Facebook suspends another data analytics firm over surveillance concerns | City A.M. July 21, 2018 Tech giant Facebook has suspended another analytics firm during its own investigation into data sharing and collection on the social media platform. Crimson Hexagon, a US company offers “consumer insights” and works with government agencies around the world. The Wall Street Journal also reported that the firm had contracts “to analyse public Facebook data for [...]
Sony Xperia XZ Premium review: A premium device that puts Sony back in the game July 12, 2018 The Sony Xperia XZ Premium looks like the futuristic phone your younger self imagined you’d be using in the year 2017. It’s huge and silver (well, at least the silver version is) and resembles something an alien might insert into a glowing slot to power up his or her spaceship. While other phones try to [...]
Samsung is opening the world’s largest mobile phone factory in India July 9, 2018 South Korean tech group Samsung has announced the opening of the largest mobile phone manufacturing facility in the world, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Based in Noida, the facility is set to serve the fast-growing smartphone market in India which increasingly caters to local consumers looking to buy tech-enabled phones at lower prices. The [...]
HTC sales drop 68 per cent in June, the biggest slump the smartphone maker has had in over two years July 6, 2018 Smartphone maker HTC today released sales figures for June which showed the company is currently undergoing its biggest slump in more than two years. HTC said its consolidated revenue for June 2018 came in at 2.23bn Taiwanese dollars (£55.3m), falling 67.64 per cent from the same month last year at $6.8bn. Its numbers also fell [...]
Samsung and LG warn that second quarter profits are likely to miss expectations, as smartphone sales slow July 6, 2018 Two of South Korea’s biggest electronics companies, Samsung and LG, have issued warnings to shareholders that operating profits for the second quarter of 2018 are likely to miss estimates. Estimates released this morning by Samsung said that earnings growth had slowed to its most sluggish rate in more than a year. Operating profit for the [...]
Apple facing possible ban on some US iPhone imports over patent battle with Qualcomm June 16, 2018 Members of the US International Trade Commission have told a district judge they believe Apple has infringed the patent of rival Qualcomm, in a move that could lead to some US iPhones being blocked. The telecoms giants are battling it out after Qualcomm asked the commission, which acts as a third party in such cases, [...]
Electronics firm Samsung pledges renewable energy targets as it follows the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook June 14, 2018 Global electronics producer Samsung has committed to achieving an ambitious 100 per cent renewable energy target by 2020. Operations in China, Europe and the US will be run solely on solar and other renewable energies within two years time if the technology giant can fulfil pledges it made today. In a move that has been [...]
Avocado bathrooms and toilet rugs are among the most unpopular home decors June 12, 2018 We all like to think that the décor in our own home beats the rest, but it turns out that some interior designs are unanimously deplored. Professional family portraits, taxidermy and avocado bathrooms are among the worst home design crimes from the last 50 years, according to a new study from Samsung. While 44 per [...]
HTC U12+ review: HTC finishes what the iPhone started and ditches physical volume and power buttons June 7, 2018 Lately, HTC phones have been having a bit of an identity overhaul. Having long been the manufacturer of Google’s own Pixel phones, and for a while the smartest Android handsets you could pick up, HTC is now something of a discerning outsider’s choice. The cream cheese bagel to Google’s ham baguette, the Janeway to their [...]
Heading to a muddy field any time soon? Here are the top festival gadgets that will enhance any camping trip June 7, 2018 Glastonbury is looming on the horizon, like a large and pale dancing man silhouetted against a set of dazzling floodlights, whose sweat-sodden skin shines and catches the light like a salmon flashing in the brook. If you're heading there this year, or anywhere without reliable electricity, then you're going to need the right tools [...]