Google announced Chromecast which is their version of a HDMI streaming dongle. The dongle is a rather small 2-3-inch device that incorporates a watered-downed version of Chrome OS. The device is powered by a micro USB and connects to your WiFi network and allows you to stream your video directly from your devices to your […]
Android 4.3 finally official, arriving with the new Nexus 7 and OTA updates coming today for older Nexus devices
Another announcement coming from the Google event today is finally an official release on Android 4.3, an updated version of Jelly bean that has been leaked overwhelmingly amount of times the past few months. Well now we have the official release with the new Nexus 7 arriving with it and older Nexus devices like the Nexus […]
Google officially announce the new Nexus 7: thinner, lighter and higher resolution display
Google have just wrapped up their press event in San Francisco and one of the more known announcements that has officially come to light is the updated Nexus 7 device. The new tablet will be very close to it’s predecessor with most of the core specs similar attributes. So let’s take a look at the […]
ARM post financial results for Q2 2013: £171.2 million in revenue with £86.6 million in profit before tax
ARM have posted their financial results for Q2 2013, reaching a total revenue of £171.2 million and a net profit of £86.6 million before taxes. Their revenue sees an increase of 26-percent year of year with profit being an even 30-percent increase. Obviously with the future of smartphones and tablets getting bigger and bigger, ARM […]
Apple’s Q3 2013 revenue report released: $35.3 billion in revenue with $6.9 billion in net income
Apple have release their revenue results for Q3 2013. The results show a drop in overall revenue across most of the board except when comparing it to the same quarter of last year with a minor jump from $35 billion, however compared to Q2 of this year which reached $43.6 billion, there is a significant drop […]
Nokia unveil the Lumia 625: 4.7-inch display, 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 Dual-core and 512MB of RAM
Nokia have announced a new mid range Lumia smartphone that will be coming to market this September for €220. The specs for the device include a 4.7-inch WVGA display (800 x 480) with Gorilla Glass 2. Powered by a Snapdragon S4 Dual-core CPU clocked at 1.2GHz with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. […]
Samsung announce new Exynos 5 Octa chipset: 20-percent increase in CPU performance
Samsung have announced an update to their Exynos 5 Octa chipset. The new chipset will continue to be based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture with the Cortex A15 clock speed jumping from 1.6GHz to 1.8GHz and the Cortex A7 jumping from 1.2GHz to 1.3GHz. This will see a 20-percent increase in CPU performance overall. The GPU […]
Ubuntu edge becomes official with $32m Indiegogo crowd funding campaign
Ubuntu creator Canonical has started an Indiegogo campaign to create the Ubuntu Edge, the device that will dual boot both Ubuntu and Android and not to mention come with some impressive specs, so let’s take a look at the promised specs from the indiegogo page. Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android Fully integrated Ubuntu […]
HTC announce the HTC One Mini: 4.3-inch 720p display and UltraPixel camera
Every new flagship smartphone the past couple of months has been 4.7-inches or higher with the HTC one being the smallest and 4.7. However HTC want to make sure that even the people that prefer smaller device can take advantage of some of the new features the HTC One has to offer, and with that […]
Intel release their Q2 2013 earnings reports, revenue reaches $12.8 billion with a net profit of $2 billion
Intel have just posted their financial results for the Q2 2013 with a total revenue reaching $12.8 billion and a net profit bringing in $2 billion. The press release details a drop of 15-percent in their mobile chips division and a 7.5-percent drop in the PC side of things. There is much more information available […]