Nokia’s $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent has been approved
Most of Nokia's interests in consumer markets were sold to Microsoft back in 2013, and while the company has made it clear that it would like to re-enter some of...
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There’s a massive iOS app and game sale going down right now
Apple quietly launched a massive iOS app and game sale this morning, and I'm not talking about 10% off some crappy photo editing app or generic platformer, I'm talking about...
Apple has pulled Google’s Nest smart thermostats from its stores
Apple has a history of removing third-party products from its stores once they start competing with Apple's own products, not that you can blame it. Just as the company pulled...
BlackBerry wants to start releasing fewer smartphones every year
Reductions, reductions, reductions. That's been the gist of BlackBerry's strategy these past couple of years, and not just with the company's workforce either. According to CEO John Chen, the struggling...
YouTube has unveiled its completely redesigned mobile app
Mobile is the name of the game nowadays and YouTube wants to stay on top the game by keeping its mobile experience fresh and appealing. That's why the company has...
iOS is now outselling Windows for the first time ever
Whether this information reflects poorly on Microsoft or well on Apple isn't clear, probably a bit of both, but analyst Benedict Evans noted earlier this week that more iOS devices are being...
Honda couldn’t decide whether to use Android Auto or CarPlay
Why pick between Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto when you can just have both? That was the mentality behind Honda's decision to include both in-car operating systems with the...
The OnePlus One sold 1.5 million units within its first year
Let's take a second to reflect on the fact that the OnePlus One, the first smartphone from a Chinese startup that was expected to sell a maximum of 50,000 units,...
Apple needs to start updating its built-in apps separately from iOS
Like it or not, smartphone makers are always going to bundle apps with their devices, but at least most of these companies have the decency to keep those apps regularly updated. Apple, on...
Leak: Here’s our first look at the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus
Earlier this week we heard rumors that Samsung would be releasing the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus earlier than expected to avoid directly competing with the iPhone...
Google is offering to sell its patents to startups to fight patent trolls
The tech world is swimming in patent trolls and few companies have as much of an incentive to change that as Google. The company already launched a marketplace for companies...
Apple’s new remote will control far more than just Apple TV
Apple reportedly dropped its plans to release a smart television a while ago, which means that the Apple TV is currently the company's only gateway into the living room. As...
Xiaomi has joined forces with Uber to deliver smartphones
Xiaomi is joining forces with Uber in some of its markets to offer its customers super-speedy crowd-sourced deliveries. Uber simply takes its existing army of drivers and turns some of...
The rumor that Google is acquiring LG turned out to be false
Google and LG have worked together numerous times in the past so it was easy to believe the rumor that popped up yesterday morning that Google was planning to purchase...
YouTube now support 360-degree advertisements
YouTube has supported 360-degree videos for a while now, but only for user-submitted content. Now, in an effort to improve engagement with mobile users, Google has announced that 360-degree advertisements...
Sony is preparing to enter the consumer drone market
Consumer drones are one of the most popular new markets in the tech world at the moment, second only to virtual reality headsets, and Sony wants a piece of the...
Microsoft has joined the fight against revenge porn
Revenge porn has been an important topic over the past year or two and now Microsoft has joined the growing list of companies taking a more active role in purging...
Apple now controls 75% of the smartwatch market
Google may control the vast majority of the smartphone market with its Android platform, but as far as smartwatches are concerned, it's Apple that's the undisputed king. According to a...
Google finally has a solution to YouTube’s vertical video problem
Vertical videos are one of the most hated things on the Internet and one of few things that everyone can agree needs to be put to an end, and yet...
Leak: Here’s our first look at the next iteration of the Moto X
We're less than a week away from Motorola's product announcement event in New York City but some images of what we can expect have already been leaked. The next iteration...