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 ...
Tags: Handset Chips, LCD driver
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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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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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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BMW has introduced M Performance Parts to its flagship BMW X6 which is expected to enhance the design and performance of the car. The German car maker has introduced the Power Kit to boost the performance of the X6 xDrive30d which will ...
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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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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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The upcoming HTC One M9 flagship – now codenamed ‘Hima’ – has seen a sudden influx of leaks to the web, and today is no different. A display panel purportedly destined to join a HTC One M9 chassis has emerged ...
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Xiaomi, China's hippest smartphone brand, could finally be ready to make its presence felt in the West over the coming months. The company has long been referred to as the Apple of the East thanks to popular, well built, and smartly ...
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Opel has unveiled its entry-level five seater car named Karl featuring advance safety, comfort and infotainment technologies. The car is powered by one-liter, three-cylinder gasoline 1.0 ECOTEC (EcoTec turbo banger) engine, capable of ...
Facebook’s has relaunched the standalone Slingshot media messaging app it hopes will ensnare some of the Snapchat crowd and bring them back underneath the company’s sizeable social umbrella. The firm began working on a new ...
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The Nexus 6 has launched in the UK, and now giffgaff has become the latest network provider to offer the Android Lollipop loving device. With the 6-inch handset having been released through O2 earlier today, December 4, giffgaff has now ...
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Apple has come under fire from a Chinese smartphone manufacturer over alleged patent infringement. Digione says the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are both in breach of China-based patents for handset design. According to Macworld, the firm ...
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