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Nokia under HMD Global has been on a roll, and the momentum doesn’t seem like it’s going to stop anytime soon. The company announced the Nokia X6 less than two weeks ago, but has scheduled an event for May 29th where Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas says that there’s “some new stuff to share.” What’s […]

A new development in the patent case that absolutely will not die: a California jury has ruled in favor of Apple, and Samsung is to pay damages to the tune of $538 million for violations primarily of Apple’s design patents. Apple had been seeking more than $1 billion. The jury deliberated for three and a […]

Most of the companies making Wear OS devices right now are fashion brands and lifestyle companies. They’re not exactly the most innovative when it comes to consumer electronics. Mobvoi is trying something new, though. After launching its first-gen TicWatch hardware last year, the company just announced the TicWatch Pro with an interesting transparent LCD to save […]

PayPal’s partnership with Google is “deepening” (as the company puts it) to allow making PayPal payments simpler across Google’s multiple products. Soon, adding PayPal as a payment method to one Google service — Google Pay, the Play Store, YouTube, et cetera — will make it available on all of Google’s services, including, for the first […]

ZTE is currently fighting with the US government to lift a trade ban, while federal intelligence committees accuse the company of spying on US consumers. It looks like the ZTE might be in even more trouble, as pre-installed malware has been found on several phones from the company. Avast Software has released details about the […]

Android Wear seemed like the right product at the right time when Google announced it back in 2014. Smartwatches were just starting to take off with products like the Pebble awakening our latent desire for wrist computers. Meanwhile, Apple’s long-rumored smartwatch was still unannounced. After four years, dozens of watches, and a name change, Wear […]

The new GDPR rules have barely been in effect for more than a few hours, but Google and Facebook are already being hit with a complaint for failing to comply with the regulation’s requirements. According to privacy group noyb.eu, both companies are engaging in so-called “forced consent,” which is the practice of bundling consent into […]

The ZTE saga just keeps going… and going… and going. After the United States Department of Commerce banned ZTE from importing US-made components, due to the company violating an agreement it made in 2017, ZTE shut down most operations while it fought to lift the ban. Earlier this month, President Trump announced he wanted to […]

Blu is known for selling inexpensive phones that punch above their weight, but the company’s new smartwatch seems like a very odd product. The X Link has a 1.1-inch round display, no apps, and 2G wireless connectivity. So, why would you want that? Well, it’s only $50. In case it wasn’t clear, this is not […]