Blackberry Venice live unit pictured, packs an 18MP OIS camera

It was about time the BlackBerry Venice followed the numerous leaks with a live appearance and today's the day. The Canadian company's foray into the Android realm is apparently imminent, now that a working device has shown up, in this case in the hands of the folks over at Techrum. While we already had a general idea how the smartphone would look,...

Huawei Watch makes brief appearance on Amazon, could launch next week

While we already know that the Huawei Watch could soon be launched in the United States, it now looks like that's going to happen as early as next week - the smartwatch made a brief appearance on Amazon, revealing that it'll be available for purchase starting September 2. The listing - which has since been removed - also revealed that depending on...

Android 5.1.1 seeding for European Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910F)

There's been a lot of angry users complaining about the way Samsung's treated the last generation top-end phablet, the Galaxy Note 4, in terms of updates. While that's the way users are, and updates can never come soon enough, Samsung did take its time with releasing the latest OS version to the last-gen Note. The rollout started nearly two months...

Google starts displaying home services ads in its search results

Last month, after Google confirmed that it's hiring a portion of cleaning start-up Homejoy's staff, there were reports that the search giant is building a technology to allow online users to easily connect with local professionals. Looks like the feature has started rolling out. Now when you search for terms like "plumber" or "lock repair," Google...

Apple iPhone 6s cases suggest Rose gold color option and no Sapphire crystal

Apple has the launch of the new generation iPhones set for September 9, and by the looks of it we may be seeing a Rose Gold color option for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. However, it doesn't seem to be quite the same candy tint from a previous leak. The speculation is fueled by the fact that case manufacturer Spigen has typically made cases in the same...

Extract the S Pen from the Galaxy Note5 while preserving detection (video)

We know you didn't listen to all the people screaming at you not to insert the S Pen of the Samsung Galaxy Note5 backwards, not to mention read the manual, which clearly states you shouldn't. Fret not, as there is apparently a simple solution, which can save your precious pen detection feature. That is, unless you've already managed to take the stylus...

Google Nexus 8 tablet dummy shows up in photos

Most of the talk around Google's devices now revolves around the Android Marshmallow pioneers - the LG Nexus 5 (2015) and Huawei Nexus 6. The two are rumored to see the light of day on September 29, but they may be joined by another surprise release. A couple of new photos, originating in China, claim to depict an upcoming Nexus 8 tablet, or at least...

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ review: Starborn

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, as its name suggests, is the bigger and flashier sibling of the SM-G925 smartphone that dazzled the world with its dual-curve display a few months ago. The newcomer is aimed at users who want a premium phablet, but don't covet the S Pen of the Samsung Galaxy Note5 that debuted alongside it. Source: http://www.gsmarena....

Huawei teases multifunction fingerprint sensor on the Mate 7S

Huawei is set to unveil its next phablet on September 2 at IFA in Berlin. And although there's still some confusion as to what it will be called (Mate 7S or just Mate S), it's clear that it's going to be a very important device for the Chinese company. Today Huawei head honcho Richard Yu has started a countdown of sorts on his official Weibo account,...

Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic pass through the FCC

Samsung has been teasing the Gear S2 smartwatch for weeks now. The company is clearly very proud of its first wearable with a round touchscreen, so much so that one of its executives has already shown us what it looks like on his wrist. As we get closer to September 3, which is when the big announcement will take place at IFA in Berlin, we're now...

Dutch iPhone 6s and 6s Plus prices leaked, still the same

The Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be unveiled on September 9 and pre-orders may start as early as September 11. The Netherlands will skip that process by the looks of it, new info suggests that the iPhone duo will go directly to stores no September 25 (perhaps a week after other Euro markets like Germany and France). Techtastic.nl has gotten hold...

For the first time ever Apple will be streaming the iPhone event on Windows

Remember how most of the Apple events were streamed live, but only on Mac OS X and iOS? Well, this is about to change. Yesterday Apple announced it will be holding a press conference on September 9, where it will be announcing the next generation iPhones - the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. As tradition goes, the event will happen in San Francisco...

AMD Radeon R9 Nano packs the power of R9 in mini-ITX form-factor

AMD has announced the new R9 Radeon R9 Nano, a compact graphics card designed for mini-ITX motherboards and cases. But despite its diminutive size, the card packs the same internals as AMD's current flagship, the R9 Fury X. The R9 Nano has the same Fiji GPU from the Fury X based on the GCN 1.2 architecture with 4096 stream processors, 256 texture...

Instagram 7.5 brings support for landscape and portrait images and videos

Ever since its inception, Instagram has always allowed clicking and uploading images (and later videos) in the 1:1 square aspect ratio. Like Twitter's 140 character limit, it was a part of the platform's appeal, or a drawback, depending upon how you chose to look at it. Off late, a lot of people had begun uploading non-square images to Instagram...

New reports of 12MP iPhone 6s with 4K video recording arrive

Rumors agree that with the iPhone 6s generation Apple will upgrade the camera that hasn't seen a major improvement since the iPhone 4S in 2011. The new shooter will have a 12MP sensor (or perhaps 13MP with the extra used for digital stabilization) and will record 2160p video. The new Apple A9 chipset will feature improved ISP for better image processing...

Chrome will soon defer playback of background autoplay media and block flash ads

Your Chrome browsing experience is about to get a lot better and far less annoying thanks to these two new features that are coming soon. The first is deferred playback of autoplay media for background tabs. Right now, if you open a tab in the background that has autoplay media, it will start playing in the background when the page finishes loading,...

LG Nexus 5 (2015) rumoured to launch late next month

The LG Nexus 5 (2015) - alleged live photo (see below) of which made the rounds online early last week - will be released on September 29, according to a South Korean media outlet which cited a credible source. There was, however, no word on the release date of the Nexus device being manufactured by Huawei. If you aren't already aware, two Nexus...

US Cellular begins selling Moto G 2015

The third-generation Motorola Moto G smartphone - which was officially launched last month - is now available for purchase from US Cellular. You can grab the black color model for $130 up front, or $9 a month for 20 months, or one cent on a regular two-year contract. Specs-wise, the device is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC with quad-core 1.4 GHz...

In a first, over a billion people logged onto Facebook in a single day

This past Monday was special for Facebook as the social network saw over a billion people using it on that day, something that has happened for the first time in the company's history. The statistic was revealed by none other than Mark Zuckerberg himself. "We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook...

Leaked Sony Xperia Z5 press shots confirm 23MP main camera

Alleged press images of the upcoming Sony Xperia Z5 made the rounds online. One of the renders confirms that Sony's next flagship smartphone will feature a new 23MP main camera with 1/2.3" Exmor RS sensor. A recent teaser by Sony suggests that the camera will also have advanced focusing capability. The latter will likely be possible thanks to a hybrid...

HTC Desire 626 is now available at Verizon for $192

It's been known for quite a while that the HTC Desire 626 will eventually be sold by Verizon too in the US. After HTC announced a few mid-range Desire-branded options for that market back in July, Big Red unveiled its plans to stock the Desire 626 alongside the Desire 526 a few weeks ago. And today the Desire 626 joins the already available Desire...

Archos Diamond Tab becomes official with 4G LTE support

Archos likes diamonds, or so it would seem judging by the French company's latest announcements. A couple of days ago we saw the Diamond S smartphone being introduced, and today it's time for a Diamond-branded tablet to become official. We're talking about the Archos Diamond Tab. This iPad Mini competitor (based on its size) comes with built-in 4G...

Apple schedules iPhone 6s and 6s Plus event for September 9

Apple has started sending out press invites for its next big event. This will take place on September 9 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, a venue with seating capacity for around 7,000 people, and one that the Cupertino company hasn't used before. This means we may witness one of Apple's biggest launch events in its history....

Huawei starts selling the Honor 7 in Europe, direct to consumers

As previously rumored, Huawei has brought its Honor 7 smartphone to Europe today, and officially so. The handset can now be ordered from the Chinese company's newly unveiled online store for the continent. This is live now, and can be used if you are in the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, or Switzerland. You...

Smaller version of next-gen Moto 360 gets compared to last year's model

Motorola still hasn't announced its follow-up to last year's Moto 360, but if we go by the amount of leaks we're seeing about the next-gen smartwatch, that should happen soon. Until it does, though, pictures showing this year's Moto 360 keep on leaking. A few days ago we saw the 2015 Moto 360 on people's wrists in the Chicago area, and now someone...

5,000mAh-packing Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro handled, still unofficial

Early this year specs for the Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro leaked but it has been pretty quiet since then aside from a TENAA certification. Someone posted hands-on photos and some specs on Weibo giving us the first real look at the device. Lenovo Vibe P1 Pro A roomy 5.5" 1080p screen is housed in a magnesium alloy unibody. Inside that is a whopping 5,000mAh...

Purported Sony Xperia Z5+ leaks in live photos

Sony is having a press-conference on September 2 in Berlin at a pre-IFA event. It's expected to announce the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, but there might be other devices in store. Just recently we saw a promotional photo for the Xperia Z5 Compact, while Sony began teasing some advanced focusing features for the Xperia Z5. And yesterday @evleaks...

Samsung begins Samsung Pay closed beta testing in the US

Samsung Pay will officially launch on September 28 in the USA, but some Samsung users will be able to try it out right now. Samsung has just announced the closed beta test of Pay for the US market. Samsung Pay has been available in Korea for a week now and it's proven very popular and useful. More than 80,000 people signed in their cards on Samsung...

LG launches metallic G4 variants in India

After launching the G4 in leather and ceramic white variants earlier this year in India, LG has now launched the metallic options as well. The metallic variant comes in two colors, gold and titanium black, with a similar diamond shaped pattern on the back. It must be said though that even though LG calls it metallic, it's still very much plastic...

Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5: affordable Androids, premium design

John Sculley - former CEO of Pepsi and Apple - has gotten into the Android-phone game. The new company, Obi Worldphone, which aims to offer premium-designed phones to developing markets. Both are dual-SIM and cost between $130 and $250. The Worldphones will launch in Vietnam, India, Tukey, Pakistan, South Africa, Nigeria, Thailand, and the United...

ZTE outlines plans for IFA, global flagship Axon is the centerpiece

ZTE is prepping for one of the biggest events in the mobile world in Berlin. This year's IFA takes place September 4-9 and as always will gather all the big names with their latest and greatest devices. What the Chinese company will bring to the show is members of its four global product lines - Axon, Blade, Nubia, and Spro. The ZTE Axon top model...

Canon EOS M3 to launch in the US in October for $680

Canon has announced the EOS M3 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera for US. We talked about it earlier when it was launched in Europe back in February. The camera will go on sale in the US in early October for $679.99 body-only. You can also get it with the EOS M3 EF-M 18-55mm IS STM lens kit for $799.99. Additionally, a two lens kit featuring...

LG's new wireless portable keyboard folds into an easy-to-carry stick

LG has developed what it is calling "the industry's first solid rollable wireless portable keyboard." Dubbed Rolly Keyboard, the device folds into a stick that you can easily carry in your pocket, purse, or briefcase, the company claims. In its unfolded form, the keyboard is capable of connecting to two different devices at the same time via Bluetooth...

Evernote is pulling the plug on its Food app

Popular productivity app company Evernote has announced that it is killing off its Food app, which was released back in 2011 and allowed users to find and save recipes and click food photos. "As of September 30th, we'll no longer support Evernote Food for iOS and Android," the company said in a blog post. "This means the apps will no longer be available...

Amazon's Prime Instant Video service to launch in Japan next month

Amazon Prime Instant Video, a subscription-based service that allows users to stream movies and TV shows to their device, will be launched in Japan next month. The service will be available at no extra cost for members of Amazon Prime, which launched around a decade ago in Japan, and is available for $32.50 a year or $2.71 per month in the country....

Alleged press images of Microsoft's upcoming duo of flagship smartphones leak out

Alleged press shots showcasing Microsoft's upcoming duo of flagship smartphones made the rounds on Twitter, courtesy of @evleaks. Sporting the codenames Cityman and Talkman, the devices are expected to debut in the near future with 5.7" and 5.2" display respectively. Before the official images from @evleaks leaked out, the Microsoft Cityman showed...

Facebook's entry into the virtual assistant space is called M, lives in Messenger

After Apple, Google, Microsoft, and a few other, smaller companies, Facebook is now jumping straight into the virtual assistant space. The social network's newly revealed competitor for the likes of Siri, Google Now, or Cortana is called M. It lives inside Facebook Messenger. M is for now getting a very limited release, with just a few hundred people...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 duo now up for pre-order in the US

After having gone on sale in certain markets such as Hong Kong already, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 are now up for pre-order in the US. If you're after either tablet in Wi-Fi-only form, then you can already order from Samsung's own US online store. Each model comes in three color options: black, white, and gold. The 8-inch...

Cyanogen releases Android 5.1.1 update for OnePlus One, then pulls it

OnePlus may have already announced its smartphone offering for this year, but many people are sticking with last year's One. And this news is for them. The Chinese startup's first handset is now finally being updated to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, which is the base for Cyanogen OS 12.1. This is now rolling out to OnePlus One devices worldwide, though...

Amazon Underground launches on Android giving away apps worth $10,000

Today Amazon has launched a new app for Android, which is basically a new version of its Appstore, but with a twist. It's called Amazon Underground, and it lets you download and install apps to your Android device, just like the Amazon Appstore. However, Underground comes with something special: over $10,000 worth of paid apps included for free....

Samsung Galaxy Mega On and Grand On have their specs leaked

Last week we got word that Samsung would soon add a new letter to its alphabet soup of branding: O. This would be a new series for the Korean company, and it's been rumored to make its debut with two devices - the Galaxy O5 and Galaxy O7. Now it seems those names have been dropped, with Samsung opting for the even more confusing Galaxy Grand On and...

Samsung introduces three 360 wireless speakers - R1, R3 and R5

Samsung announced three new very interesting speakers - they are all 360-degree wireless standalones. The models are R1, R3 and R5 - successors of the R6 and R7. The new generation 360 Wireless Audio speakers offer "high-quality, balanced sound, and premium table-top design that enables them to fit seamlessly into any home." They have a brand new...

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 treated to Android 5.1.1, Poland is first to get it

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 got its last firmware update in April and it wasn't version 5.1.1. Today, nearly 5 months later the ex-flagship phablet is finally getting Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and all of its critical fixes. The US carrier Sprint was the first to launch the update two weeks ago, but as of today the international model is getting the same treatment....

Samsung Galaxy A8 review: A-game

You don't need to be the best if you can be the crowd favorite. The Samsung Galaxy A8 is Samsung's thinnest smartphone yet and is certainly learning from the Note5 in some respects, but while it can't beat it on features it's likely to rival it on popularity. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a8-review-1288.p...

European Samsung Galaxy Note5 shows up on Samsung's website

The saga around the existence and availability of a European/international version of the Samsung Galaxy Note5 continues. The mythical SM-N920F version has shown up on FCC and Bluetooth.org, and investigators on the matter have now spotted it on Samsung's own website. But before you get too worked up that the smartphone is coming to a store near...

Motorola will absorb Lenovo Mobile

You can expect a lot more Motorola models in the future. Lenovo has decided that in the smartphone market the brand recognition of Motorola is much stronger than that of its own brand and will integrate Lenovo Mobile into Motorola. That's not just a relabeling though, the President of Lenovo Mobile Group said that much of the organizational structure...

Now you can get Samsung Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ in real gold

Hanoi is like the El Dorado of gold-plated phones with the Karalux Store pumping out gilded versions of various flagships. It worked through the Galaxy flagship line and has just unveiled the gold Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. The engineers took the phones apart, a process that takes 10 steps. The flagship duo is made out of 7000 series aluminum,...

Meizu launches MX5 flagship smartphone in India

Nearly a couple of months after making it official, Meizu has launched its MX5 flagship smartphone in India. The Chinese company had already revealed the device's India launch plans last week. The handset is available in the country exclusively through online retailer Snapdeal, which is selling the 16GB variant for INR 19,999 (~$300) - color options...

YouTube Gaming, Google's answer to Twitch launching today

Over a couple of months after it was announced, Google's YouTube Gaming service - its Twitch competitor - is set to launch today in the US and UK. At the time of announcement Google said that the service will become available "this summer." " YouTube Gaming will be available on the Web as well as mobile (Android and iOS), with the former set to go...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 stylus reportedly jams and damages phone when inserted the wrong way

The S Pen on the Note5 might have a design flaw. As discovered by Android Police, if inserted the wrong way, it could get stuck and cause permanent damage to the phone. The S Pen on the Note5 is uniformly shaped throughout, unlike the styli on the previous Note devices. This means it goes in easily either way without much resistance. The problem...