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Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 announced, Samsung’s “slimmest smartphone to date”
In light of Samsung’s poor Q3 2014 earnings, released yesterday, the company promised to overhaul its smartphones. It seems to be doing just that with the launch of the Galaxy A5 and the Galaxy A3. Both are all metal devices with the batteries completely sealed in. Samsung calls them its “slimmest smartphones to date.” Samsung ...
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge could launch on T-Mobile November 14
For those who have been waiting for the official arrival of the Galaxy Note Edge since it was launched last month, the wait may be nearly over. According to supposedly leaked documents revealed by Windows Central, the Galaxy Note Edge could be available form T-Mobile starting November 14. Also shown on the document is the ...
Xiaomi is now the third-largest smartphone manufacturer
An IDC report released yesterday, October 29, reports a 25.2% growth from Q3 2013 in the amount of smartphones shipped. This year’s third quarter figure is 327.6 million; a rise of 8.7% from the previous quarter’s 301.3 million. The big news out of the results comes from Xiaomi, who posted a year-over-year change of 211.3%. ...
Apple iPhone may soon be on sale in Iran
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Apple Inc. is in early stage discussions with distributors about the possibility of selling Apple products in Iran. According to people familiar with the situation, senior Apple executives have met, at their company’s headquarters in London, with prospective distributors from Iran. The people also said, “In the conversations, ...
MCX speaks out over CurrentC hack and their position on Apple Pay
On Wednesday, Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX), the group behind CurrentC, spoke out regarding reports that its system was hacked and their stance on Apple Pay in member stores. In an online press conference, Dekkers Davidson, CEO of MCX confirmed that the hacking attacks didn’t hit the group’s servers. The attack happened against the company that ...
Samsung users vulnerable to DDoS attacks via Find My Mobile service
“Find my phone” apps are becoming more popular and the majority of smartphones are released with these built-in tracking systems. These systems make it easy to remotely lock or wipe your phone if you happen to misplace it or it is stolen. The problem arises when hackers can exploit these services, like what has happened ...
New security features for Android Lollipop, not just a fancy wrapper
Android 5.0, codenamed ‘Lollipop’, begins shipping November 3. Most users are probably excited about the design and visible changes, but Google has been hard at work making changes and improvements behind the scenes. Most notably are improvements to overall security. In a blog post yesterday, Adrian Ludwig, Lead Security Engineer at Android, set out some ...
YouTube to launch ad-free subscription service, still optimistic about imminent music service
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, discussed a variety of topics in her interview with Re/code’s Peter Kafka and Liz Gannes at the Code/Mobile conference, held yesterday. The most important information to come out of the interview was the fact that Google Inc’s YouTube are currently working on paid-subscription services, which could involve an ad-free service; however, Wojcicki ...
Alibaba and Apple partnership on the cards, Tim Cook and Jack Ma to meet later this week
Jack Ma, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, and CEO of Apple Inc. Tim Cook are set to meet later this week to discuss a potential partnership. Discussions of the potential meeting arose at the WSJDLive conference held on Monday. Ma made some comments regarding a partnership between Alipay and Apple Pay during an ...
Apple Pay blocked by more retailers, Apple is unconcerned
Tim Cook does not appear too concerned over retailers blocking Apple Pay. On stage at the WSJDLive conference taking place in Laguna Beach, California, he referred to the continuing issue of merchants blocking Apple Pay as merely a “skirmish”. Since Apple Inc. announced the launch of Apple Pay last month retailers Wal-Mart and Best Buy both confirmed ...
