July 2, 2018
HTC is gone
Gather around, campers, and hear a tale as old as time. Remember the HTC Dream? The Evo 4G? The Google Nexus One? What about the Touch Diamond? All…
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June 29, 2018
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching…
Read articleJune 29, 2018
India’s Cashify raises $12M for its second-hand smartphone business
Cashify, a company that buys and sells used smartphones, is the latest India startup to raise capital from Chinese investors after it announced a $12 million Series C…
Read articleJune 27, 2018
Samsung will probably unveil the Note 9 on August 9
Those Galaxy Note 9 rumors have been coming fast and furious in recent weeks, and now we know why. Samsung just sent out invites for its next big…
Read articleJune 6, 2018
Motorola’s Z3 Play modular handset arrives this summer for $499
At an event in Brazil this morning, Lenovo announced the latest addition to its line of modular handsets. The Moto Z3 doesn’t represent a big leap for the…
Read articleMay 24, 2018
Andy Rubin’s Essential is reportedly up for sale and has cancelled work on its next smartphone
Essential, the smartphone company helmed by Android co-creator Andy Rubin, is trying to sell itself and has cancelled development of its next phone, Bloomberg reports. The report states…
Read articleMay 23, 2018
Edge Sense is starting to come into its own with HTC’s U12+
Edge Sense has always been a gimmick — but who can blame HTC for embracing a gimmick. The company’s mobile division has been struggling in recent years, so…
Read articleApril 19, 2018
Motorola introduces four new phones
Motorola’s phones aren’t always the flashiest, but there sure are a lot of them. And today, there are even more. The Lenovo-owned brand is launching not one, but…
Read articleApril 10, 2018
Spectral Edge’s image enhancing tech pulls in $5.3M
Cambridge, U.K.-based startup Spectral Edge has closed a $5.3M Series A funding round from existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and IQ Capital. The team, which in 2014 spun the business out…
Read articleMarch 27, 2018
The Huawei P20 is not coming to the U.S.
Meet the Huawei P20. It’s a pretty nice phone. I played around with it, and I can confirm that it is, indeed, a solid flagship with some suitably…
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