HTC is packing a deca-core processor into a new smartphone
We've been saying for a while now that HTC is going to need something powerful and enticing if it wants to start turning its abysmal sales around, and the One A9...
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Apparently the Xperia Z5 is waterproof so long as it never gets wet…
One of the Xperia's biggest selling points is the fact that it's extremely waterproof, at least as far as smartphone go, and the new Xperia Z5 is no exception. The...
WeChat will soon offer users as much as $30,000 in personal loans
Asian messaging apps are like Swiss Army knives for mobile devices; they come packed with tons of functionality that you wouldn't really expect to see in a messaging app, from...
China’s ride-sharing apps are joining forces to keep Uber out
China is one of the few places where Uber isn't completely dominating the ride-sharing market, and its local competitors want to keep it that way. Uber has been really aggressive and...
Qualcomm wants its processors to power next-generation drones
Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors are responsible for powering a significant chunk of the Android devices that have been released over the years, and now the company wants them to power drones...
A new Tizen-powered phone has been approved by the FCC
Tizen hasn't exactly risen to challenge Android in any meaningful way, it hasn't even been able to beat out Windows Phone as the third most-popular mobile operating system, but Samsung is far...
OnePlus is apologizing for how crappy the OnePlus 2 launch has been
Missed deadlines and unfulfilled promises are something that OnePlus seems to have in abundance. You know what it doesn't have in abundance? Phones. Despite the company's promise that the OnePlus 2...
Baidu is entering the crowded virtual assistant market with Duer
It's only natural for the "Google of China" to follow in Google's footsteps, which is why it's not all that surprising that Baidu has unveiled its own virtual assistant that's...
Specs for the Galaxy S7 may have already been leaked
It's a little too early to be seeing leaked specs for the Galaxy S7, but a new Samsung smartphone popped up on the AnTuTu Benchmark database that may very well be the company's...
Ellen Pao has given up her fight against Kleiner Perkins
A three-year-long legal battle came to a close earlier today, one that had come to symbolize Silicon Valley's numerous issues with sexism. Ellen Pao filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against her former...
The Witcher 3 cost more than $80 million to develop
It can be difficult to wrap your head around just how ridiculously massive The Witcher 3 is, in terms of both content and world size, and there was a LOT of...
Study finds that most Chinese startups lie about their funding
If you've had your eye on the startup scene in Asia anytime in the past couple of years, the first thing you'll notice is that there's a LOT of money...
Bethesda confirms Fallout 4 will have mod tools and a Season Pass
We still have a couple of months to go before Bethesda releases fallout 4, but the company is already opening up about the game's downloadable content. I'm not talking about...
The next-generation version of Sailfish OS has started rolling out
Behind Firefox OS and Tizen, and way behind Windows 10 Mobile, there's another alternative mobile operating system that's fighting to take the number three spot in the mobile market behind...
Next year’s smartphones could have 6GB of RAM thanks to Samsung
Nowadays, most high-end mobile devices come with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM, but that number could jump up to 6GB in the near future thanks to Samsung. The company...
Amazon finally managed to sell the last of its Fire Phones
The Fire Phone didn't just sell poorly, it sold so poorly that it took Amazon more than a year to clear out its stock of the smartphone. It was noticed earlier this...
HTC is working on its first smartwatch codenamed Halfbreak
We already know that HTC has a couple of high-end smartphones that it plans to unveil on September 29th, but there's a good chance that the company will take the...
Uber wants to double its expansion rate in China
With hundreds of millions of people, low levels of car ownership, really crowded cities, and underdeveloped public transit, China may be Uber's most important market. CEO Travis Kalanick seems to...
Xiaomi might be the first company to use the Snapdragon 820
With Qualcomm expected to launch its Snapdragon 820 chipset by the end of the year, many people are wondering which company will be the first to utilize the next-generation chipset...
Verizon is already preparing to test 5G wireless technology
Most analysts for the wireless market have predicted that 2020 will be when 5G networks start seeing commercial deployment, but I guess Verizon didn't get the memo. The largest wireless...