Netflix found itself in a bit of a pickle a few days ago when it was revealed that the company has been throttling the steams of mobile users for years. On one hand, throttling the streaming reduces mobile data use and makes it harder for people to hit their data caps, but on the other […]
President Frank Underwood may be required to use a BlackBerry for the sake of national security, but the First Lady has no such restriction. Claire Underwood gets to use whichever smartphone she wants, and she chose to use the OnePlus 2, although I’m sure that has more to do wit
Telegram announced on Tuesday that it now has more than 100 million monthly active users, with more than 15 billion messages being sent through the service every day. That might not seem as impressive as WhatsApp passing the 1 billion users mark earlier this month, but keep in mi
With more active users than both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, Steam is the most-popular digital distribution platform for video games in the world, with next to nothing in the way of competition. The platform’s dominance over the market is such that Steam Spy has reported that more t
Samsung has proven time and time again that it’s not afraid to try new things, and t’s willingness to experiment is one of its biggest strengths. Dual-edge displays and phablets are two examples of experiments that have paid off, and Samsung is hop
ASUS has been fairly successful in its attempts to become less reliant on its PC business with its recent smartphones, but it doesn’t want its diversification efforts to be limited to just the mobile market. We already know that the company is working with Microsoft to create its own
I’ll admit, when ASUS unveiled the first ZenFone, I assumed it was going to be another failed attempt by a PC maker to expand into the smartphone market in an effort to save itself, but I was wrong. Not only did the ZenFone end up being a solid mid-range device, it launched a fairly-popul
It seems like everyone and their mother wants to get into the mobile payments market nowadays, with Walmart being the latest company to launch its own mobile payments service, but it’s not the only retailer looking to delve into the market. According to a report from Reuters, Target is actuall
OnePlus shrunk things down a bit with the OnePlus X, but it looks like the company might be shrinking things down even further with another smartphone, and it’s not even sacrificing power to do so. A new smartphone from the company was recently benchmarked, and it comes with a 4.6-inch display
There may have been a few (or several) bumps in the road, but this year has been great for OnePlus. Not only was the company able to release two smartphones, it was able to ditch the universally-loathed invite system for the OnePlus 2 much more quickly than it did with the OnePlus One, so it’s
This may be almost incomprehensible to some of us in the West, but flip phones are actually pretty popular in other parts of the world, particularly in East Asia. That’s why Samsung still releases the occasional new flip phone in the region, the latest of which is 3.9-inch smart flip phone tha
Jon Chen, the CEO of BlackBerry, has made it clear that his company isn’t afraid to exit the handset business if it can’t start making a profit soon, any many people have assumed that the success of the BlackBerry PRIV will determine if we see anymore BlackBerry hardware or not. Chen rec