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Several people who have never used a BlackBerry phone are already excited about the new BlackBerry KEYone that’s launching in the United States today, May 31, 2017. The new KEYone will support both GSM (AT&T, T-Mobile) and CDMA (Verizon, Sprint) carriers, and is currently listed for $549.99 on Best Buy. At the time of this writing, the…
First of all, we’re sorely disappointed by the fact that the Essential Phone from Android creator is little more than another Android device. We were hoping that the man who helped build what is now the most prolific and omnipresent operating system in the world would do something more than just put a new bottle around…
Our take on the Surface Phone has been that Microsoft will never release a device under that name. Is the same thing happening to Surface Pro 5 as well? Is Microsoft unifying its brand names to signal a more planned approach to new Surface device launches? Is the company hiding something up its sleeve that…
Grand Theft Auto is one of the top four most popular video game franchises in the world, right after Nintendo’s Mario and Pokémon, and Tetris. Although the game was originally released in 2013, it is only available (officially) for PS3 and PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and Windows. Though the game is focused on consoles and,…
What’s Snapchat really great for? Taking photos of your self – technically known as a “Selfie” – and then dressing it up in the most ridiculous get-up you can find and then sharing it for an ephemeral 24 hours with the people you love to hate. Well, Google Allo – the messaging app everybody doesn’t…
Alphabet is not exactly a secretive company, but they do their best to keep our prying eyes away from the numbers we are looking for. We still don’t know how much money they make from YouTube – although several estimates are floating around – and it might be many more quarters – if not years…
Google Chrome 58 is now rolling out to Android devices after the original stable channel release to Windows, Mac and Linux PCs. While the usual performance enhancements and bug fixes come standard, what are the truly new features that would want to make you update your browser to the latest Google Chrome 58? Redesigned Browser…
At Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference this week, payments facilitator Western Union announced that Facebook Messenger would get a new bot that can effect global money transfer transactions. Western Union is not the first financial services company looking at Facebook Messenger as a viable promotional tool for their services. American Express is also reportedly working on…
The new Google Earth has been unveiled for Google Chrome browsers, and is not available anywhere else except as an app on Android. Why this exclusivity? Has Google decided to keep the new web application for itself for a time, before releasing it to the wild? Not really; the explanation is far simpler, and much…
The global devices market slowed down considerably last year, and things are not looking good for device manufacturers around the world. Gartner, one of the world’s leading market research firms, expects worldwide device spending to grow by a mere 2% in 2017. Even worse is the fact that Gartner says unit shipments will remain flat in…
According to several recent reports, Surface Phone could come with a foldable design. Being skeptics, we naturally want to put that claim to the test. And it doesn’t look too good. The latest reports from multiple sources showcase a patent granted to Microsoft that shows a foldable design for a smartphone and a multilayer display. Essentially, the…
Microsoft launched its virtual smart assistant Cortana via iOS and Android apps last year in the United States, and more recently in the UK. Now, Microsoft is digging deeper into the Android system by pushing an update that now puts Cortana right on your lock screen on Android devices. The Windows 10 smart assistant is quite…
Echo, Amazon’s AI powered smart speaker’s free run in the United Kingdom is nearly over as Google gears up to launch Google Home in the country. With the race for smartphone market share nearing its end, tech majors have found a new area of competition: smart home devices. Amazon launched the Echo family of devices that house Amazon’s…
In many ways Google Assistant is far superior to Amazon Alexa. Although both are essentially AI-based smart voice assistants, each has a specific strength. For example, Assistant has the support of Google’s powerful search engine and ecosystem of services, while Alexa has the massive Amazon retail catalog to tap into, and the ability to control…
China-made smartphones are becoming a powerful force in the smartphone market in terms of quality. Huawei, which is currently the third largest smartphone maker in the world by market share, is getting closer to market leaders Apple and Samsung with its latest line up – the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus. DxOMark, a well-known smartphone…
