Google to have a Superbowl ad for Home

Superbowl is on Sunday and a lot of people can't wait for it. Some are into the game between New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons but some are into the sweet adverts that we are going to see between plays and quarters and especially at half-time. Google reported advertising revenue of $22.4 billion and are going to pay the $5 million chunk to get a spot in the Superbowl commercials. According to Ad Age, we will see a Google Home ad on Sunday. This will be a first for Google's virtual home assistant. Amazon already showed its Echo, voiced by Alexa in last year's Superbowl and the...

Apple breaks another record sales, shares go up 3%

Apple is back to growth after a strong demand for the iPhone 7 helped the company post record numbers in the holiday quarter. Sales of the new smartphone sent total iPhone shipments 5% up to a record during the October-December period. Phones are 2/3 of Apple's sales and they boosted company's revenue 3% to record $78.4 billion. App Store also marked a raise - revenue was $7.2 billion, which is more than many tech companies at all. Wall Street Journal reminds that the store had nearly three times more sales than Netflix. After announcing the official results, shares rose 3% to more...

Apple break another record sales, shares go up 3%

Apple is back to growth after a strong demand for the iPhone 7 helped the company post record numbers in the holiday quarter. Sales of the new smartphone sent total iPhone shipments 5% up to a record during the October-December period. Phones are 2/3 of Apple's sales and they boosted company's revenue 3% to record $78.4 billion. App Store also marked a raise - revenue was $7.2 billion, which is more than many tech companies at all. Wall Street Journal reminds that the store had nearly three times more sales than Netflix. After announcing the official results, shares rose 3% to more...

January security update hitting Samsung Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7(2016)

Samsung has started rolling out a new update to its Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7(2016) smartphones. Arriving as version A500F1U1CQA1 and A710LKLU1BQA4, respectively, the update brings Android security fixes forJanuary. There's currently no information on what other changes (if any) are included in the update. Given that the roll out has just begun, it may take some time for the update to hit your device, You can manually check for it by heading to your handset's Settings menu. Via

Apple pips Samsung to become world's top smartphone player

Apple is now the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world (surpassing Samsung for the first time in last five years), according to a new report from market research firm Strategy Analytics. The report reveals that the iPhone maker shipped a total of 78.3 million smartphones in Q4 2016, capturing 17.8% market share. On the other hand, the South Korean tech giant managed to ship a total of 77.5 million units in the quarter, which translates into 17.7% share of the market. "This was the iPhone's best performance for over a year, as Apple capitalized on Samsung's recent...

vivo V5 Plus sales begin today

The vivo V5 Plus, which was unveiled last month and went up for pre-order in India a few days later is available to purchase starting today. The phone carries a price tag of INR 2,7980, which translates to $415. Spec-wise, the handset is powered by Snapdragon 625 chipset and sports a 5.5-inch 1080p display. It comes with 4GB/64GB memory configuration, and features a 16MP rear unit and a dual front camera setup of 20 MP + 8 MP resolution. The V5 Plus runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Funtouch OS 3.0, and packs in a 3,160mAh battery. Via

New update hitting HP Elite x3 Windows 10 Mobile phone

HP has started pushing out a new update to its Windows 10-powered Elite x3 smartphone, making it the fourth update the company has rolled out to the device. The new update bumps the firmware version to 0002.0000.0023.0113. It's hard to say what the update brings as the official changelog isn't yet available. Reports, however, say that it is a minor (bug-fixing and performance-enhancing) update that doesn't include any major new features. Via