Earlier today, Forbes revealed its annual top 400 wealthiest Americans list. Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates is still the richest man in America for the 21st consecutive year, with a fortune amounting a grand total of $81.2 billion. Coming in closely behind him at number two with of 67$ is Warren Buffett, another long-time billionaire that has been sitting at number ...
Read More »Galaxy Grand Prime to be launched in India
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime has surfaced not so long ago as Sasmung’s attempt at a selfie smartphone. The new selfie trend among OEMs and companies has become quite popular recently so the Galaxy Grand Prime was an expected move on Samsung’s part. There are other smartphones out there which are selfie-centered, such as the Oppo N1 and the upcoming ...
Read More »Tizen budget-friendly smartphone in the works
Tizen is Samsung’s own attempt at a mobile OS and currently you will be able to find it on the new Galaxy Gear S smartwatch which has G3 connectivity built-in. Tizen is aimed to be a competitor to Android, iOS and other underdog mobile OS platforms and it offers interesting features like dynamic boxes that can be resized, HTML5 and it is ...
Read More »Android Wear Com 1 smartwatch pulled after Google complaint
We had introduced you guys to the affordable and powerful Com 1 smartwatch a few weeks ago. The Com 1 smartwatch would have been running on Google Android Wear platform, and that’s where the current issue with Google and Indiegogo might have started. The Android Wear platform for wearables is a Google product and we had previously thought that it ...
Read More »Galaxy Note Edge up for pre-order in the UK
The Galaxy Note Edge was introduced to the public alongside the Galaxy Note 4 at IFA Berlin in September, and many were amazed by the curved edge display the new phablet uses. Whilst the Galaxy Note 4 will be widely available and has just been put up for sale, the Galaxy Note Edge will be a limited edition unit sold ...
Read More »Invisibility cloak DIY – the Rochester cloak
We had talked about an invisibility cloak earlier, developed by researchers at Rive University. The invisibility cloak they developed uses grids of nanoscopic rods that create fine-tuned vivid colors and polarize light at the same time. The researchers used the camouflage techniques of squids in order to create the panels that can be used as displays as well. This type ...
Read More »Huawei Honor Tablet debuts with 3G
Huawei has been one of the companies that has impressed us this year with many new smartphone releases, in the flagship category, phablet category and budget smartphone category as well. The most notable release of 2014 form Huawei was the Huawei Ascend Mate 7, a powerhouse with a low price tag. Huawei has launched a new budget device this week, ...
Read More »OnePlus 2 will launch in Q2 or Q3 of 2015, likely to run on Android L
The OnePlus One is still not exactly widely available for purchase, but it looks like OnePlus is already giving us a time frame for when we should the expect to see its successor. During a recent AMA on Reddit, Carl and David from OnePlus offered to answer “almost” any questions coming in from the fans. As you might imagine, a lot ...
Read More »Moto 360 software update improves battery life
The Moto 360 smartwatch from Motorola has been one of the biggest hits at IFA Berlin this year, and had already stirred up a lot of interest before it was even launched. The Moto 360 is so popular because of its round display which has thinner bezels than its direct competitor, the LG G Watch R, which was also introduced ...
Read More »Moto X 2014 vs. LG G3 – icon vs fresh
The Moto X 2014 was introduced at IFA Berlin in September and it has quickly become one of the most talked about Motorola releases this year. Its brother, the Moto G 2014 was also introduced at the same event, aimed at a more budget oriented target audience. The new Moto X was launched recently and made available for pre-order starting ...
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