Apple will add ‘Street View’ to mapping service
Apple is adding a “Street View” component to its Google Maps competitor. The company is reportedly sending out several fleet of cars to gather street view data—something Google is known for. Apple promises that it’ll do what’s necessary to safeguard privacy. For instance, it’ll blur out faces and license plates—something Google, too, has been doing....
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China’s Baidu plans to launch a self-driving later this year
Chinese search engine and web services company Baidu will launch its first driverless car by the second half of the year, claims a report published by Chinese website TechWeb. Baidu had revealed last year that it was working on a driver-less car project. According to the company’s senior vice president Jin Wang, the company will...
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iOS 9 code reveals major FaceTime camera upgrades on upcoming iPhones
iOS developer Hamza Sood has managed to find clues in the iOS 9 code that reveal some major changes are in the pipeline for the FaceTime front-facing camera on Apple iPhones. The first major change is expected to be a resolution bump. iOS 9 brings support for 1080p video capture with a FaceTime camera, which...
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Samsung showcases first mirror and transparent OLED panels
Samsung Display Co. Ltd. Today showcased the first Mirror and Transparent OLED panels at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Samsung’s exhibit also featured the ‘virtual necklace’ display for Chow Sang Sang Jewelry Company, described as the first retail use of advanced commercial OLED panels. With the new Samsung Display OLED panel technology, the...
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XFX Radeon R9 390X official pictures leaked
XFX has done it once again. The official images of the company’s R9 390X card have been leaked already, giving us a look at the upcoming AMD R9 390X card before it goes official. The XFX Radeon R9 390X packaging doesn’t reveal much, except that the card comes with 8GB GDDR5 memory and that the...
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Xiaomi expands product portfolio with a Wi-Fi router & smart bedside lamp
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi today announced two new products at a press conference held in Beijing. First up is the new Mi Wi-Fi router. The new model succeeds the Mi router that was launched by Xiaomi last year. The latest model offers dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac support and comes with built-in storage. It uses the Broadcom...
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Say hello to Lenovo’s upcoming 6.8-inch phablet with a 3,500mAh battery
If you’re a fan of big screens, you are possibly going to be excited by Lenovo’s upcoming phablet. With a 6.8-inch display, it could well be the most unwieldy smartphone yet. The phablet recently made an appearance at China’s TENAA with a model number PB1-770N. As you can see in the image, the phablet seems...
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ZTE Star 3 could be the world’s first smartphone with a 4K display
It has barely been a year since Quad HD displays first showed up on flagship grade smartphones. Rumors about the next big upgrade in display resolution have started appearing, with the ZTE Star 3 being tipped to be the world’s first smartphone to boast of a 4K Ultra HD resolution display. According to a report...
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Gionee Elife E8 goes official with a Quad HD display and a 24MP rear camera
Chinese smartphone maker Gionee today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone the Elife E8. Along with the Elife E8, the manufacturer has also launched the Marathon M5 with a giant 6,020mAh capacity battery. The Gionee Elife E8 packs a large 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED display with a pixel density of 490 PPI. Powering the smartphone, or...
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No more Snapdragon 810 overheating? Think again
A hands-on preview video of the Sony Xperia Z3+ and disturbing notice seen alongside Japan-sold S810 devices prove the issue hasn’t been adequately addressed by Qualcomm. We bet Samsung executives are about to do a hearty celebratory dance, sipping a glass of champagne in the honor of whoever decided to go the in-house processor route...
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First-gen Moto X owners, your Lollipop update is weeks away… probably
The happy news comes from one of the device manufacturer’s senior executives, so there’s no turning back now… hopefully. It’s no big secret Motorola’s had trouble stabilizing and optimizing the freshest flavors of Android for a number of older and newer handhelds, despite most of them running very close to stock software. Granted, 5.0’s defective...
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Don’t hold your breath for general Windows 10 Mobile release before September
Bad although not exactly unexpected news for Microsoft Lumia fans. When Redmond claimed its next iteration of Windows will bring smartphones, tablets, laptops and PCs closer together, courtesy of a “universal” app platform and synergetic ecosystem, we all figured that meant the mobile and desktop flavors would launch simultaneously. Only the company’s shot callers and...
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Asus shows new ROG monitors, ROG gear & new tech at Computex 2015
We brought you a brief tour of the Asus Computex booth last week but simply weren’t able to spend the time we would have liked in their huge and impressive booth. With a few nights of catchup sleep, we’re now able to go back and digest some of the tasty tech Asus had on display....
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LG G4 proves as easy to repair as a Nexus 5 following teardown
Just one more reason to favor the leathery underdog over the sealed battery-boasting, virtually impossible to fix Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge favorites. They say LG doesn’t stand a chance in the high-end smartphone arena this year either, given Samsung switched from plastic to glass-and-metal construction at last and Apple… is Apple. But if you...
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Moto X (3rd Gen) could feature a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner
Some more details on Motorola’s upcoming Moto X (3rd Gen) smartphone have surfaced today. A new report published by the website MyDrivers claims that the Moto X 2015 could feature a fingerprint scanner at the back, right behind the Motorola logo. The website has also posted two alleged images of the Moto X 2015 chassis...
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Microsoft Xbox One console with 1TB storage is now available
Microsoft today unveiled the 1TB Xbox One console with a new matte finish design. The new variant doesn’t just offer twice the storage of the standard Xbox One console, it also comes bundled with a newly designed Xbox One Wireless Controller that features a 3.5mm stereo headset jack. In select regions, the bundle will also...
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LG introduces a 27-inch 4K monitor with AMD Freesync and 10-bit color
LG today launched a new 4K Ultra HD IPS monitor targeted at gamers. The 27MU67 is the company’s first 4K gaming oriented monitor to launch in the United States. The 27-inch monitor (26.3-inches diagonally) is also among the few monitors launched by LG that cater specifically to the gaming community. The monitor supports AMD’s FreeSync...
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Leaked screenshot confirms Huawei Honor 7 specs, 4GB RAM in tow
Huawei’s upcoming Honor 7 is expected to debut later this month. Before it goes official, its specifications have been revealed courtesy of a leaked system screenshot. The leaked screenshot shows the device is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 935 SoC and comes with 4GB of RAM. As far as storage goes, the device features 64GB...
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BlackBerry Passport successor ‘Oslo’ gets caught on camera
The successor to last year’s BlackBerry Passport, BlackBerry’s upcoming flagship smartphone the ‘Oslo’ has been revealed in all its glory today by the website N4BB. The multiple leaked images show a design language that seems to be an evolution of the Passport in many ways. It features a very similar square design and a 3-row...
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These are the Macs that can run OS X El Capitan
There are quite a few of them. Apple has formally unveiled the next major update for its Mac machines, the update is called OS X El Capitan. It succeeds OS X Yosemite which was released late last year, the new software focuses on two major aspects of the entire operating system, performance and experience. The...
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