Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 3 tomorrow
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 23 November 2015 11:21

Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 3 tomorrow


Xiaomi confirms product name 

One of the China's largest mobile phone manufacturers, Xiaomi will launch its successor to a Redmi Note 2 at its event that starts on the November 24.

Lava Pixel V1 gets Marshmallow update
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 23 November 2015 10:56

Lava Pixel V1 gets Marshmallow update


Before the rest of the pack 

Segmentation is the biggest cancer of the Google's Android ecosystem and only handful devices have been updated to the latest Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Surprisingly, Lava Pixel V1 is one of the first. 

Qualcomm scores some Galaxy S7 designs
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 23 November 2015 10:35

Qualcomm scores some Galaxy S7 designs


Exclusive: Just not all of them

Our well informed sources have informed us that Qualcomm will win some SoC design wins for Samsung Galaxy S7 – just not all of them.

Snapdragon 820 can charge 80 percent in 35 minutes
Published in Mobiles


Quick Charge 3.0 

Qualcomm has been optimising its battery charging technologies for a long time and company is preparing to release the next generation Quick Charge 3.0.

Snapdragon 810 needed better thermal management
Published in PC Hardware


First phones were rushed by partners

The reason that Qualcomm's 810 had heating problems was because the early phones were rushed into production by its business partners before it was ready.

AMD bundles Battlefront with Fury
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:26

AMD bundles Battlefront with Fury


As said this would happen months ago

We were not surprised that AMD has officially announced its plans to bundle the Star Wars Battlefront with its Fury line of graphic cards. 

LG G5 has full metal jacket
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 11:07

LG G5 has full metal jacket


Coming in Q1 2016

Early in the next quarter LG plans to reveal its G5 in a nice shiny new full metal body. 

Bethesda’s Fallout 4 sold 12 million
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 10:34

Bethesda’s Fallout 4 sold 12 million


More than $750 million in a day

Post-apocalyptic Fallout 4 game has sold 12 million copies in just 24 hours. The Call of Duty Black Ops 3  generated $550 million in 72 hours and fell to second place on the 2015 best seller list. 

Marshmallow's Samsung roll-out leaked
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 16 November 2015 10:15

Marshmallow's Samsung roll-out leaked


Samsung Note 5, S6 Edge + in December Samsung S6 and others in 2016

According to a leaked document, the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ will get  Android 6.0 in December. 

AMD takes small percent of GPU share back
Published in Graphics
Monday, 16 November 2015 10:04

AMD takes small percent of GPU share back


Slow recovery

AMD  managed to take a tiny part of the discrete market share back from Nvidia.