Apple received a hard blow from China yesterday, as the government decided to exclude iPads and MacBooks from a list of products that can be bought with public money. This decision was encouraged by the security issues China had to deal with lately, and led to the banning of ten Apple products. Apple isn’t the only company whose devices were ...
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Kaspersky and Symantec banned in China
Continuing the trend to get rid of foreign software, the Chinese authorities has removed Kaspersky and Symantec from the list of approved software sources of the Central Procurement Center. Conversely it has approved other five security software providers. These are all Chinese companies: Rising, Qihoo 360, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin and Venustech. Symantec representatives have not made any statement as of ...
Read More »PS4 is way more popular in China than the Xbox One according to poll
Microsoft recently launched a new commercial in an attempt to show Chinese gamers just how awesome the Xbox One is. Unfortunately for the company, China is not impressed at all according to an ongoing poll. The question asked is as follows (Google Translated): “If Microsoft and Sony’s consoles are successfully listed on the National Bank, which would you choose?” As of this ...
Read More »Nintendo to create exclusive consoles for new markets
After dismissing the rumors of a new console unveil at E3 and calling their new hardware a “quality of life” platform, Satoru Iwata – Nintendo CEO – told Bloomberg that his company plans to launch new video game devices in emerging markets, starting next year. The new machines will be designed specifically for these markets, according to Iwata, and will ...
Read More »Samsung strikes again bringing the next Samsung Galaxy Mega 7.0 phablet
Just when you thought it couldn’t get bigger, here it is! The Samsung Galaxy Mega 7.0 (SM-T2558) is the newest tablet announced by Samsung, and it looks just like a smartphone. Or should we call it the other way around? The model code of the so-called phablet shows that it’s designed to be a tab, but it is taller and ...
Read More »OnePlus One vs HTC One M8 – Will the underdog defeat the legend?
If you were to choose between these two smartphones, which one would you choose? OnePlus One has hit the market with very powerful specifications and HTC One (M8) is known to be the almost-perfect smartphone. The price is not yet concrete for OnePlus One, but we definitely know that HTC One stays somewhere around 600-700$, contract free. OnePlus One – ...
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