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With BlackBerry sinking, Apple has managed to sneak into the enterprises. In an interview with BusinessInsider, Apple’s CEO and CFO, Tim Cook and Steve Oppenheimer, described the company’s enterprise sales figures as “unbelievable”, with the majority of Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies now opting for iPhones and iPads rather than devices made by other…
Samsung has signed the so called “preferred partner” agreement with Carphone Warehouse to operate over 60 Samsung stand-alone stores across Europe. The deal comes on the heels of the successful opening in 2013 of three stand-alone stores in Spain, operated by Carphone Warehouse. The new stores will be rolled out in the next three months…
Say you like the Qualcomm Toq but you don’t want it in black. Worry not my friend, the chip making giant has just released the white model, which sells for the same, rather expensive $350. Over at Amazon, the device is marked as “shipping within 1 to 2 months” so you’ll still have to wait…
Apple’s A7 chip includes a number of components including CPU, GPU, cache, image processor, and TouchID “secure enclave”; and this year’s A8 chip may go one step further by adding an integrated DRAM to the mix. We’re guessing some performance enhancements will be achieved this way, but more importantly – the Cupertino giant will get…
Google will keep Project Ara under its belt, since the Advanced Technology and Projects group was NOT included as part of Lenovo’s acquisition of Motorola. Instead, this team will be integrated with Google’s Android team, headed by Sundar Pichai. Regina Dugan, who leads the Advanced Technology and Projects group will report to Pichai, while maintaining…
If Acer can do it, so can ASUS. Yup, it too plans to join the smart watch revolution later this year. According to the firm’s Chairman Jonney Shih, the company is working on creating a “feature packed wearable device” and has put its entire design thought into creating this gadget because “there are actually many…
Samsung has Pen Windows multi-tasking and LG – QSlide, which first (as far as I know) shipped with the Optimus G Pro. If you’ve been living under a rock you should know that QSlide allows users to run small apps on top of everything else currently running on LG’s phone/phablet. As I’m writing this, only…
See that image above? Yes, that’s Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z with the company’s DSC-QX10 or DSC-QX100 lens-style camera attached to it, allowing you to take some serious photos. The question whether a sane person would ever use his/her tablet in this setup isn’t something Sony’s bothering with – they want to sell you the tablet…
Google has just announced that it has struck a deal with Lenovo to purchase Motorola for $2.91 billion. The announcement comes as a pretty big surprise, given that the search giant has only been at the helm of the handset maker for less than two years. Larry Page further elaborates as to why this deal…
Boost Mobile is joining the phablet craze with a device of its own. Called Boost Max, it’s actually a device we know as ZTE Iconic Phablet, which the carrier will offer for $299.99 sans any strings attached. That cash gets you a massive phone with a 5.7-inch 720p HD screen, 8-megapixel rear + 1-megapixel front…