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OnePlus will unveil the OnePlus X on October 29th

We've been hearing a lot about the OnePlus X these past couple of weeks, and now OnePlus has confirmed that it'll be unveiling the smartphone at a launch event on October 29th....

Samsung has another Tizen-powered smartphone on the way

Tizen hasn't exactly risen to challenge Android's dominance in the mobile market. In fact, it hasn't really done anything at all, aside from powering a few lackluster smartphones and a handful...

Founding a startup may come at the cost of your sex life

Running a startup requires an immense amount of time and effort, which leaves little room for anything else in your life, especially sex. A handful of startup founders in China have opened...

Google-commissioned study finds that Android is really insecure

One of Android's biggest weaknesses is that there's a ridiculous number of security flaws and vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit to steal people's information or take control of their devices....

The Blocks modular smartwatch has blazed past its Kickstarter goal

Remember when Phonebloks had everyone talking about how cool a modular smartphone would be? Well, Blocks wants to do the same thing with smartwatches, and it has more than enough...

Smartphones could be used to diagnose depression

There are different kinds of usefulness. There's the convenient kind that makes life a bit easier but isn't actually that big of a deal, and then there's the kind that can legitimately...

The Army will begin testing smart grenade launchers next year

Don't you hate it when you wanna blow somebody up with your grenade launcher but they're hiding behind cover? The United States Army certainly does, which is why it's decided to...

LG is Google's favorite partner for developing Nexus devices with

No offense Huawei, but LG is Google's favorite partner for developing and manufacturing its Nexus smartphones. It was pretty obvious from the fact that LG has already developed three Nexus smartphones...

Microsoft is open to the idea of making its own Android distribution

Windows will always be Microsoft's biggest focus, but the company has been paying a lot of attention to Android recently. Not only has it acquired a bunch of Android apps, it's...

Facebook's new video features should make YouTube really nervous

Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that he sees video content as the future of Facebook, which is why the social network has been encroaching on YouTube's territory so aggressively these past...

LINE now supports end-to-end encryption for messaging

Whether its government surveillance or hackers, there's always someone looking to get their hands on your information, especially when it comes to communication, which is why encryption is more important...

Pinterest wants to be your go-to destination for travel planning

Discovery and collection are what Pinterest is all about, and the Place Pins feature that the company introduced a couple of years ago is supposed to take those two things...

DARPA is working on drones that disappear after delivering supplies

Delivering supplies to troops in remote areas isn't all that difficult by itself, but when you need to do it stealthily, things become much more tricky. All of the delivery systems that the...

Elon Musk designed an all-electric jet in his free time

Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious. Even though running SpaceX and Tesla takes up most of his time, he still has ideas for how he could revolutionize other industries, the...

Rumor: LG is preparing to launch its own mobile payments service

Now that Apple, Google, and Samsung made mobile payments popular by releasing their own mobile payments services, it's time for some of the smaller mobile companies to get in on the action, and...

Snapchat is already giving up on creating original content

That was fast. It looks like it didn't take Snapchat that long to figure out that making original programming that people actually want to watch isn't exactly easy, because the...

There's now a Popcorn Time-like service for illegal music streaming

Popcorn Time brought online piracy to the Streaming Era of entertainment by offering users a Netflix-like service that allows them to stream pirated movies and television shows to their devices...

Rumor: Samsung plans to use Force Touch in the Galaxy S7

We still have a few months to go before Samsung releases the Galaxy S7, but there's been a surprising amount of rumors surrounding the smartphone already. The latest rumor comes...

OnePlus may finally meet consumer demand thanks to Foxconn

Earlier this week, OnePlus confirmed the rumors that it's going to start manufacturing its smartphones in India. The Chinese startup announced that it's partnering with Foxconn to begin manufacturing its smartphones...

Facebook's new Shopping section could spell trouble for Amazon

Whether you're on your computer or your smartphone, Facebook wants to be the digital hub where you spend most of your time, the nexus where you can access all of the most...