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Report: HTC's Squeezable Smartphone Will Go by HTC 11
Apr 24, 2017A VetureBeat report says the phone will adopt the nomenclature of 2017’s U Ultra and U Play range, while retaining the flagship lineage last updated with the HTC 10 in 2016. It’ll also be available in five different colours, ...
Tags: HTC, Smartphone
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Is This Our First Look at The Moto Z2 Play? Bring on The Moto Mods
Apr 24, 2017The 2016 Moto Z and Moto Z Play promised a new direction for the Lenovo-owed smartphone titan, thanks largely to the array of the Moto Mods modular add-ons. While Moto Mods haven’t set the smartphone world alight amid waning ...
Tags: Moto Z2, smartphone
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Sharp President: Apple Switching to OLED Panels for Future iPhones
Nov 3, 2016Apple may have introduced an underwhelming iPhone iteration this year, but anticipation is extremely high for its next effort, what with it being the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. And for a while now, rumours have been circulating that ...
Tags: OLED, OLED panels
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Nintendo to End Wii U Production This Week
Nov 3, 2016Nintendo will officially end production of the Wii U this coming Friday, according to multiple sources. Eurogamer has reported on a number of sources confirming the company will cease production of its console later this week. Since ...
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Sony to Launch Two New Xperia Phones at Mwc 2017?
Nov 3, 2016Last year, during MWC, Sony unveiled its latest attempt to conquer the smartphone market in the form of the Xperia X and Xperia XA. Unfortunately, in a year that saw the launch of the stellar Galaxy S7 and HTC 10, the Xperia phones failed ...
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Star Wars Battlefront 2: 5 Things We'd Like to See
Nov 3, 2016Marching around the snowy hellscape of Hoth slicing up rebel troopers as Darth Vader proved to be an unparalleled joy in 2015’s Star Wars Battlefront, putting you right in the thick of the iconic sci-fi universe. That being said, ...
Tags: Star Wars, Battlefront
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Business Optimism Wanes as Results Fail to Meet Expectations
Dec 3, 2015Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...
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Samsung Set to Launch Its Very First Tizen Smartphone in January
Dec 22, 2014Samsung is set to launch its very first Tizen smartphone in January, according to new reports. The Korea Economic Daily has revealed that the Samsung Z1 will enter the market as the first Tizen blower, and will price up at $90 (£58) ...
Tags: Samsung, Consumer Electronics
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Samsung Announces Plans to Shut Down ChatOn Messenger APP for Good
Dec 19, 2014Samsung has announced plans to shut down its ChatOn messenger app for good. The South Korean firm previously denied rumours that ChatOn was soon to be binned - speculation that we now know to be true. “Under changes in the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Samsung
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NASA and Lincoln Lab Engineers Tested Two-Way Laser Link Between The Moon and The Earth
Feb 17, 2014In October of last year, a team from NASA and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory made space communications history by beaming data, via laser, at speeds reaching 622 megabits per second, to Earth from a spacecraft orbiting the moon. Radio-frequency ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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MoS2 Had an Edge as a Transistor Material
Jan 24, 2014When molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) entered the conversation related to two-dimensional (2-D) alternatives to graphene in electronic applications, some thought that MoS2 had an edge as a transistor material. That thought was inspired by the ...
Tags: MoS2, Nature Communication, semiconductor, CVD
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GM's Recall of 370 000 of Its 2014 Model Year Chevrolet Silverado
Jan 14, 2014There were a wide-variety of errors, faults, and general IT-related ooftas to choose from last week. But GM’s recall of 370 000 of its 2014 model year Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks, in order to update ...
Tags: GM, recall, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks
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Food Ministers Forum Proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling System for Food
Dec 23, 2013A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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A Mazda CX-5 Takes Part in The Caradvice Long-Term Test Fleet
Dec 9, 2013A Mazda CX-5 has joined the CarAdvice long-term test fleet, though this one will be around longer than usual: I’ve bought one. If you had been keeping up to date with our Santa Fe long-term reviews, you’ll know the Mazda CX-5 ...
Tags: Mazda CX-5, Hyundai
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The Subaru Tribeca SUV Will Cease Production in January 2014
Oct 22, 2013The Subaru Tribeca SUV will cease production in January 2014, the Japanese brand has confirmed to USA Today. Subaru’s seven-seater had been the subject of speculation in recent years as sales fell in its biggest market, the US. ...
Tags: Seven-Seater, Subaru