have a bunch of tricks that help them get around these regulations. Easily the most common of these is the use of superlatives such as “best” and “first
When we first heard about the new Fossil smartwatch a few weeks ago, there wasn’t much in the way of information, but the Texas-based fashion giant has started revealing details in a series of recent teasers. There’s actually going to be a few different versions of the device, which is t
The Blackphone wasn’t able to cash in on the post-Snowden privacy craze as much as its developer may have wanted, but that didn’t stop Switzerland-based Silent Circle from coming back with a successor. The Blackphone 2 went on sale this week for $800 unlocked, and all the reviews indicat
Xbox users may not understand the pain of having to wait for timed DLC to come to their platform, but PC and PlayStation users are all too familiar with it. I’m not sure how much money Microsoft pays publishers to make the DLC for their games come to the Xbox exclusively for a month or [&helli
It’ll have a Snapdragon 820, or maybe a Snapdragon 810. No, no, no, it’ll definitely have an 820… or an 810… maybe? The rumors we’ve been seeing about the Xiaomi Mi5 have been all over the place when it comes to which SoC will power the highly-anticipated smartphone. Th
