Three Japanese electronics companies are reportedly thinking about merging their PC divisions to create the largest personal computer company in that country. Nikkei reports that Toshiba, Fujitsu, and Vaio are in negotiations, and could launch a new company together in April, 2016. If that happens, the new company would immediately have abotu a 30 percent share of […]
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Report: Samsung developing an 18.4 inch Android tablet for some reason
Samsung offers a bunch of Android tablets, with screen sizes ranging from 7 inches to 12.2 inches. But there’s evidence that the company may have a big idea for a future tablet. How big?  18.4 inches big. Earlier this month NoWhereElse noticed that Indian import database Zuaba listed a sample device that appeared to be a […]
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Report: ZTE Star 3 smartphone to sport a 4K display
Are you ready for a smartphone display with 806 pixels per inch? Rumor has it that ZTE is. The Chinese phone maker is said to be working on a new phone with a 5.5 inch, 3840 x 2160 pixel display. MyDrivers reports the ZTE Star 3 could be one of the first phones to feature […]
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Report: 2 Google Nexus phones coming in 2015, with 5.2 and 5.7 inch screens
Google’s worked with hardware partners to launch a new Nexus smartphone every year since 2010. But this may be the first year Google launches two Nexus smartphones. Rumors that Google is working on two phones have been making the rounds for a while, but now there’s a little bit of evidence to back up the latest […]
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Report: Android to offer better privacy controls
Don’t want to let an Android app have access to your contact list? Right now you basically have two choices: don’t install the app, or root your phone and install a tool like XPrivacy which lets you send fake data to apps. But it’s possible Google could change the way Android works to give users […]
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Lilbits (4-10-2015): Windows 10’s dark side (err… I mean theme)
The new build of Windows 10 for phones (with the Spartan web browser and a crop of new apps) may be grabbing the spotlight today. But Microsoft is also working on an upcoming update of the Windows 10 preview for desktop computers… and, if leaked images are accurate, one of the most notable new features […]
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Report: Microsoft Surface 3 Windows tablet coming soon
Microsoft may be planning to launch a new tablet featuring a low-power processor and a relatively low price tag. WinBeta reports that the upcoming Surface 3 tablet will be the successor to last year’s Surface 2. But it’ll have an Intel processor rather than an ARM chip and it’ll run the full Windows operating system […]
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Report: Samsung wants to buy BlackBerry
A lot of folks have been suggesting that the only way BlackBerry could save itself would be to start selling phones that run Google Android rather than BlackBerry OS. But if there’s any truth to a new report from Reuters, maybe future BlackBerry phones will run Tizen instead. According Reuters’s sources, Samsung wants to buy […]
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Report: Google Nexus 9 coming Oct 15 for $399: Would you buy one?
Google’s next tablet is almost certainly going to be a model with an 8.9 inch display and an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor. The Google Nexus 9Â be built by HTC. We know that because NVIDIA and HTC have pretty much said as much. What we don’t know for certain is when the tablet will launch or […]
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Report: Nexus 6 looks like a 5.9 inch Moto X
Motorola’s either working with Google on the next Nexus smartphone, or the rumor mill’s got some ‘splaining to do. Leaks have been coming out for months, and now the folks at 9to5Google claim to have more details. They’ve created a mockup image which they say is based on the design of a real device which […]