A US-only sweepstakes suggests the M9 value for money will be spot-on, at least stateside. HTC is in a giving mood after what they probably consider a fruitful, successful MWC 2015 presence. They took the wraps off the unsurprising One M9 smartphone in Barcelona, as well as the slightly more unexpected Grip fitness band and...
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The G Pro line is dead, long live the G Pro line! Winning a mobile war against marketing juggernauts like Apple or Samsung ain’t easy, no matter the resources you can afford to dedicate to the cause. But when you don’t even carry the basic weaponry needed to put up a fight, you might as...
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It could all be a prank, or a series of innocent typos, but as things stand, Nokia (not Microsoft) seems to have a low-end Android smartphone in the works. Surprised to see Nokia alive and kicking after its mobile phone business disposal to Microsoft? You ain’t seen nothing yet, as it turns out, and the...
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A report has surfaced claiming that an Achilles heel in the weak US encryption standards from the 1990s could leave many websites vulnerable to spoofing and snooping. Researchers from France and the US call the newly discovered flaw “FREAK,” which apparently arises from “a class of deliberately weak export cipher suites… introduced under the pressure...
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ASRock today announced its new high-end motherboard aimed at the enthusiast PC and workstation markets. The X99 WS-E comes in the EATX form-factor and supports the Intel X99 express chipset. The new motherboard includes support for Intel Core i7 and Xeon E5-1600/2600 v3 processor family for the LGA 2011-3 socket with up to 18 cores...
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Sony has announced new details about its Project Morpheus PlayStation 4 Virtual Reality headset today at the ongoing Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The biggest news that came out today is that the virtual reality game headset will be releasing for consumers in the first half of next year. Sony is aiming at giving...
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A new report published on The Michael Report is clauming that Apple is likely to announce the 12-inch MacBook Air Retina at its March 9 ‘Spring Ahead’ event where it is expected to launch the Apple Watch formally. The website claims to have been tipped by their sources about the MacBook Air 12-inch reveal at...
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At the ongoing Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, NVIDIA today revealed its new Titan X flagship GPU. NVIDIA is claiming it to be the most powerful and the most advanced GPU yet. The new flagship NVIDIA GPU boasts of a 12GB framebuffer and has a total of 8 billion transistors. The graphics card also...
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Hideo Kojima’s latest tactical espionage game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is all set to release on multiple platforms by September this year. The game will be arriving for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on September 1st. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners will need to shell out...
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It sure didn’t take long for a second source to chime in on reports that seemed awfully questionable at first. Although Google has worked with several device manufacturers on more than one Nexus iteration in the past, 2014 saw the previous year’s project collaborators replaced, and chances are a similar switch will happen in 2015....
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The GSM Association (GSMA) also handed out top honors to Motorola’s Moto E and 360, as well as Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3. It’s been a good last few months for Apple, which obliterated sales records and surpassed even the most optimistic projections with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, despite “BendGate” controversy and phablet entry...
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That sounds like music to Samsung’s ears, especially since the M9 is slated to ship earlier than the Galaxy S6. Qualcomm tried hard, perhaps too hard, to convince the media there was no truth to the claims the powerhouse Snapdragon 810 processor suffered from overheating woes. Ultimately, the San Diego-based semiconductor specialist had no choice...
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The OnePlus Two release is still on, rumor has it, but something else is in the exciting Chinese startup’s pipeline as well. Although we can’t say we’re too surprised seeing OnePlus skip the 2015 MWC festivities, since their uber-successful One handheld isn’t due for an upgrade yet, we’d certainly have loved to at least hear...
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Apparently, the graphics virtuoso wasn’t kidding when it teased a “very special event” and a device meant to “redefine the future of gaming.” Many believed Nvidia basically acknowledged the failure of its first-gen Shield by following it up with a radically different design. But what if that was the plan all along? We’re starting to...
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Inno3D today announced the launch of the market’s first GeForce GTX 960 card with 4GB of memory. The Inno3D GeForce GTX 960 comes with 4GB of 128-bit GDDR5 memory running at a clock speed of 7.0GHz and comes with GPU core clock speed of 1126GHz with a boost speed of 1178MHz. For cooling, the card...
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AMD today announced in a blog post that it will no longer be focusing on its Mantle 1.0 gaming API that was announced around a year and a half ago. Instead, the company has suggested developers to divert their attention to DirectX12 or glNext. The progress with DirectX12 and glNext is said to be the...
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Tesoro today unveiled its new mechanical keyboard aimed at gamers. The Excalibur Spectrum is the company’s latest mechanical keyboard with customizable LED lighting for each individual key with a choice of 16.8 million colors. There are 8 different LED effects on offer – dimming, full zone, trigger, ripple, firework, radiation, rainbow wave and per key...
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HyperX, a division of Kingston, today announced its new FURY DDR4 memory and expanded its Predator line of DDR4 memory with 32GB and 64GB kits. The FURY DDR4 memory is the first product line from HyperX to come with automatic overclocking via plug-and-play functionality, targeted at next-generation high-end desktops using Intel X99 chipset and Haswell-E...
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Khronos Group today revealed its next-generation application programming interface (API) as part of the ongoing Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The Vulkan API will take on Microsoft’s DirectX12 API and is claiming to bring massive improvements with both single and multi-GPU configurations. As is evident by the name, Vulkan is going to a completely...
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Technically Pebble’s fourth ever wearable piece, the stainless steel new gizmo is a fancier take on the base second-generation Time. We don’t know if the tremendous Kickstarter support garnered of late led to this, or if it’s meant as a power move of sorts on the eve of Apple Watch’s long-overdue launch event. What’s crystal...
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The company has always allowed them to test on-ear headphones before buying. Looks like Apple is finally going to allow customers to try out in-ear headphones before they make the purchase in its retail stores. Customers are already allowed to try on-ear headphones, the company was reluctant to do this with in-ear units, since there...
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Looks like the US doesn’t get dibs on this smartwatch. With each passing day we come ever so close to the day when Apple is finally going to release the Apple Watch. So far the company has not confirmed that date even if it has revealed that shipments are going to begin in April. The...
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Needless to point out which of the two is more exciting, but unfortunately, the unnamed hybrid showcased at MWC 2015 is without a release date. BlackBerry stood idly by as Android captured all the headlines during days 0 and 1 of this year’s Mobile World Congress, only interrupted (for a minute or so) by Microsoft...
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KitKat is a not-so-distant number two, and could soon snatch JB’s crown. Don’t let MWC exhibitors fool you. Lollipop is the flavor of the day in the mobile scene, but its rise to relevance is a slow and bumpy one. Until Samsung manages to spread the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge love, the freshest iteration...
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Do you wish your smartphone could have as much storage as your computer? Well, SanDisk has unveiled a new microSD card today that offers more space than a lot of notebooks. Meet the SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I memory card with a whopping 200GB capacity. A lot of smartphones such as the LG G3 boast support...
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Qualcomm today announced its latest high-end mobile chipset at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Snapdragon 820 SoC will succeed the Snapdragon 810 and will be based on Qualcomm’s custom Kryo cores. Although Qualcomm officially announced the Snapdragon 820 chipset today, it has not given out much details about it to the media. All...
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HP today launched its latest convertible notebook the Spectre x360. The Spectre 360 includes a 360-degree hinge that allows you to use it in any position you want. The Spectre x360 comes with a 13-inch display that is offered with either a Full HD 1920 x 1080 or QHD 2560 x 1440 IPS touchscreen. If...
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MediaTek announced its first Cortex-A72 architecture based chipset at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The MT8173 chipset is a high-performance quad-core chipset comprising of two Cortex-A72 cores and two Cortex-A53 cores. The four cores are configured using ARM’s big.LITTLE, allowing them to run at their full clock speed (2.4GHz) at the same time whenever...
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While we kinda-sorta expected the sensor-filled yet rudimentary activity tracker, nothing could have prepared us for the Valve co-developed virtual reality device. Forget insipid smartphones and dying tablets. This year’s Mobile World Congress is all about futuristic, unconventional wearables. Smartwatches, smart bands and, yes, even VR contraptions. Like the Vive. What is the Vive? Well,...
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Redmond’s first flagship Lumia may still be down the line, but these two ultra-affordable mid-end soldiers are a bold statement of what’s to come. Who said budget-friendly gear has to be boring? Not Nokia, despite the financial woes that attracted its downfall, and certainly not Microsoft, which was recently passed the torch. Many feared the...
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This Android bad boy is a featherweight next to its main iOS rival, and it’s water-resistant as well. Whatever Sony decides to do with its financially struggling mobile division, we’d hate to see the ultra-high-end Xperia tablets go. There’s something about them this industry badly needs, and although they’ve never really struck gold at the...
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Mostly from a visual standpoint, although they effortlessly pull out all the stops in the display, camera and performance departments as well. For the first time in at least a couple of years, Android enthusiasts haven’t been left wanting more from an “Unpacked” event. Granted, the onslaught of recent leaks definitely spoiled the surprise, but...
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PC Hardware and peripherals company BitFenix has announced its new AEGIS Micro-ATX chassis that features an LCD display on the front that can show a customized logo or image. The Micro-ATX case comes with a fresh new design that should appeal to a wide variety of users. Made with a combination of Steel Alloy and...
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Huawei is expected to hold a formal press conference at the Mobile World Congress on March 1 at Barcelona. Among the new devices that are expected to be announced is also the company’s first Android Wear smartwatch. An ad showing off the Huawei has been spotted at the Barcelona airport, giving us a sneak peek...
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A new report published by BGR claims that Apple is going to begin rolling out the iOS 8.2 version to users as early as Monday and could then release the iOS 8.3 update soon after. BGR is claiming that Apple plans to release as many as four beta versions of iOS 8.3 to developers before...
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According to a report published on Neowin, Microsoft will soon be making it official that its latest Windows 10 operating system includes support for the latest USB 3.1 Type-C standard and USB Dual Role. Microsoft will be holding its WinHec conference next month and the official website for the event includes a page where the...
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Google has revealed the first renderings of the company’s new global headquarters in Mountain View, California. The new Google headquarters will consists of a number of greenhouses, each of which is expected to be the size of a city block. To design the new headquarters, Google is working with renowned global architects Bjarke Ingels and...
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Gives him second and third degree burns. It is not uncommon for mobile devices to cause hurt to their users. We use these devices extensively every single day and while they’re safe for the most part, sometimes we do get to hear about freak accidents where people get burned to injured even worse by their...
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This technology was first showed off last year when the Apple Watch was unveiled. It may only have been a few months since Apple launched its two new iPhones but already rumors are circulating about this year’s models. If history is any indication this year the iPhones might only receive an evolutionary update, one that...
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