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The Samsung Galaxy S was the high-end multimedia tablet of choice when it was released 2 years ago, and its successor is expected to arrive tomorrow (20th July) at a London event (if the good folks at TabletMonkeys are correct). However, the newest iteration in Samsung’s range are expected to be different from its predecessor. Insterad of using a widescreen ...

Huawei and Google have been rumoured to be working together to create the latest Nexus device, a task which was previously handled by Motorola. New reports however suggest the partnership will extend beyond the Nexus brand. Huawei will potentially be involved in helping Google bring an app store to China. Google have struggled to do this by itself due to touch ...

Eager to become “more than just a mouse and keyboard company”, Logitech have announced they will begin focusing on other product categories. Charlotte Johs, Logitech’s global VP of brand development, iterates that the company will become more of a “design-led” organisation. As part of a new-found attention to design, Logitech has hired its first ever chief design officer, Alastair Curtis. ...

In a recent email addressing employees, provided by Geekwire, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, set out the company’s mission statement. Business and Productivity, the cloud, and more personal computing were the core tenets which the company will focus on for the future. Despite mentioning that it will concentrate on bringing many of its services across devices, there was clearly a greater ...

It was announced yesterday that Facebook will be changing the requirements for Facebook Messenger. In select countries, you can now sign up for the messaging service using only a phone number; it’s no longer obligatory to have a Facebook account. So, if you’re in Canada, the U.S., Peru, or Venezuela you’ll now have this opportunity. This may not do much to help ...

One of the most requested features that came with the new generation of consoles was backwards compatibility. With the PS3 and Xbox 360 having a lifespan that lasted almost a decade by the time the new consoles were announced, it was unsurprising that people grew attached to their libraries of games, both from a sentimental and financial point of view. ...

Nowadays, mainstream smart watch manufacturers like Motorola, Samsung, LG, Asus and Apple mostly try to introduce as many features as possible into their products, without compromising design or performance. It seems like many are afraid to take an example from Chinese smart watch makers, because too many features might not be compatible or useful with the OS that they use, ...

The internet has been abuzz about Windows 10 coming on July 29th. It’s set to correct many of the unpopular components of the Windows 8 OS and is hoping to be the new user favorite. If you’re not sure whether you should make the switch or not, feel free to look over some of the pros and cons. To speed up ...

Samsung recently offered tech website, CNET, a demonstration of their new Wireless Audio 360 speakers. The odd, rugby ball shaped devices are, as stated by Jurack Chae—Senior Vice President of Samsung’s R&D Office—intended to create “sound without sound, if you catch my drift. Non-directional, omni-directional.” Judging by the article, its writer, Cho Mu-hyun, was quite impressed with the “dinosaur egg” ...

The Federal Communications Commission’s  net neutrality regulations—which just came into effect this past Friday—are about to receive their first field test according to The Washington Post.  Commercial Network Services is in the process of filing suit against Time Warner for “charging [. . .] unreasonable rates to deliver its streaming videos to Time Warner’s customers.” According to the Washington Post ...