A mass of claimed Sony Xperia Z4 Compact specs have leaked, with the handset shaping up to be a true powerhouse of the smartphone scene. Despite Sony’s ‘Compact’ line targeting the smaller side of the smartphone space, ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has introduced a new Ostar Stage LED for stage lighting that, compared with previous members of the product family, offers more than twice the lumen output but with a component surface ...
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Demand for handset chips is slowing down in China affecting sales at MediaTek and Ilitek, according to industry sources. MediaTek and Ilitek both saw their November sales hit the lowest levels in five months, reflecting a slowdown in ...
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The Nexus 5’s days are numbered with Google confirming production has ceased on the LG-made smartphone. Despite the Nexus 5 being quietly killed off, this past week has seen the replacement Nexus 6 become readily available in the ...
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The Galaxy Note 4 has just joined the Galaxy Alpha as devices that have been secretly harbouring Gorilla Glass 4 all along. While that might sound benign, it’s especially interesting because both handsets were released before ...
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YouTube has finally added the ability to watch its videos offline, but there are a couple of major caveats. For one thing, the ability is only available on YouTube's Android app for now. That's perhaps understandable given that Google ...
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Sony is taking dramatic measures in its response to a devastating hacker attack on its movie studio. Sony Pictures Entertainment has had a large proportion of its dirty laundry aired on the internet, with thousands of private emails ...
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Google has reportedly launched the Android 5.0.1 OTA update for a number of Nexus devices. Just yesterday, the first update of Android 5.0 hit Google's factory images page, suggesting that a wider over the air rollout was imminent. Sure ...
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Nokia has relaunched its highly-rated Here Maps application on the Google Play Store. The Finnish firm, free from the shackles of creating hardware following the Microsoft buyout, has been turning its attention to software with Maps at ...
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A study has revealed that 58 per cent of people would rather ditch alcohol for a week than lose mobile internet. The figures come courtesy of Boston Consulting Group, which also highlighted that just under half of respondents surveyed ...
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It's been confirmed that Apple is once again selling Bose headphones and speakers in its retail stores. Two months ago, Apple stopped selling Bose equipment amidst litigation for noise cancelling technology patent infringements. Bose ...
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Facebook has updated its search function to enable you to search for specific posts. It sounds like a pretty basic task, but prior to this recent update, you could only search for Facebook contacts using Facebook Search. According to a ...
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A third version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could soon be landing with Qualcomm’s most powerful chip at its core. The two current Galaxy Note 4 models make use of an Exynos 7 Octa processor and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor ...
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Smartwatches are here to stay it seems, with latest reports suggesting LG will launch its first 4G enabled wearable at MWC 2015. With the company having recently backed up the LG G Watch with the round-faced G Watch R, claimed ...
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The Nexus 6 may have been destined to tout a fingerprint scanner, the Android source code has revealed. ArsTechnica dig some digging through the Android Open Source Project code for the Nexus 6, and discovered a commit removing ...
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