The South Korean tech giant becomes only the second Asian company to cross the trillion-dollar mark after TSMC
Samsung hits $1 trillion valuation as AI boom drives massive chip demand
Vivo X300 FE launches in Europe for €999 with major price increase
The compact flagship successor to X200 FE carries a steep price hike ahead of India launch
Global smartphone market crashes as memory shortage drives worst quarter in two years
DRAM and NAND supply crunch pushes prices up 50% in some markets, ending 10-quarter growth streak
Xiaomi launches Redmi K90 Max with built-in cooling fan and massive 8550mAh battery
Gaming-focused smartphone features MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip, dedicated gaming GPU, and industry-first thermal management system
How To: Control Your Garage Door Using Your Mobile Device With a Raspberry Pi and a Little Elbow Grease
Garage door openers are pretty sweet, but most of the units we have installed in our homes are so last century, requiring a boxy remote to open the door from outside. While it’s nice to have at least one option to opening up your garage door, remotes are easily lost and just aren’t that practical…
Infographic: Top 15 Digital Trends for 2015
2014 is almost over and it’s time to pack up that old year and direct out gazes twords the future. 2015 is rolling in like gangbusters and will be here before you know it, bringing with it some new technologies and expanding on digital trends that grew steadily in 2014. Bell Pottinger Digital has created…
Almost a third of all smartphones shipped last year were made by Samsung
Juniper Research estimated that the number of smartphones shipped last year reached 980 million units, 280 million in the fourth quarter alone. Of that figure, Samsung managed to capture almost a third, having moved more than 300 million smartphones in a single year, while growing at a rate of 40%. However, for the first time…
Global phablet shipment to surpass 120 million by 2018
You would think that phablets are niche products reserved for the folks with huge hands. Perhaps that’s right but apparently there are quite a few of those people out there. According to the latest Juniper Research report “Tablets, Phablets, Hybrids & eReaders: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2014-2018,” global phablet shipments will surpass 120 million units…
Mobile & tablet entertainment revenues to reach almost $75 billion by 2017
Annual revenues from mobile entertainment services will reach almost $75 billion by 2017, up from an estimated $39 billion this year. According to Juniper Research, the emergence of more sophisticated monetization strategies, allied to a nascent ecosystem of app-centric mobile devices such as smart watches will drive this growth. The report says that games will…
Apple App Store in the US matches global store, tops 1 million apps
Apple hits another milestone as its U.S. iTunes App Store has surpassed the 1 million applications mark, according Appsfire. This news shows Apple now has just as much apps as it does globally. What was also determined by the analytic company Appsfire was Apple now has 473,000 applications optimized for use on the iPad. The…