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Dyson, the vacuum manufacturer that was one of the stars at CES 2015 in January has announced today that it would be investing in a startup battery tech firm called Sakti3, originating from the University of Michigan. Sakti3 works on battery tech that aims to outdo the conventional lithium-ion batteries in use in wearable technology, smartphones and Dyson’s own battery-powered vacuum ...

A new variant of the Galaxy Tab S2 has surfaced on the internet, thanks to a set of import listings that reveal the device sent for testing purposes to India. According to these invoices and import listings, the new Galaxy Tab S2 gets an 8 inch display, meaning that Samsung is planning on releasing a compact tablet that would cater ...

Facebook has updated a few of its community standards and guidelines this Sunday to better reflect the purpose of these standards. Among the details that were newly disclosed about the company’s policies, the Facebook real names policy has also been better clarified after backlash against it. According to an official blog post detailing the new community standards, takedown requests and ...

The Moto X 2013 is going to receive the much-awaited Android 5.0.2 update soon, supposedly as soon as next week. Motorola‘s Luciano Carvalho took to Google+ to silence all the pesky messages and questions he had been getting about a purported soak test for the Moto X 2013. He made it pretty clear what Moto X 2013 owners should be ...

Remember those rumors back in January about Samsung buying BlackBerry? Well, those were quickly debunked by BlackBerry, but in turn the company let people in on a partnership that was ongoing between the South Korean and the Canadian company. Details about the partnership were just recently revealed at the CeBIT technology conference in Germany this weekend, and they’re definitely not what ...

Secure communication has become a bit of a tabu now, seeing as the NSA, FBI and other government agencies frown upon end to end encryption provided by certain software. Those concerned with their privacy and want to have a secure communications experience when using their smartphones don’t have a lot of options out there, but thankfully, there are enough free ...

The LG G4 failed to make an appearance at the MWC 2015 show this year, but not because there were problems with the device. LG decided that it would be a smarter move to launch the new flagship later in the year, so that it can more effectively compete against the HTC One M9 and the Samsung’s Galaxy S6. Launching ...

After the Galaxy Note 4 started getting Android 5.0 Lollipop last month, people rapidly started complaining about the software update impacting battery life. Even if the Galaxy Note 4 has great battery life in general, being able to stand up to two days of moderate use, it seems the new software update hasn’t been as beneficial as many thought. Owners ...

The Moto Maker platform has been one of the best services for those who want to customize their Moto X or other Motorola smartphones by choosing their own colors and embellishments. Until now, the service was only available for smartphones from the company, but starting now, Motorola is extending the reach of Moto Maker to the Motorola Moto 360 smart ...

Facebook is actually sharing your conversations with advertisers, which sounds like a serious infringement on privacy, at the very least. Facebook’s new topic data offering to advertisers means that the social media network is opening up their data so that advertisers and marketing specialists can access the database and search for keywords with which they can target people with their ...