January 24, 2017
Samsung records highest profit jump in 3 years
Samsung today recorded its biggest leap in profits for three years,up 50 percent year-on-year, showing that there is far more to the company than the Galaxy Note 7…
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January 23, 2017
Hugo Barra is leaving his position as head of international at Xiaomi after 3.5 years
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is losing its head of international and primary English-language spokesperson Hugo Barra after he announced his exit from the company. Read More Powered by…
Read articleJanuary 20, 2017
Samsung reportedly concludes ‘irregularly sized’ batteries caused Galaxy Note 7 explosions
Samsung is holding a press conference in three days to explain the defect in the Galaxy Note 7 that forced the product’s recall, but already it is being…
Read articleJanuary 12, 2017
HTC outs an always listening, dual-screen smartphone with its own AI assistant
Just when you thought HTC might be ready to hang up on its smartphone efforts, the Android underdog is turning up the volume and announcing what it described…
Read articleJanuary 12, 2017
Xiaomi stops disclosing annual sales figures as CEO admits the company grew too fast
Xiaomi has forgone its tradition of revealing how many smartphones it sold the previous year. The strategy yielded many headlines for the highly-regarded Chinese outfit, but today its…
Read articleJanuary 10, 2017
Update: Apple says no plans to manufacture products at Mesa, Arizona site
Apple has confirmed it applied for a renewal of the FTZ status, but says it does not intend to manufacture products at the site — rather it will…
Read articleJanuary 9, 2017
HMD’s first Nokia smartphone is heading to China
Nokia fans hankering to get their hands on a new smartphone with their beloved brand name — and without Microsoft’s unloved mobile OS — will need to go…
Read articleJanuary 5, 2017
Huawei to pre-load Amazon’s Alexa AI on US version of its Mate 9 flagship
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is having a good CES. Not only landing inside additional speaker hardware but finding entirely new incarnations in other connected household items — such…
Read articleJanuary 3, 2017
Meizu is the latest Chinese smartphone firm to sign a licensing deal with Qualcomm
Qualcomm was hit by a near $1 billion fine for violating China’s antitrust regulations in 2015. That was rock bottom — and another example of a U.S. tech…
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Codementor raises $1.6 million to become elite marketplace for freelance developers
Codementor (incorporated as Peer Idea Inc.) has raised $1.6 million in seed funding to grow its online education business into a marketplace for elite freelance developers who are…
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