PERSONAL TECH
  • Smartphone

    OnePlus 3 Expected to be Unveiled Before End of May

    The upcoming OnePlus 3 smartphone is due to be unveiled before the end of this month.

  • LIFE

    Roost’s smart smoke detectors alert owners’ smartphones after sensing imminent danger

    Google's Nest got a new rival when Roost launched a Kickstarter fundraiser campaign in 2014 for a new smart battery that turned regular smoke alarms into connected devices. The former employees of a Wi-Fi chip maker developed a power supply that allowed users to monitor their smoke detectors using an ordinary smartphone. Roost's smart batteries are available at various retail chains including Home Depot, and the company is now doubling down with a pair of new smoke detectors that combine the battery's wireless connectivity and app's check-in and alerts.

  • Smartphone

    Upcoming Google Nexus phones are given fishy codenames; HTC might be the chosen manufacturer of Google’s phones for 2016

    HTC is creating two mobile devices for Google Nexus, currently under the tag of M1 and S1, as leaked by the famous leaksters, Evan Blass @EvLeaks. These codenames are speculated to be Marlin and Sailfish but has been neither confirmed nor denied by Google or HTC. The forthcoming Google I/O event that will be held next month might be the venue where these new phones will be announced or becomes official.

  • Smartphone

    Federal Judge Orders California Woman To Unlock Her iPhone Using Touch ID

    The highly publicized legal dispute between tech giant Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigations might be over, but some iPhones and their users are still the subject of recent news. The latest to surface involves a judge from California who ordered a woman to unlock her iPhone using her fingerprint.

  • Software & Apps

    Brazilian Court Shuts Down WhatsApp Services For 48 Hours

    The Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp was forced to stop its services in Brazil after a judge released a court order. It appears that the judge who issued the order was the one who is asking WhatsApp to release sensitive user data in order to help an ongoing criminal investigation.

  • Computers

    Dell, EMC Merger Will Create Dell Technologies

    Tech company Dell recently unveiled its plans to acquire EMC for a record $67 billion. Should this acquisition come into fruition, it will create a wide array of businesses which will be then called Dell Technologies.

  • Smartphone

    Is Apple Really Ditching The Headphone Jack On iPhone 7?

    Following the recent publication of a report showing a decline in iPhone sales, tech analysts are expecting Apple to integrate essential upgrades to the upcoming iPhone 7 in order to revitalize demand. With regards to this, a leak from Chinese microblogging website Weibo suggests that the Cupertino-based tech company is aiming to upgrade the battery pack of the iPhone 7 by ditching some components, specifically the headphone jack.

  • Wearable Tech

    Samsung Is Working On New Standalone Virtual Reality Headset

    South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly working on a new standalone virtual reality headset that, unlike its current product, will not require a smartphone to work. Reports claim that the new Samsung virtual reality headset will integrate advanced features like positional tracking.

  • Computers

    Intel Spent $10 Billion In Its Bid To Enter Mobile Computing Platform

    Intel recently reported that it spent more than $10 billion over the last three years in order to establish itself in the smartphone industry. Now, the chipmaker is throwing in the towel and formally announced that it is quitting its visions in the mobile platform.

  • Smartphone

    Specification of the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 6 Leaked!

    Korean tech giant, Samsung, released the latest handset in their Galaxy Note line in August of 2015. Considering the company's trend of launching a Galaxy Note phone every year, it is unsurprising how Samsung enthusiasts are already speculating on what the Samsung Galaxy Note 6 has in store for them.

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