I’m not the biggest fan of watches, especially not since the arrival of the cellphone. My trusty Nokia 3210 told me the time and didn’t need to be adjusted, so I rid myself of some wrist-weight by putting aside my yellow and black Casio G-Shock and never used it again. My wrists were free for …

Opera has plans to become more than just a Web browser. A new partnership with 14 electronics brands, including Samsung and Xiaomi, is one of the Norwegian company’s biggest expansion moves yet. The partnership will see Opera’s data management app, Opera Max, be pre-installed on smartphones from different brands. The company expects that by 2017, over 100 million handsets will …

Fresh from its June launch in Brazil, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is hoping to make a splash in a totally new continent — Africa. This time, however, Xiaomi won’t be on its own. It will work with the Mobile in Africa Group to sell two of its smartphones in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. The budget-friendly Redmi 2 and the …

Xiaomi needs all the help it can get to hit its lofty target of selling 80 million smartphones in 2015, and the $150 5.5-inch Redmi Note 2 phablet could provide the boost the company needs as it launches throughout Asia. The smartphone, initially released in China back in August, isn’t the most powerful of devices in Xiaomi’s stable, but its …

Sony Sony’s H.ear range of audio gadgets, announced at the IFA tech show in Berlin in September, are set to hit Asia and Australia in mid-October. The H.ear line, pronounced “hear,” includes three products; over-the-ear headphones called H.ear On, in-ear speakers titled H.ear In, and a new range of Walkmans, capable of Sony’s Hi-Res playback, designed to be used with …

Enlarge ImageSingapore’s first test of mail delivery via drone included flying over the ocean. Singapore Post Singapore Post, the country’s postal service, has delivered a package in its first drone test. The drone traveled 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across the ocean to a nearby island to deliver a bundle with a t-shirt and letter to a postal employee who was …

Enlarge Image Xiaomi On Friday Apple will be launching its iPhone 6S around the world, which it hopes will continue its rapid market share growth in China. Xiaomi, possibly in an attempt to stifle the Californian tech giant, on Tuesday announced a new handset that’s exclusive to the country. The Chinese company, which is the fourth largest smartphone maker in …

Enlarge Image Keshav Sishta/GrabTaxi Tapping into the Formula 1 fever infecting Singapore this weekend, taxi booking company GrabTaxi is giving lucky users in the city hub a chance to be chauffeured around in a supercar. Unlike a program offered by rival Uber from March through May, GrabTaxi’s promotion lets customers ride free, though availability is limited to certain areas within …

High-compression (right) on the Opera Mini browser doesn’t distort the page layout. Opera Users with severely limited data caps rejoice — Opera’s latest update to its Opera Mini browser for Android has gotten a new update that promises data savings without making your web page look ugly. Usually used in lower-end budget phones, the Opera Mini browser was previously limited …

Samsung’s Galaxy K Zoom combines a compact camera and a smartphone, but do we still need such a hybrid? CNET Forget about a curvy display or even the processor. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the camera that has all the smartphone’s most advanced tech, and also its most socially important. Taking a picture and sharing it has become a …