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A Chinese couple is facing criminal charges after allegedly “selling” their daughter and using the cash to buy an Apple iPhone. Yikes. The couple apparently put their daughter up for adoption online, and illegally accepted money for the transaction, selling their baby off to the highest bidder. According to investigators, the mother used the money…
Today has brought some more bad news for Taiwanese handset maker HTC. According to a Bloomberg report, another high-ranking executive has left the company. Chief Marketing Officer Ben Ho told Bloomberg that Lorain Wong has resigned as the head of Global PR, Corporate and Internal Communications. Wong joined HTC earlier this year and has served…
Google is on a roll. Yesterday, the company announced strong quarterly earnings, and today its stock soared past the $1000 mark for the first time in the company’s history. Wall Street must be happy with what Google reported in its earnings for such a jump to occur. It’s been a good year for Google stockholders, with…
Cricket announced another low-cost Android smartphone, ZTE Source. The 4G LTE-enabled device won’t win any specs wars, but it’s rather decent, nonetheless. It packs a 4.5-inch 480 x 854 screen, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon chip, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera on the back, and 4GB of expandable storage. Wi-Fi connectivity is also there for those moments…
After that great Telus’ leak, Engadget caught the Nexus 5 in the Play Store. The device was offered as an option along with the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10, with the price tag of $349 for the 16GB model. Needless to say, Google was quick to pull out that page and will re-introduce it at…
HTC won’t be bringing its One Max phablet to Canada, MobileSyrup is reporting. Here’s what the Taiwanese company sent to the website: HTC devices differ from country to country, we work closely with carrier partners in each region to determine what is best for their consumers. Every market is different and has specific needs and…
Flexible screens are cool but in order to make the phones (and tablets) flexible, you also need such batteries. And that’s apparently something Samsung is working on at the moment. However, right from the start they’re not exactly making batteries you can bend; rather they want to make sure their batteries never explode. You may’ve…
Lenovo unveiled Miix2, an 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet powered by Intel’s Bay Trail quad-core chip. The device has a WXGA (1280×800 pixels), 10-point multi-touch display, 5-megapixel camera on the back, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and up to 128GB of expandable storage. The Miix2 is only 8.35mm thick and weighing a mere 350mg, while providing users with…
Sony has started rolling out updates for two of its high-end devices, Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z1 Ultra. For both devices, Sony re-calibrated the display “ever so slightly,” ensuring viewing experiences remain bright and bold. Moreover, power consumption has been economized for longer battery life, and Exchange connection streamlined for faster email sync, display and…
Not everyone thinks BlackBerry is doomed. In fact, one of the biggest accountancy group is buying smartphones made by the Canadian company for its Italian staff. As part of the deal, KPMG has purchased 3,500 BlackBerry 10 smartphones and is migrating to BlackBerry’s new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. We’re not…