HTC One M8 CNET HTC isn’t enjoying a very good summer. After reporting lower sales for the quarter ended in June, the Taiwanese mobile-device maker announced on Monday a nearly 33 percent drop in its revenue in July, compared to the same month last year. For July, HTC took in revenue of 10.6 billion New …
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Chitika Apple iPhone owners continue to surpass users of Samsung phones at generating a greater level of Web traffic in North America, according to a report from online ad network Chitika. In new data released Monday, Chitika found that Apple accounted for 52.3 percent of all smartphone traffic seen on the Web in the US and Canada last month, a …
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Samsung’s first bendable TV. Samsung In the market for a TV that you can bend into a flat or curved shape? Samsung now has something right up your alley, at least if you live in Korea. In a post on its Korean Samsung Tomorrow page, the company revealed that it will introduce a bendable TV for sale in its home …
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Will you have to wait until October to buy the next iPhone? Sarah Tew/CNET When will Apple release the iPhone 6? September has been the expected launch month based on the company’s past behavior, but a new rumor suggests that consumers may need to wait until October. The next-generation iPhone is now pegged to hit the market on October 14, …
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Move over BlackBerry. The iPhone is head to Ford town. Josh Miller/CNET The iPhone is muscling out the BlackBerry at yet another major organization. A Ford spokeswoman told Bloomberg this week that the automaker will replace BlackBerry devices with iPhones for about 3,300 employees before the year is over. Further, the flip phones used by 6,000 more workers will be …
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This alleged sapphire iPhone 6 screen seems able to ward off a knife attack. Marques Brownlee/YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Repeated rumors have suggested that the iPhone 6 will sport a sapphire-glass screen, but some analysts are throwing cold water on that idea. In a report released Monday, LEDinside analysts from market researcher Trendforce said they have yet to see the …
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Apple/USPTO Imagine a navigation system that can guide you based on the number of stop lights, stop signs, and obstacles along the way. A new Apple patent describes just that. Granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, an Apple patent called “Routing based on detected stops” takes the concept of crowd-sourced navigation a few steps further than …
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The Tizen-based Samsung Z smartphone is facing another delay. Nate Ralph/CNET Samsung is running into further trouble trying to get its Tizen smartphone off the ground. The company announced Monday that it would postpone the rollout of its Tizen-based Samsung Z phone in Russia. The following statement shared with CNET revealed the latest information but not too many details: To …
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You can play LG’s new Puppy Pop game without even opening the case. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET LG G3 smartphone owners can now play a new game without having to open up the phone’s special case. The first mobile game designed for the QuickCircle case for the G3, Puppy Pop pops up in the case’s small circular window. Users can …
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When will the next iPhone launch? Apple The iPhone 6 may not appear until September is almost over. At least, that’s the latest prognostication from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Following Apple’s usual pattern, the next iPhone is almost certain to be announced and then roll out to consumers sometime in September. When exactly in September that will happen is …
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